Person Old Testament
Jezreel
Jezreel was the name given to Hosea's son as a sign of God's judgment on the house of Jehu. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Hosea 1:4.
Why it matters. A symbolic name given to Hosea's son
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Jezreel
In Hos.1.4, God instructs the prophet Hosea to name his son Jezreel as a symbolic act representing divine judgment. The name Jezreel is associated with the valley of Jezreel, where Jehu, a former king of Israel, had carried out a massacre (2Ki.9-10). God declares that he will punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed at Jezreel and bring an end to the kingdom of Israel. The child's name serves as a prophetic sign of the coming judgment and the end of Jehu's dynasty.
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
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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)