H2387: חֵזִיר
Chêzîyr · pronounced khay-zeer' · “Hezir”
Definition
Chezir, the name of two Israelites
KJV translates it as: Hezir.
Word origin: from the same as H2386 (חֲזִיר); perhaps protected;
Extended definition
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.24.15
§ Hezir = "swine"
1) a priest in the time of David, leader of the 17th monthly course
2) one of the heads of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
§ Hezir = "swine"
1) a priest in the time of David, leader of the 17th monthly course
2) one of the heads of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2387 is translated
- hezir ×2
Bible verses with H2387 (Chêzîyr)
Chêzîyr appears in 2 verses.
- 1 Chronicles 24:15
The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,
- Nehemiah 10:20
Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,