Person Old Testament
Gomer
Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, was the wife of the prophet Hosea. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Hosea 1:3.
Why it matters. Hosea's wife, a promiscuous woman.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Gomer
Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, was the wife of the prophet Hosea, as mentioned in Hos.1.3. God commanded Hosea to marry Gomer, who was described as a promiscuous woman or a prostitute, to illustrate Israel's unfaithfulness to God. Gomer bore Hosea three children: Jezreel, Lo-ruhamah, and Lo-ammi, whose names were symbolic of God's judgment and rejection of Israel due to their disobedience. Despite Gomer's continued unfaithfulness, Hosea was commanded to love her and redeem her, just as God continued to love and seek to redeem Israel. The story of Hosea and Gomer serves as an allegory of God's relationship with Israel, emphasizing God's steadfast love and mercy in the face of Israel's sin and disobedience.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Parents
- Diblaim
- Spouse
- Hosea
- Children
- JezreelLo-ammiLo-ruhamah
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Hosea (1 verse)