Bible Dictionary

Hezir

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

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(Swine).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

HE'ZIR (a swine). A priestly chief, 1 Chr 24:15. One who sealed the covenant, Neh 10:20.