Lexicon
חֶזְיוֹן
chez.yon
H2383
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Hezion

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chez.yon is used as the personal name of Ben-hadad’s grandfather in a royal lineage.

The attested use presents chez.yon as a personal name in the ancestry of Ben-hadad, named as the father of Tabrimmon in 1 Kings 15:18.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name in a royal lineage · dominant

    In 1 Kings 15:18, the proper noun occurs in the sequence identifying Ben-hadad as the son of Tabrimmon and Tabrimmon as the son of chez.yon. The APB renders the lineage as “Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon son of Hezion,” within Asa's message to the king of Aram.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Kings 15:18, the APB presents the name as “Hezion” in Ben-hadad's ancestry.

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