חָצוֹר

Strong’s Definition

Chatsor, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine and of one in Arabia

Etymology & Derivation

a collective form of H2691 (חָצֵר); village;

KJV Usage

Hazor.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.a royal city of northern palestine allotted to naphtali
• 2.one of the cities of judah in the extreme south
• 3.a town north of jerusalem in which the benjamites resided after the return from exile
• 4.a site in arabia

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Châtsôwr; Pronunciation: khaw-tsore'