Definition

Chazael, a king of Syria

Etymology

or חֲזָהאֵל; from H2372 (חָזָה) and H410 (אֵל); God has seen;

Where the KJV renders it

• Hazael

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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