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HEZRON.—1. The eponymous head of a Reubenite family (Gen_46:9, Exo_6:14, Num_26:6 = 1Ch_5:3). 2. The eponymous head of a Judahite family (Gen_46:12, Num_26:21 = Rth_4:18-19, 1Ch_2:5; 1Ch_2:9; 1Ch_2:18; 1Ch_2:21; 1Ch_2:24-25; 1Ch_4:1). This Hezron appears also in the NT in the genealogy of our Lord (Mat_1:3, Luk_3:33). The gentilic name Hezronites occurs in Num_26:6 referring to the descendants of No. 1, and in Num_26:21 referring to those of No. 2 above. 3. A town in the south of Judah (Jos_15:3) = Hazar-addar of Num_34:4.