Bible Person
Male · 4 cross references
Jezreel is the symbolic child-name given in Hosea's family, standing for judgment on the house of Jehu and future scattering and regathering. This entry represents a prophetic sign-child rather than a conventional narrative figure. First appears in Hos 1:4.1
AI summary: Jezreel matters because the cross references present the name as a living prophetic sign. It first evokes bloodshed and coming judgment, but later Hosea reshapes it toward future sowing, restoration, and renewed belonging. The child therefore carries both warning and hope in compressed symbolic form. Taken together, the material presents Jezreel as a prophetic sign-name through which Hosea announces judgment and eventual restoration.1
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.