חֶצְרוֹן
Hezron
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Every verse where H2696 appears — 17 distinct verses across 6 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 2 verses
Exodus 1 verse
Numbers 2 verses
Joshua 2 verses
- Joshua 15:3 חֶצְרוֹן֙ n Proper and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka;
- Joshua 15:25 חֶצְר֖וֹן n Proper Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth, Hezron (the same is Hazor),
Ruth 2 verses
1 Chronicles 8 verses
- 1 Chronicles 2:5 חֶצְר֥וֹן n Proper The sons of Perez: Hezron, and Hamul.
- 1 Chronicles 2:9 חֶצְר֖וֹן n Proper The sons also of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
- 1 Chronicles 2:18 חֶצְר֗וֹן n Proper Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of [children] of Azubah [his] wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
- 1 Chronicles 2:21 חֶצְרוֹן֙ n Proper Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took [as wife] when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
- 1 Chronicles 2:24 חֶצְר֖וֹן חֶצְרוֹן֙ n Proper n Proper After that Hezron was dead in Caleb Ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron's wife bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
- 1 Chronicles 2:25 חֶצְר֖וֹן n Proper The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah.
- 1 Chronicles 4:1 חֶצְר֛וֹן n Proper The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
- 1 Chronicles 5:3 חֶצְר֥וֹן n Proper the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, חצרון (Chetsrôwn) means “Hezron.” Scripture first uses it in Genesis 46:9. It appears 17 verses across 6 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its uncommon vocabulary. The word gravitates to 1 Chronicles (47%), then Genesis and Numbers. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H2696 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 17
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 17 distinct verses.
- 6 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 6 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #1,612
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 1,612 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 17 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 1 Chronicles 8 verses 47%
- Genesis 2 verses 12%
- Numbers 2 verses 12%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 17 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 10 verses · 59%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 5 verses · 29%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 2 verses · 12%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Hezron 14×
- American Standard Version: Hezron 14×
- Berean Standard Bible: Hezron 16×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Hezron 17×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H2696 across 18 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H2696 across 18 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H2696 across 17 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H2696 across 18 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 6 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. n.pr.loc. 𝔊 Ασωρων, Ασερων, Εσρωμ:
- a. חֶצְרוֹן Jos 15:3 place in extreme south of Judah, + אַדָּ֫רָה = חֲצַר־אַדָּר (q.v.) Nu 34:4. e.g. Joshua 15:3
- b. קְרִיּוֹת חֶצְרוֹן הִיא חָצוֹר Jos 15:25 another town of Judah in south. e.g. Joshua 15:25
- 2. n.pr.m. 𝔊 Ασρωμ(ν), Εσρων, etc.:
- a. חֶצְרֹן son of Reuben Gn 46:9; Ex 6:14; Nu 26:6 = חֶצְרוֹן 1 Ch 5:3. e.g. Genesis 46:9
- b. son of Pereṣ and grandson of Judah Gn 46:12; Nu 26:21 = חֶצְרוֹן Ru 4:18, 19; 1 Ch 2:5, 9, 18, 21, 24(×2), 25; 4:1. e.g. Genesis 46:12
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.pr.loc. et pers. (cf. Sab. חצֿרן n.pr.loc. vel. trib. HalNo. 651 DHMZMG 1883, 15)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from חצר (châtsêr) (H2691) — court.
Forms in the corpus
The 10 distinct written forms H2696 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| חֶצְר֖וֹן | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 2:9 | 4 |
| חֶצְר֥וֹן | Noun, Proper | Genesis 46:12 | 3 |
| חֶצְרוֹן֙ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 2:21 | 3 |
| לְ/חֶצְרֹ֕ן | Noun, Proper | Numbers 26:6 | 2 |
| וְ/חֶצְר֥וֹן | Noun, Proper | Genesis 46:9 | 1 |
| וְ/חֶצְרוֹן֙ | Noun, Proper | Ruth 4:19 | 1 |
| חֶצְר֗וֹן | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 2:18 | 1 |
| חֶצְר֛וֹן | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 4:1 | 1 |
| חֶצְר֣וֹן | Noun, Proper | Exodus 6:14 | 1 |
| חֶצְרֽוֹן | Noun, Proper | Ruth 4:18 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H2696, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- חצור Châtsôwr H2674 Hazor
- חצר אדר Chătsar ʼAddâr H2692 Hazar-addar
- חצר גדה Chătsar Gaddâh H2693 Hazar-gaddah
- חצר התיכון Chătsar hat-Tîykôwn H2694 Hazar-hatticon
- חצרות Chătsêrôwth H2698 Hazeroth
- חצרים Chătsêrîym H2699 Hazerim
- חצרמות Chătsarmâveth H2700 Hazarmaveth
- חצר סוסה Chătsar Çûwçâh H2701 Hazar-susah
- חצר סוסים Chătsar Çûwçîym H2702 Hazar-susim
- חצר עינון Chătsar ʻÊynôwn H2703 Hazar-enan
- חצר עינן Chătsar ʻÊynân H2704 Hazar-enan
- חצר שועל Chătsar Shûwʻâl H2705 Hazar-shual
- Εσρωμ Esrṓm G2074 Hezron
- חצרו Chetsrôw H2695 Hezro
- חצרוני Chetsrôwnîy H2697 Hezronites
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 18 — not the complete family. 15 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Hezron). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
Enclosed. (1.) One of the sons of Reuben (Gen. 46:9; Ex. 6:14). (2.) The older of the two sons of Pharez (Gen. 46:12). (3.) A plain in the south of Judah, west of Kadesh-barnea (Josh. 15:3).
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(surrounded by a wall).
+ A son of Reuben. (Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14) + A son of Pharez. (Genesis 46:12; Ruth 4:18)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
the dart of joy; the division of the song
Classic public-domain reference works; full attribution on Sources.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 17 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 17 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
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This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
