יַחֲזִיאֵל

Strong’s Definition

Jachaziel, the name of five Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

from H2372 (חָזָה) and H410 (אֵל); beheld of God;

KJV Usage

Jahaziel, Jahziel.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.a benjamite warrior who joined david at ziklag
• 2.a priest in the reign of david who helped move the ark
• 3.a kohathite levite, 3rd son of hebron
• 4.a levite, son of zechariah, of the sons of asaph, in the reign of jehoshaphat
• 5.an ancestor of one of the families who returned from exile with ezra

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yachăzîyʼêl; Pronunciation: yakh-az-ee-ale'