Hebrew word · H2696

חֶצְרוֹן

chetzron

Hezron

A personal name, probably related to ḥāṣēr, an enclosure, courtyard or unwalled settlement. A town in southern Judah has the same or a similar name (Joshua 15:3, 25), and a son of Reuben was also called Hezron (Genesis 46:9). The meaning of the name is uncertain.

Appears 18 times in 17 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.12;

son of: Perez (H6557);

brother of: Hamul (H2538); married to daughter_of_Machir (H4353I) and Abiah (H0029J);

father of: Ram (H7410), Jerahmeel (H3396), Caleb (H3612H), Segub (H7687H) and Ashhur (H0806)

§ Hezron = "surrounded by a wall"

1) a son of Reuben

2) a son of Pharez and grandson of Judah

3) a place in the extreme south of Judah

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

In depth

From the study of 1 Chronicles 2:5

Range of meaning

A personal name, probably related to ḥāṣēr, an enclosure, courtyard or unwalled settlement. A town in southern Judah has the same or a similar name (Joshua 15:3, 25), and a son of Reuben was also called Hezron (Genesis 46:9). The meaning of the name is uncertain.

Against the English

English versions agree on "Hezron." Matthew 1:3 has the Greek form Hesrōm, which some older English Bibles reproduce as "Esrom."

Used elsewhere in the period

Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:21; Ruth 4:18–19; 1 Chronicles 2:9, 18, 21, 24–25; 4:1; Matthew 1:3; Luke 3:33.

Similar words

Where it appears

Genesis · 2

  1. Genesis 46:9 וְחֶצְר֥וֹן and Hezron

    The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

  2. Genesis 46:12 חֶצְר֥וֹן Hezron

    The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

    Here: Perez's son and the next link in the chain to David (Ruth 4:18–19). The name is probably related to chatser, "enclosure, settlement".

Exodus · 1

  1. Exodus 6:14 חֶצְר֣וֹן Hezron

    These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

    Here: Founder of the Hezronite clan of Reuben. The name probably connects with ḥāṣēr, 'enclosure, settlement'. He is a different man from Judah's grandson of the same name (Gen 46:12).

Numbers · 2

  1. Numbers 26:6 לְחֶצְרֹ֕ן of Hezron

    the Hezronite clan from Hezron, and the Carmite clan from Carmi.

  2. Numbers 26:21 לְחֶצְרֹ֕ן of Hezron

    And these were the descendants of Perez: the Hezronite clan from Hezron and the Hamulite clan from Hamul.

Joshua · 2

  1. Joshua 15:3 חֶצְרוֹן֙ Hezron

    proceeded south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continued on to Zin, went over to the south of Kadesh-barnea, ran past Hezron up to Addar, and curved toward Karka.

  2. Joshua 15:25 חֶצְר֖וֹן Hezron

    Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor),

Ruth · 2

  1. Ruth 4:18 חֶצְרֽוֹן׃ Hezron

    Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,

  2. Ruth 4:19 וְחֶצְרוֹן֙ and Hezron

    Hezron was the father of Ram, Ram was the father of Amminadab,

1 Chronicles · 9

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:5 חֶצְר֥וֹן Hezron

    The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

    Here: Perez's first-named son and the main line in what follows. Verses 9–55 trace his descendants, including Ram, Boaz, Jesse and David. The name probably comes from the word for an enclosure or settlement, though that is uncertain.

  2. 1 Chronicles 2:9 חֶצְר֖וֹן Hezron

    The sons who were born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.

  3. 1 Chronicles 2:18 חֶצְר֗וֹן Hezron

    Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. These were the sons of Azubah: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

  4. 1 Chronicles 2:21 חֶצְרוֹן֙ Hezron

    Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.

  5. 1 Chronicles 2:24 חֶצְר֖וֹן חֶצְרוֹן֙ Hezron

    After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

  6. 1 Chronicles 2:25 חֶצְר֖וֹן Hezron

    The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.

    Here: Grandson of Judah through Perez (2:5). His three sons Jerahmeel, Ram and Chelubai/Caleb (2:9) head the main branches of Judah.

  7. 1 Chronicles 4:1 חֶצְר֛וֹן Hezron

    The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

  8. 1 Chronicles 5:3 חֶצְר֥וֹן Hezron

    The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

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