Swine or strong. (1.) The head of the seventeenth course of the priests (1 Chr. 24:15). (2.) Neh. 10:20, one who sealed Nehemiah’s covenant.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
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Hezir
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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(Swine).
A priest in the time of David, leader of the seventeenth monthly course in the service. (1 Chronicles 24:15) (B.C. 1014.)
One of the heads of the people (lay-men) who sealed the solemn covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:20) (B.C. 410.)
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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