Lexical Definition

‎חֵזִיר‎ Chêzîyr (khay-zeer') Hezir ^N:N-M-P
from the same as ‎חֲזִיר‎; perhaps protected

Hezir.

• § Hezir = "swine"
• Chezir, the name of two Israelites

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֵזִיר‎ proper name, masculine (compare inscription in RA^{1867, plural 7}, Dr^{Sm xxiii}; Nö^{ZMG 1886, 162 'pointing} — ‎ֵ֯‎ to avoid offence;' but Nbr^{Acad. 1887, Dec. 17} compare Talmud & ᵑ7 (‎חַזּוּרָא‎, ‎חֵיזוּר‎, ‎חֲזוּרָא‎ etc.) pomegranate (and apple; Syriac , ), compare ‎בְּנֵי רִמּוֺן‎ 2Sam 4:2; 2Sam 4:5; 2Sam 4:9) —

1. a priest of 17th course (assigned to David's time) 1Chr 24:15 ᵐ5 Χηξειν (16th, v1Chr 24:14), but A Ιεξειρ, ᵐ5^L Χηξειρ.

2. one of those sealed Neh 10:21* ᵐ5 Ηξειρ, ᵐ5^L Αξηρ.

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