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HEZRO; HEZRAI

hez'-ro, hez'-ra-i, hez'-ri (chezro, 2 Samuel 23:35; 1 Chronicles 11:37, but the Qere of 2 Samuel 23:35 is chezray. The ancient versions almost unanimously support the form Hezrai): A Carmelite, i.e. an inhabitant of Carmel. See CARMELITE . One of David's thirty "mighty men."

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.