BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2387
che.zir — Hezir
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.24.15 § 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
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Swine or strong. (1.) The head of the seventeenth course of the priests (1 Chr. 24:15). (2.) Neh. 10:20, one who sealed Nehemiah’s covenant.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
