Hezir

He'zir (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 (Ne 10:20). B.C. cir. 410.

⇒Bible concordance for HEZIR.

⇒See also the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.