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Bible Dictionaries
Hazer
Smith's Bible Dictionary
or Ha'zer. Topographically, seems generally employed for the villages of people. As a proper name, it appears in the Authorized Version -
1. In the plural, Hazerim and Hazeboth, for which see definitions following.
2. In the slightly different form of Hazor.
In composition with other words:
3. Hazar-Addar. (village of Addar). A place named as one of the landmarks on the southern boundary of the landm promised to Israel. Numbers 34:4. See Adar Joshua 15:3.
4. Hazar-Enan. (village of fountains). The place at which the northern boundary of the landm promised to the children of Israel was to terminate. Numbers 34:9-10. Compare Ezekiel 47:17; Ezekiel 48:1.
5. Hazab Gaddah. (village of fortune). One of the towns in the southern district of Judah, Joshua 15:27, named between Moladah and Heshmon.
6. Hazar-Shual. (village of jackals). A town in the southern district of Judah, lying between Hazar-gaddah and Beersheba. Joshua 15:28; Joshua 19:3; 1 Chronicles 4:28.
7. Hazar-Susah. (village of horses). One of the "cities" allotted to Simeonm in the extreme south of the territory of Judah. Joshua 19:5.
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Hazer'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/h/hazer.html. 1901.
