Passage Research
Hosea 4 — Sermon Preparation
God charges Israel with faithlessness, violence, and sexual immorality, blaming the priests who lead the people deeper into idolatry. Below is a research summary for Hosea 4, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 19
- verses
- 223 / 134
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 20
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Hosea 4 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זָנָה | zânâh | H2181 | 8 | commit adultery, commit idolatry |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 6 | people, tribe |
| נָאַף | nâʼaph | H5003 | 3 | commit adultery, apostatize |
| דַּעַת | daʻath | H1847 | 3 | knowledge |
| רִיב | rîyb | H7378 | 3 | toss, grapple |
| בֵּית אָוֶן | Bêyth ʼÂven | H1007 | 2 | Beth-Aven |
| סָרַר | çârar | H5637 | 2 | turn, be refractory |
How preachers through history handled this text
20 public-domain excerpts on Hosea 4, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“19. The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices. 19. Ligavit ventus eam in alis suis, et pudefient a sacrificiis suis (vel, ligavit ventum in alis suis: ambigua enim est locutio apud Hebraeos: atque utrobis modolegas, genus verbi relativis non convenit, quae foeminina sunt; …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Hosea, on Hosea 4:19–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Beth-aven 2— Hos 4:15
- Gilgal 1— Hos 4:15
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