חֲזָאֵל
Chăzâʼêl · khaz-aw-ale'
Chazael, a king of Syria
Lexicon
Derivation: or חֲזָהאֵל; from H2372 (חָזָה) and H410 (אֵל); God has seen;
Chazael, a king of Syria
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Hazael.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to cut, to sustain › strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads
To separate and protect that works to cut, to sustain of strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֲזָאֵל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of hazael6 · 26%
- and hazael4 · 17%
- against hazael3 · 13%
- so hazael2 · 9%
- with hazael2 · 9%
- hazael1 · 4%
- unto hazael1 · 4%
- then hazael1 · 4%
- it: and hazael1 · 4%
- it to hazael1 · 4%
- but hazael1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.