McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Hezrai

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Hezrai


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(2Sa_23:35). SEE HEZRO. Hez'ro (Heb. Chetsro', äֶöøåֹ , i. q. Hezron; Sept. Á᾿óáñáß ,Vulg. Hezro), a Carmelite, one of David's distinguished warriors (1Ch_11:37). He is called in the margin and in 2Sa_23:35, HEZRAI (Chetsray', çֶöְøִé , Sept. Á᾿óáñß ,Vulg. Hesrai). B.C. 1046. Kennicott, however (Dissertation, p. 207). decides, on the almost unanimous authority of the ancient version, that Hezrai is the original form of the name.