חָצוֹרChâtsôwr

Chatsor, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine and of one in Arabia

Pronunciation: khaw-tsore' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2674

Meanings

1. a royal city of northern Canaan (Joshua 11:1; Joshua 12:19; Judges 4:2)

2. places in the Negeb

3. a Benjamite town, probably = בַּעַל חָצוֺר (Nehemiah 11:33)

4. an Arabian locality (Jeremiah 49:28; Jeremiah 49:30; Jeremiah 49:33)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 18 times in the Bible.

  • Joshua 11:1 When King Jabin of Hazor heard what had happened, he sent messages to the following kings: King Jobab of Madon; the king of Shimron; the king of Acshaph;
  • Joshua 11:10 Joshua then turned back and captured Hazor and killed its king. (Hazor had at one time been the capital of all these kingdoms.)
  • Joshua 11:11 The Israelites completely destroyed every living thing in the city, leaving no survivors. Not a single person was spared. And then Joshua burned the city.
  • Joshua 11:13 But the Israelites did not burn any of the towns built on mounds except Hazor, which Joshua burned.
  • Joshua 12:19 The king of Madon The king of Hazor
  • Joshua 15:23 Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).