Dictionaries :: Hezir

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Hezir:

swine or strong. (1.) The head of the seventeenth course of the priests (1Ch 24:15). (2.) Neh 10:20, one who sealed Nehemiah's covenant.

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Hezir:

he'-zer:

(1) (chezir; the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus, Chezein; Codex Alexandrinus, Iezeir): A Levite in the time of David (1Ch 24:15).

(2) Septuagint Hezeir): A chief of the people in the time of Nehemiah (Ne 10:20).

Nave's Topical Bible

Hezir: 1. A Levite

1Ch 24:15

Hezir: 2. A Prince of Judah

Neh 10:20

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Hezir:

(swine).

(1.) A priest in the time of David, leader of the seventeenth monthly course in the service (1 Chronicles 24:15). (B.C. 1014)

(2.) One of the heads of the people (lay‐men) who sealed the solemn covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:20). (B.C. 410)