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Hazer
topographically, seems generally employed for the villages of people. As a proper name it appears in the Authorized Version—
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In the plural, Hazerim and HAZEBOTH, for which see below. In the slightly different form of Hazor. In composition with other words: HAZAR-ADDAR (village of Addar), a place named as one of the landmarks on the southern boundary of the land promised to Israel. (Numbers 34:4) Adar (Joshua 15:3) HAZAR-ENAN (village of fountains), the place at which the northern boundary of the land promised to the children of Israel was to terminate. (Numbers 34:9,10) comp. Ezek 47:17; 48:1 HAZAB GADDAH (village of fortune), one of the towns in the southern district of Judah, (Joshua 15:27) named between Moladah and Heshmon. HAZAR-SHUAL (village of jackals), a town in the southern district of Judah, lying between Hazar-gaddah and Beersheba. (Joshua 15:28; 19:3; 1 Chronicles 4:28) HAZAR-SUSAH (village of horses), one of the “cities” allotted to Simeon in the extreme south of the territory of Judah. (Joshua 19:5)
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Verses where Hazer is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Ezekiel 47:16
Berothah, and Sibraim (which is on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran.
Scripture on Hazer
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Entries that reference Hazer
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Sources · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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