Word Study · Strong's H2696 · Hebrew
חֶצְרוֹן
Chetsron
khets-rone'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Chetsrôwn
“Chetsron, the name of a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Chetsron, the name of a place in Palestine; also of two Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Hezron.
- 18occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 18 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- חֶצְר֖וֹן4
- חֶצְר֥וֹן3
- חֶצְרוֹן֙3
- לְחֶצְרֹ֕ן2
- וְחֶצְר֥וֹן1
- וְחֶצְרוֹן֙1
- חֶצְר֣וֹן1
- חֶצְר֗וֹן1
- חֶצְר֛וֹן1
- חֶצְרֽוֹן׃1
How it is rendered · 3
- Hezron14
- and Hezron2
- of Hezron2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- proper noun (a name)12
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
- proper noun (a name)2
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 12
- HC/Npm · 2
- HNpl · 2
- HR/Npl · 1
- HR/Npm · 1
All 18, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Chronicles9 of 18 · 50%
- Genesis2 of 18 · 11%
- Numbers2 of 18 · 11%
- Joshua2 of 18 · 11%
- Ruth2 of 18 · 11%
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Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 46:9וְחֶצְר֥וֹןvechetzronconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.here: and Hezron
- Genesis 46:12חֶצְר֥וֹןchetzronproper noun (a name)The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.here: Hezron
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 26:6לְחֶצְרֹ֕ןlechetzronpreposition + proper noun (a name)the Hezronite clan from Hezron, and the Carmite clan from Carmi.here: of Hezron
- Numbers 26:21לְחֶצְרֹ֕ןlechetzronpreposition + proper noun (a name)And these were the descendants of Perez: the Hezronite clan from Hezron and the Hamulite clan from Hamul.here: of Hezron
Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 15:3חֶצְרוֹן֙chetzronproper noun (a name)proceeded south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continued on to Zin, went over to the south of Kadesh-barnea, ran past Hezron up to Addar, and curved toward Karka.here: Hezron
- Joshua 15:25חֶצְר֖וֹןchetzronproper noun (a name)Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor),here: Hezron
Ruth2 occurrences
1 Chronicles9 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:5חֶצְר֥וֹןchetzronproper noun (a name)The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.here: Hezron
- 1 Chronicles 2:9חֶצְר֖וֹןchetzronproper noun (a name)The sons who were born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.here: Hezron
- 1 Chronicles 2:18חֶצְר֗וֹןchetzronproper noun (a name)Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. These were the sons of Azubah: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.here: Hezron
- 1 Chronicles 2:21חֶצְרוֹן֙chetzronproper noun (a name)Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.here: Hezron
- 1 Chronicles 2:24חֶצְר֖וֹןchetzronproper noun (a name)After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.here: Hezron
- 1 Chronicles 2:24חֶצְרוֹן֙chetzronproper noun (a name)After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.here: Hezron
- 1 Chronicles 2:25חֶצְר֖וֹןchetzronproper noun (a name)The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron:here: Hezron
- 1 Chronicles 4:1חֶצְר֛וֹןchetzronproper noun (a name)The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.here: Hezron
- 1 Chronicles 5:3חֶצְר֥וֹןchetzronproper noun (a name)The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.here: Hezron