Lexical Definition

‎חָצוֹר‎ Châtsôwr (khaw-tsore') Hazor ^N:N--L
a collective form of ‎חָצֵר‎; village

Hazor.

• § Hazor = "castle"
• Chatsor, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine and of one in Arabia

1) a royal city of northern Palestine allotted to Naphtali
2) one of the cities of Judah in the extreme south
3) a town north of Jerusalem in which the Benjamites resided after the return from exile
4) a site in Arabia

Extended Information

• one of the cities of Judah in the extreme south

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָצוֺר‎, ‎חָצֹר‎ proper name, of a location (Lag^{BN 47 f.}) — ᵐ5 Ασωρ, etc.;

1. a royal city of northern Canaan Josh 11:1 ‎׳‎‎יָבִין מֶלֶךְחֿ‎, compare Josh 12:19, and Judg 4:2; Judg 4:17; 1Sam 12:9; Josh 11:10 (twice in verse); Josh 11:11; Josh 11:13; Josh 19:36; 2Kgs 15:29 ‎חָצֹר‎ 1Kgs 9:15.

2. places in the Negeb:
a. Josh 15:23. b. c. Josh 15:25 ‎וחָצוֺר‎ ‎חֲדַתָּה וּקְרִיּוֺת חֶצְרוֺן הִיא חָצוֺר‎.

3. ‎חָצוֺר‎ Neh 11:33 a Benjamite town, probably = ‎בַּעַל חָצוֺר‎ q. v.

4. ‎מַמְלְכוֺת חָצוֺר אֲשֶׂר הִכָּה נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּו֯ר‎ Jer 49:28, compare vJer 49:30 vJer 49:33, an Arabian locality, see Winer^BW Hazor Gf Gie. — ‎׳‎‎עֵין ח‎ Josh 19:37, see below ‎עַיִן‎.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

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Hazor_3 • Town in the Negev region of Judah

Hazor was a town in the Negev region, part of the territory allotted to the tribe of Judah (Josh 15:23).

• A location near Moladah מוֹלָדָה only mentioned at Jos.15.25;
• only referred to as Hazor חָצוֹר.
  

Hazor, also known as Hazor-Ithnan, was a town located in the Negev region, in the southern part of the territory allocated to the tribe of Judah (Josh 15:23,25). No further details about this Hazor are provided in the Bible, and its exact location remains unknown. It should not be confused with the more prominent city of Hazor in northern Canaan.

All entries for Hazor: חָצוֹר