BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3170
yach.ze.rah — Jahzerah
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at 1Ch.9.12; son of: Meshullam (H4918M); father of: Adiel (H5717H) § Jahzerah = "whom God leads back" a priest of the house of Immer
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H273
ach.zay — Ahzai
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.12; son of: Meshillemith (H4921); father of: Jahzerah (H3170); also called Ahzai (KJV: Ahasai) at Neh.11.13; Another name of me.shul.lam (מְשֻׁלָּם "Meshullam" H4918M) § Ahasai = "my holder, protector" a post-exilic priest, in Jerusalem
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Returner, the son of Meshullam, and father of Adiel (1 Chr. 9:12).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
