HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3578
כֹּֽזֵבָ֗א
ko.ze.va — Cozeba
Chozeba = "falsehood" a city in Judah Another name of akh.ziv (אַכְזִיב "Achzib" H0392G)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Chozeba
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
Historical dictionary entry
(1 Chr. 4:22), the same as Chezib and Achzib, a place in the lowlands of Judah (Gen. 38:5; Josh. 15:44).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.