Encyclopedia entry
Hezir
Disambiguation
The source enumerates 2 distinct subjects under Hezir. Jump to one below, or read in order.
Swine or strong.
Hezir (1)
#The head of the seventeenth course of the priests (1 Chr. 24:15).
Hezir (2)
#Neh. 10:20, one who sealed Nehemiah’s covenant.
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(Swine).
A priest in the time of David, leader of the seventeenth monthly course in the service. (1 Chronicles 24:15) (B.C. 1014.) One of the heads of the people (lay-men) who sealed the solemn covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:20) (B.C. 410.)
In the Bible
2
Verses where Hezir is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 24:15
the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,
- Nehemiah 10:20
Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
Scripture on Hezir
2
Hezir references
4
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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