a bog; converted
(same as Hezer)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
HEZIR.1. The 17th of the priestly courses (1Ch_24:15). 2. A lay family, which signed the covenant (Neh_10:22).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1. 1Ch_24:15.
2. Neh_10:20.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
He'zir. (swine).
1. A priest, in the time of David, leader of the seventeenth monthly course, in the service. 1Ch_24:15. (B.C. 1014).
2. One of the heads of the people, (lay-men), who sealed the solemn covenant with Nehemiah. Neh_10:20. (B.C. 410).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
hē?zẽr:
(1) (חזיר, ḥēzı̄r; the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus, Χηζείν, Chēzeı́n; Codex Alexandrinus, Ἰεζείρ, Iezeı́r): A Levite in the time of David (1Ch_24:15).
(2) Septuagint Ἡζείρ, Hēzeı́r): A chief of the people in the time of Nehemiah (Neh_10:20).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Hezir
(Heb. Chezi-r', חֵזַיר, a swine, or, according to First, strong; Sept. Ι᾿εζείρ and ᾿Ηζείρ 5.r. Χηζίν), the name of two men.
1. The head of the seventeenth course of priests as established by David (1Ch_24:15). B.C. 1014.
2. A chief Israelite who subscribed the sacred covenant with Nehemiah (Neh_10:20). B.C. cir. 410.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.