Lo-ammi, son of Hosea
The name Lo-ammi means “not my people.” Lo-ammi is mentioned in 1 verse of the Bible, first in Hosea 1:9.
Family of Lo-ammi
Who was Lo-ammi?
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. 1:9, 10), his treatment of them as a foreign people. This Hebrew word is rendered by “not my people” in ver. 10; 2:23.
Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.
Key verses about Lo-ammi
- Hosea 1:9
Then said God, Call his name Lo–ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.