Library Home>All Subjects>H Subjects>Hezir

Hezir

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(swine). (1) Leader of 17th course (1 Chron. 24:15¹⁵The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses, (1 Chronicles 24:15)). (2) A co-covenanter (Neh. 10:20²⁰Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, (Nehemiah 10:20)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. Leader of the seventeenth course of priests (1 Chron. 24:15¹⁵The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses, (1 Chronicles 24:15)).

2. A chief of the people who sealed the covenant (Neh. 10:20²⁰Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, (Nehemiah 10:20)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

2387 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Cheziyr

Phonic:

khay-zeer’

Meaning:

from the same as 2386; perhaps protected; Chezir, the name of two Israelites

KJV Usage:

Hezir

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

swine

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Insight; intuition; protected:―the name of two Israelites, 1 Chron. 24:15. {Aspectus intuitus}