Lexical Definition

‎אַחְזַי‎ ʼAchzay (akh-zah'ee) Ahzai ^N:N-M-P
from ‎אָחַז‎; seizer

Ahasai.

• § Ahasai = "my holder, protector"
• Achzai, an Israelite

1) a post-exilic priest, in Jerusalem

Extended Information

name of: מְשֻׁלָּם

• A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.12
• son of: Meshillemith (מְשִׁלֵּמִית)
• father of: Jahzerah (יַחְזֵרָה); also called Ahzai (KJV: Ahasai) at Neh.11.13
• Another name of me.shul.lam (‎מ‎ְ‎ש‎ֻׁ‎ל‎ָּ‎ם‎ "Meshullam" מְשֻׁלָּם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: אֲחַזְיָה

‎אֲחַזְיָ֫הוּ‎, ‎אֲחַזְיָה‎, ‎אַחְזַי‎ proper name, masculine (Yah(u) hath grasped; ᵐ5 Ὀχοζ(ε)ιας 1Kgs 22:52* etc., compare Lag^{BN 53}) **compare Arabic VIII, + = adopt, hence perhaps ‎׳‎‎י‎ hath adopted.

1. king of Israel, son of Ahab 1Kgs 22:40; 1Kgs 22:50*; 1Kgs 22:52*; 2Kgs 1:18; 2Chr 20:37 (‎אֲחַזְיָהוּ‎); + 2Kgs 1:2; 2Chr 20:35 (‎אֲחַזְיָה‎).

2. king of Judah, son of Joram 2Kgs 8:24; 2Kgs 8:25; 2Kgs 9:21; 2Kgs 10:13; 2Kgs 11:1; 2Kgs 12:19*; 2Kgs 13:1; 2Kgs 14:13; 2Kgs 1:11; 2Kgs 22:1 + 15 t. 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles (all ‎אֲחַזְיָהוּ‎); 2Kgs 9:16; 2Kgs 9:23; 2Kgs 9:27; 2Kgs 9:29; 2Kgs 11:2 (‎אֲחַזְיָה‎).

3. ‎אַחְזַי‎ a priest Neh 11:13 (for which ‎יַחְזֵרָה‎ 1Chr 9:12 see Sm^{Listen, Tafel}).

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