Chezir חֵזִיר

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Chezir
חֵזִיר
Transliterationchezir
Strong's numberH2387 (H2387G, H2387H)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossHezir
Occurrences2 in 2 verses
Most frequent in1 Chronicles (1)

Chezir (Hebrew חֵזִיר, Strong's H2387) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Hezir”. It occurs 2 times.

Definition

H2387G: Hezir

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

H2387H: Hezir

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.20
§ 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

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVhezir (2)
BSBhezir (2)

Verses

Every verse with Chezir, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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