H273: אַחְזַי
ʼAchzay · pronounced akh-zah'ee · “Ahzai”
Definition
Achzai, an Israelite
KJV translates it as: Ahasai.
Word origin: from H270 (אָחַז); seizer;
Extended definition
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.12;
son of: Meshillemith (H4921);
father of: Jahzerah (H3170); also called Ahzai (KJV: Ahasai) at Neh.11.13;
Another name of me.shul.lam (מְשֻׁלָּם "Meshullam" H4918M)
§ Ahasai = "my holder, protector"
a post-exilic priest, in Jerusalem
son of: Meshillemith (H4921);
father of: Jahzerah (H3170); also called Ahzai (KJV: Ahasai) at Neh.11.13;
Another name of me.shul.lam (מְשֻׁלָּם "Meshullam" H4918M)
§ Ahasai = "my holder, protector"
a post-exilic priest, in Jerusalem
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H273 is translated
- ahzai ×1
Bible verses with H273 (ʼAchzay)
ʼachzay appears in 1 verse.
- Nehemiah 11:13
And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,