Yachăzîyʼêl — H3166

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jachaziel, the name of five Israelites

1. Jahaziel = "beheld of God"
2. a Benjamite warrior who joined David at Ziklag
3. a priest in the reign of David who helped move the ark
4. a Kohathite Levite, 3rd son of Hebron
5. a Levite, son of Zechariah, of the sons of Asaph, in the reign of Jehoshaphat
6. an ancestor of one of the families who returned from exile with Ezra

Usually translated as

Jahaziel, Jahziel

Origin

from H2372 and H410; beheld of God

• Derived from Châzâh (H2372)
• Derived from ʼêl (H410)

Occurrences

Yachăzîyʼêl occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (4), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezra (1)

• 1 Chronicles 12:4 — And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel (וְיַחֲזִיאֵל֙), and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,
• 1 Chronicles 16:6 — Benaiah also and Jahaziel (וְיַחֲזִיאֵ֖ל) the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
• 1 Chronicles 23:19 — Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel (יַחֲזִיאֵל֙) the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
• 1 Chronicles 24:23 — And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel (יַחֲזִיאֵל֙) the third, Jekameam the fourth.
• 2 Chronicles 20:14 — Then upon Jahaziel (וְיַחֲזִיאֵ֡ל) the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
• Ezra 8:5 — Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel (יַחֲזִיאֵ֑ל), and with him three hundred males.