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Strong's #2387 - חֵזִיר

Transliteration
Chêzîyr
Phonetics
khay-zeer'
Root Word (Etymology)
from the same as (H2386)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Masculine
TWOT
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

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
Verse Results
KJV (2)
1 Chronicles 1
Nehemiah 1
NAS (2)
1 Chronicles 1
Nehemiah 1
HCS (2)
1 Chronicles 1
Nehemiah 1
BSB (2)
1 Chronicles 1
Nehemiah 1
ESV (2)
1 Chronicles 1
Nehemiah 1
WEB (2)
1 Chronicles 1
Nehemiah 1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 חֵזִיר proper name, masculine (compare inscription in RA1867, plural 7, Dr Sm xxiii; Nö ZMG 1886,162 'pointingֵ֯ 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.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
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
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