חָצוֹר
Châtsôwr · khaw-tsore'
Chatsor, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine and of one in Arabia
Lexicon
Derivation: a collective form of H2691 (חָצֵר); village;
Chatsor, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine and of one in Arabia
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Hazor.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to pursue the straight path › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
To separate and protect that works to pursue the straight path that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָצוֹר 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
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of hazor6 · 32%
- and hazor6 · 32%
- hazor4 · 21%
- for hazor1 · 5%
- which is hazor1 · 5%
- in hazor1 · 5%
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.