Easton's Bible Dictionary (Hosea 10:7), the rendering of ketseph, which properly means twigs or splinters (as rendered in the LXX. and marg. R.V.). The expression in Hosea may therefore be read, "as a chip on the face of the water," denoting the helplessness of the piece of wood as compared with the irresistable current. Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids, or in the mouth of an animal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth; spume; scum; as, the foam of the sea. 2. (n.) To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam. 3. (n.) To form foam, or become filled with foam; -- said of a steam boiler when the water is unduly agitated and frothy, as because of chemical action. 4. (v.t.) To cause to foam; as, to foam the goblet; also (with out), to throw out with rage or violence, as foam. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia FOAM fom (qetseph (Hosea 10:7); aphros (Luke 9:39), aphrizo (Mark 9:18, 20), epaphrizo (Jude 1:13)): Qetseph from qatsaph, "to break to pieces," or "to break forth into anger," "to be angry," occurs often in the sense of "wrath" or "anger" (e.g. Numbers 1:53 Psalm 38:1, etc.), and in this passage has been rendered "twigs" or "chips," "As for Samaria, her king is cut off, as foam (the Revised Version, margin "twigs") upon the water" (Hosea 10:7). The other references are from the New Testament. In Jude, evil-doers or false teachers are compared to the "wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame." In Mark and Luke the references are to the boy with a dumb spirit who foamed at the mouth. Alfred Ely Day

Multi-Version Concordance Foam (5 Occurrences) Luke 9:39 Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely. (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Jude 1:13 wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever. (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Job 24:18 "They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They don't turn into the way of the vineyards. (WEB NIV) Psalms 46:3 Though the waters thereof roar and foam, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. (DBY JPS NAS RSV NIV) Hosea 10:7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water. (KJV JPS ASV WBS)