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Koz

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6976

קוֹץ

qots — Koz

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.8; son of: Ashhur (H0806) and Helah (H2458); brother of: Haahashtari (H0326), Zereth (H6889), Izhar (H3328) and Ethnan (H0869); half-brother of: Ahuzzam (H0275), Hepher (H2660) and Temeni (H8488); father of: Anub (H6036), Zobebah (H6637), Harum (H2037) and Jabez (H3258H)(?) § Koz = "thorn" 1) a descendant of Judah 2) a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4822

מְרֵמוֹת

me.re.mot — Meremoth

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.8.33; son of: Uriah (H0223H); also called Meraioth at Neh.12.15; Also named: me.ra.vot (מְרָיוֹת "Meraioth" H4812H) § Meremoth = "elevations" 1) a priest, son of Uriah of the family of Koz active in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem and in the 7th course of temple service in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah 2) a priest in the time of Zerubbabel 3) a returning exile of the family of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2458

חֶלְאָה

chel.ah — Helah

A womanof the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.4.5; married to Ashhur (H0806); mother of: Zereth (H6889), Izhar (H3328), Ethnan (H0869) and Koz (H6976) § Helah = "rust" one of the two wives of Ashur, father of Tekoah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H806

אַשְׁחוּר

ash.chur — Ashhur

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.24; son of: Hezron (H2696H) and Abiah (H0029J); half-brother of: Ram (H7410), Jerahmeel (H3396), Caleb (H3612H) and Segub (H7687H); married to Helah (H2458) and Naarah (H5292B); father of: Ahuzzam (H0275), Hepher (H2660), Temeni (H8488), Haahashtari (H0326), Zereth (H6889), Izhar (H3328), Ethnan (H0869) and Koz (H6976) § Ashur = "black" son of Pharez

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2037

הָרֻם

ha.rum — Harum

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.8; son of: Koz (H6976); brother of: Anub (H6036) and Zobebah (H6637); father of: Aharhel (H0316) § Harum = "exalted" a man of Judah, father of Aharhel

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H275

אֲחֻזָּם

a.chuz.zam — Ahuzzam

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.6; son of: Ashhur (H0806) and Naarah (H5292B); brother of: Hepher (H2660), Temeni (H8488) and Haahashtari (H0326); half-brother of: Zereth (H6889), Izhar (H3328), Ethnan (H0869) and Koz (H6976) § Ahuzam = "possessor" a descendant of Judah through Caleb

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H326

אֲחַשְׁתָּרִי

a.chash.ta.ri — Haahashtari

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.6; son of: Ashhur (H0806) and Naarah (H5292B); brother of: Ahuzzam (H0275), Hepher (H2660) and Temeni (H8488); half-brother of: Zereth (H6889), Izhar (H3328), Ethnan (H0869) and Koz (H6976) § Haahashtari = "I will diligently observe the searching" a descendant of Ashur of Judah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6036

עָנוּב

a.nuv — Anub

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.8; son of: Koz (H6976); brother of: Zobebah (H6637) and Harum (H2037) § Anub = "confederate" son of Coz, descendant of Judah and Caleb through Ashur, the father of Tekoa

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6637

צֹבֵבָה

tso.ve.vah — Zobebah

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.8; son of: Koz (H6976); brother of: Anub (H6036) and Harum (H2037) § Zobebah = "the slow" son of Coz of the tribe of Judah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6889

צֶ֫רֶת

tse.ret — Zereth

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.7; son of: Ashhur (H0806) and Helah (H2458); brother of: Haahashtari (H0326), Izhar (H3328), Ethnan (H0869) and Koz (H6976); half-brother of: Ahuzzam (H0275), Hepher (H2660) and Temeni (H8488) § Zereth = "splendour" son of Ashur, the founder of Tekoa, by his wife Helah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8488

תֵּימְנִי

te.me.ni — Temeni

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.6; son of: Ashhur (H0806) and Naarah (H5292B); brother of: Ahuzzam (H0275), Hepher (H2660) and Haahashtari (H0326); half-brother of: Zereth (H6889), Izhar (H3328), Ethnan (H0869) and Koz (H6976) § Temeni = "southern" a Judaite, son of Ashur by one of his two wives Naarah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H869

אֶתְנַן

et.nan — Ethnan

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.7; son of: Ashhur (H0806) and Helah (H2458); brother of: Haahashtari (H0326), Zereth (H6889), Izhar (H3328) and Koz (H6976); half-brother of: Ahuzzam (H0275), Hepher (H2660) and Temeni (H8488) § Ethnan = "hire of unchastity" a grandson of Ashur

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3328

יִצְחַר

yits.char — Izhar

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.7; son of: Ashhur (H0806) and Helah (H2458); brother of: Haahashtari (H0326), Zereth (H6889), Ethnan (H0869) and Koz (H6976); half-brother of: Ahuzzam (H0275), Hepher (H2660) and Temeni (H8488) § Zohar = "tawny"

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Historical dictionary entry

Thorn. (1.) A descendant of Judah. 1 Chr. 4:8, “Coz;” R.V., “Hakkoz.” (2.) A priest, the head of the seventh division of the priests (Ezra 2:61; Neh. 3:4, 21; 7:63). In 1 Chr. 24:10 the word has the article prefixed, and it is taken as a part of the word “Hakkoz.”

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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