Strong H3579כָּזְבִי

Cozbi

Transliteration
kozbîy
Pronunciation
koz-bee'
Morphology
Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person

Definition

From H3576; false;
{Cozbi} a Midianitess: - Cozbi.

Meaning of the name

Cozbi = "my lie"

Detailed definition

A woman living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.25.15;
daughter of: Zur (H6698)

In the biblical story

Cozbi

Midianite woman killed for immorality with an Israelite

Cozbi, a Midianite woman, was killed along with an Israelite man for their immorality. (Num.25.15,18)

In the Bible

Strong H3579 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • cozbi2

First verses

  1. Numbers 25:15
    And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.
  2. Numbers 25:18
    For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor’s sake.
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