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Koz
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
(Heb. Kots, קוֹוֹ , a thorn, as often; 1 Chronicles 4:8; Sept. Κωέ, Vulg. Cos, Auth. Vers. "Coz;" elsewhere with the art. הקוֹוֹ, hak-Kots, 1 Chronicles 24:10, Sept. Ἀκκώς, v. r. Κώς, Vulg. Accos, Auth. Vers. " Hakkoz;" Ezra ii, 61, Sept. Ἀκκούς, Vulg. Accos; Nehemiah 3:4; Nehemiah 3:21, Sept. Ἀκκώς, Vulg. Accus, llaccus; Nehemiah 7:63, Sept. Ἀκκώς, v. r. Ἀκώς,Vulg. Accos), the name of two or more men.
1. A descendant of Judah, concerning whose genealogy we have only the confused statement that he " begat Anub and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel, the son of Harum" (1 Chronicles 4:8). B.C. prob. cir. 1612.
2. The head of the seventh division of priests as arranged by David (1 Chronicles 24:10). B.C. 1014. He is probably the same whose descendants are mentioned as returning with Zerubbabel from Babylon, but as being excluded by Nehemiah from the priesthood on account of their defective pedigree (Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 7:63). To this family appears to have belonged Urijah, whose son Meremoth is named as having repaired two portions of the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:4; Nehemiah 3:21).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Koz'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​k/koz.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.