Lexicon :: Strong's H2387 - ḥēzîr

חֵזִיר
Transliteration
ḥēzîr
Pronunciation
khay-zeer'
Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as חֲזִיר (H2386)
Strong’s Definitions

חֵזִיר Chêzîyr, khay-zeer'; from the same as H2386; perhaps protected; Chezir, the name of two Israelites:—Hezir.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H2387 in the following manner: Hezir (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H2387 in the following manner: Hezir (2x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֵזִיר Chêzîyr, khay-zeer'; from the same as H2386; perhaps protected; Chezir, the name of two Israelites:—Hezir.
STRONGS H2387: Abbreviations
† חֵזִיר proper name, masculine (compare inscription in RA1867, pl. 7, DrSm xxiii; NöZMG 1886, 162 'pointing — ֵ֯ to avoid offence;' but NbrAcad. 1887, Dec. 17 compares Talmud & (חַזּוּרָא, חֵיזוּר, חֲזוּרָא etc.) pomegranate (and apple; Syriac Ruvzfo, axRuvzfo), compare בְּנֵי רִמּוֺן 2 Samuel 4:2, 5, 9) —
1. a priest of 17th course (assigned to David's time) 1 Chronicles 24:15; Χηξειν (16th, 1 Chronicles 24:14), but A Ιεξειρ, Χηξειρ.
2. one of those sealed Nehemiah 10:21; Ηξειρ, Αξηρ.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

4:2; 4:5; 4:9

1 Chronicles

24:14; 24:15

Nehemiah

10:21