(Ho·shaiʹah) [Saved by Jah; Jah Has Saved].

1. Father of Jezaniah or Azariah, who was a contemporary of the prophet Jeremiah. (Jer 42:1, 2; 43:2) In the Greek Septuagint the name Azariah appears instead of Jezaniah at Jeremiah 42:1.

2. Apparently a prince of Judah who participated in the procession arranged by Nehemiah at the inauguration of the wall of Jerusalem.​—Ne 12:31, 32.