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HebrewH2371Proper Noun (Masculine)

חֲזָהאֵל

cha.za.el

19Occurrences
H2371Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Chazael, a king of Syria

or חֲזָהאֵל; from H2372 (חָזָה) and H410 (אֵל); God has seen;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; father of: Ben-hadad (H1130I) § Hazael = "one who sees God" a king of Syria; sent by his master, Ben-hadad, to the prophet Elisha, to seek a remedy for Ben-hadad's leprosy; apparently later killed Ben-hadad, assumed the throne, and soon became engaged in a war with the kings of Judah and Israel for the possession of the city of Ramoth-gilead

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

חֲזָהאֵל appears 19 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Kings
14
1 Kings
2
2 Chronicles
2
Amos
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 19:15BSB

Then the LORD said to him, “Go back by the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael as king over Aram.

2 Chronicles 22:6BSB

so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.

2 Kings 13:22BSB

And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz.

2 Kings 8:8BSB

So the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”

2 Kings 8:13BSB

“But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?” said Hazael.And Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.