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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #2387 - חֵזִיר

Transliteration

Chêzîyr

Phonetics

khay-zeer'

Origin

from the same as (H2386)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

BSB (2)

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

CSB (2)

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

ESV (2)

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

KJV (2)

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

LEB (2)

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

LSB (2)

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

N95 (2)

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

NAS (2)

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

חֵזִיר proper name, masculine (compare inscription in RA^{1867, plural 7}, Dr^{Sm xxiii}; Nö^{ZMG 1886,162 'pointing} — ֵ֯ to avoid offence;' but Nbr^{Acad. 1887, Dec. 17} compare Talmud & ᵑ7 (חַזּוּרָא, חֵיזוּר, חֲזוּרָא etc.) pomegranate (and apple; Syriac

), compare בְּנֵי רִמּוֺן 2 Samuel 4:2,5,9) —

1 a priest of 17th course (assigned to David's time) 1 Chronicles 24:15; ᵐ5 Χηξειν (16th, 1 Chronicles 24:14), but A Ιεξειρ,ᵐ5^L Χηξειρ.

2 one of those sealed Nehemiah 10:21; ᵐ5 Ηξειρ,ᵐ5^L Αξηρ.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חֵזִיר (“swine”), [Hezer], pr.n. m. 1 Chronicles 24:15; Nehemiah 10:21.

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List of Word Forms

חֵזִֽיר׃ חזיר׃ לְחֵזִיר֙ לחזיר cheZir ḥê·zîr ḥêzîr lə·ḥê·zîr lecheZir ləḥêzîr