Hebrew word · H3626

כׇּל־חֹזֶה

kol-

Col-hozeh

A compound name: kol 'all' plus ḥōzeh 'seeing' or 'seer' (from ḥāzāh, 'to see, to behold', often used of visions). Probably 'he (God) sees everything' or 'all-seer'. Some suggest 'every seer', but a name praising God's watchfulness fits the naming customs of the time better.

Appears 4 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.3.15;

father of: Shallum (H7968)

§ Col-hozeh = "all-seeing"

father of a repairer of Jerusalem's walls during the time of Nehemiah

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 Nehemiah 11:5

Range of meaning

A compound name: kol 'all' plus ḥōzeh 'seeing' or 'seer' (from ḥāzāh, 'to see, to behold', often used of visions). Probably 'he (God) sees everything' or 'all-seer'. Some suggest 'every seer', but a name praising God's watchfulness fits the naming customs of the time better.

Against the English

English versions spell it out as 'Col-hozeh' or 'Colhozeh' without translating it, so the meaning is invisible.

Used elsewhere in the period

Nehemiah 3:15 (Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the Mizpah district, who repaired the Fountain Gate). Whether this is the same family is uncertain.

Where it appears

Nehemiah · 4

  1. Nehemiah 3:15 כָּל־ חֹזֶה֮ Col-, Hozeh

    The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.

  2. Nehemiah 11:5 כָּל־ חֹ֠זֶה Col-, Hozeh

    and Maaseiah son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, a descendant of Shelah.

    Here: The first half of a two-part name. On its own the word means 'all, every'.

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