Strong H6976H6976Iהַקוֹץ
Hakkoz
One of the 4 senses of Strong H6976
- Transliteration
- qôts
- Pronunciation
- kotse
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.61
Meaning of the name
Koz = "thorn"
General definition
The same as H6975; {Kots} the name of two Israelites: - {Koz} Hakkoz [includ. the article.]
In the biblical story
Hakkoz
A post-exilic priest whose descendants were excluded from the priesthood.
Hakkoz was a priest whose descendants were unable to prove their priestly lineage after the Babylonian exile.
In the Bible
Strong H6976I appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- koz2
First verses
- Ezra 2:61And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:
- Nehemiah 7:63And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.