The meaning of “חָצוֹר”
Understanding Châtsôwr reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
a collective form of חָצֵר; village Hazor. - § Hazor = "castle" - Chatsor, the name (thus simply) of two places in Pales...
חָצוֹר
a collective form of חָצֵר; village Hazor. - § Hazor = "castle" - Chatsor, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine and of one in Arabia 1) a royal city of northern Palestine allotted to Naphtali 2) one of the cities of Judah in the extreme south 3) a town north of Jerusalem in which the Benjamites resided after the return from exile 4) a site in Arabia
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Joshua 12:19 | “The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;” Word: חָצוֹר (Châtsôwr) | |
| Judges 4:17 | “Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.” Word: חָצוֹר (Châtsôwr) | |
| 1 Samuel 12:9 | “And when they forgat the Lord their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.” Word: חָצוֹר (Châtsôwr) | |
| 1 Kings 9:15 | “And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.” Word: חָצוֹר (Châtsôwr) | |
| 2 Kings 15:29 | “In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel–beth–maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.” Word: חָצוֹר (Châtsôwr) |