Bible Names

Hezron: meaning of the name

Hezron means “the dart of joy; the division of the song.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Hezron in Hebrew and Greek

חֶצְרוֹן H2696

Chetsrôwn (khets-rone') — Chetsron, the name of a place in Palestine; also of two Israelites

from H2691 (חָצֵר); court-yard;

People named Hezron in the Bible

Places named Hezron

Hezron in Scripture

“Hezron” appears in 17 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 46:9

    And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

  • Genesis 46:12

    And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

  • Exodus 6:14

    These be the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.

  • Numbers 26:6

    Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.

  • Numbers 26:21

    And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

  • Joshua 15:3

    And it went out to the south side to Maaleh–acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh–barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:

  • Joshua 15:25

    And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,

  • Ruth 4:18

    Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,