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

• a town north of Jerusalem in which the Benjamites resided after the return from exile

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_4 • Town resettled by Benjamites after the Babylonian exile

Hazor was a town resettled by the Benjamites after their return from the Babylonian exile (Neh 11:33).

• A location only mentioned at Neh.11.33;
• only referred to as Hazor חָצוֹר.
  

Hazor is mentioned in Nehemiah 11:33 as one of the towns resettled by the Benjamites after their return from the Babylonian exile. It was likely located in the territory traditionally associated with the tribe of Benjamin, north of Jerusalem. This Hazor is distinct from the Canaanite city of Hazor in the north and the town of Hazor in the Negev region.

All entries for Hazor: חָצוֹר