Hebrew word · H2383

חֶזְיוֹן

chezyon

Hezion

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.15.18;

father of: Tabrimmon (H2886)

§ Hezion = "vision"

king of Syria, father of Tabrimon and grandfather of Ben-hadad; probably identical with 'Rezon' the contemporary of Solomon

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Kings · 1

  1. 1 Kings 15:18 חֶזְיוֹן֙ Hezion

    So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:

    Here: Ben-Hadad's grandfather and possibly the founder of the dynasty, mentioned only here. His relationship to Rezon, who seized Damascus in Solomon's day (11:23-25), is debated.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.