Bible Person

Lo-ammi

Meaning: not my people · Male · 1 cross reference

Lo-ammi is the symbolic son named in Hosea 1:9. He belongs to Hosea's prophetic household, where family names become living signs of covenant judgment and hope. First appears in Hos 1:9.1

AI summary: Lo-ammi matters because his single cross reference embodies the rupture between the Lord and an unfaithful people. Yet even in that hard naming, the larger Hosea context opens toward future mercy and renewed belonging. Taken together, the material presents Lo-ammi as a prophetic sign of judgment that anticipates restoration.1

Central Figure

Lo-ammi

Meaning: not my people

Not my people, a symbolical name given by God’s command to Hosea’s second son in token of Jehovah’s rejection of his people (Hos.