H0273
אַחְזַי
Ahzai
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.12; son of: Meshillemith (H4921); father of: Jahzerah (H3170); also called Ahzai (KJV: Ahasai) at Neh.11.13; Another name of me.shul.lam (מְשֻׁלָּם "Meshullam" H4918M) § Ahasai = "my holder, protector" a post-exilic priest, in Jerusalem
The KJV translates H0273 in the following manner:
Ahasai (2x)
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
אֲחַזְיָ֫הוּ, אֲחַזְיָה, אַחְזַי proper name, masculine (Yah(u) hath grasped; ᵐ5 Ὀχοζ(ε)ιας 1Kgs 22:52 etc., compare LagBN 53)
**compare Arabic VIII, + = adopt, hence perhaps ׳י hath adopted.
1. king of Israel, son of Ahab 1Kgs 22:40; 1Kgs 22:50; 1Kgs 22:52; 2Kgs 1:18; 2Chr 20:37 (אֲחַזְיָהוּ); + 2Kgs 1:2; 2Chr 20:35 (אֲחַזְיָה).
2. king of Judah, son of Joram 2Kgs 8:24; 2Kgs 8:25; 2Kgs 9:21; 2Kgs 10:13; 2Kgs 11:1; 2Kgs 12:19; 2Kgs 13:1; 2Kgs 14:13; 2Kgs 1:11; 2Kgs 22:1 + 15 t. 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles (all אֲחַזְיָהוּ); 2Kgs 9:16; 2Kgs 9:23; 2Kgs 9:27; 2Kgs 9:29; 2Kgs 11:2 (אֲחַזְיָה).
יַחְזֵרָה proper name, masculine a priest 1Chr 9:12 (for which אַחְזַי (q. v.) Neh 11:13), see now also Ryle on Neh 11:13.
יְחִיאֵל, יְחִיאֵלִי, יְחִיָּה see below חיה.
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