Strong’s H2387 · Hebrew

חֵזִיר
Chêzîyr
khay-zeer'

Definition

Chezir, the name of two Israelites

Etymology

from the same as H2386 (חֲזִיר); perhaps protected;

Where the KJV renders it

  • Hezir

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What the first audience heard

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