Strong's Lexicon: H2374 חוֹזֶה

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2374
Word:	חוֹזֶה
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	active participle of H2372
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	22
Transliteration:	chozeh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	kho-zeh'
Meaning:	1. a beholder in vision 2. also a compact (as looked upon with approval)
KJV Renderings:	agreement, prophet, see that, seer, (star-)gazer.

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חֹזֶה noun masculine seer; — absolute ׳ ח Amos 7:12 + 7 t.; construct חֹזֵה 1Chr 21:9 + 3 t.; חוֺזֵה 2Chr 35:15 plural חֹזִים Isa 29:10 + 4 t.; חוֺזִים 2Chr 33:19 (so read with ᵐ5 ; חוֺזָי֑ ᵑ0 scribal error) —

1. seer:

a. of unnamed persons, synonym נבא(יםׅ 2Kgs 17:13 ; Isa 29:10 רֹאִים Isa 30:10 קֹסְמִים Mic 3:7 historical writers דִּבְרֵי הַחֹוִים 2Chr 33:18 , דברי חוזים ( ᵐ5 ) 2Chr 33:19 ( ᵑ0 apparently proper name)

b. named prophets; Gad 2Sam 24:11 = 1Chr 21:9; 1Chr 29:29 ; 2Chr 29:25 Amos Amos 7:12 Iddo 2Chr 9:29; 2Chr 12:15 Jehu 2Chr 19:2.

c. the singers: Heman 1Chr 25:5 Asaph 2Chr 29:30 Jeduthun 2Chr 35:15.

Note. — It seems best to add

2. vision (compare רֹאֶה Isa 28:7) עִם שְׁאוֺל עָשִׂינוּ חֹזֶה Isa 28:15 with She'Ùl we made a vision (had a vision, in connection with She'Ùl — i.e. by necromancy, see Du — which makes us secure; || כרת ברית אֶתמָֿוֶת; Ew^{§ 156 e transitive} oracle here and 2Kgs 17:13 Hoffm^{ZAW iii. 95} puts this under 1: 'we have appointed a prophet with She'ol (SS 'Ein bei der Scheol be-stellter Seher'), who is answerable to us for it;' ᵐ5 ᵑ9 ᵑ7 AV RV Che Di and others, are at (or have made an) agreement (prophetic advice of seers being taken at time of making treaties; see חָזוּת 1), — See also כָּלחֹֿזֶה proper name, masculine below כּל.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חזה (gh)

2 Kings 17:13

KJV: Yet the Lord testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.by: Heb. by the hand of

EHCC: the prophets, (and by) all the seers,

1 Chronicles 21:9

KJV: And the Lord spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,

EHCC: spake unto Gad, David's see,

1 Chronicles 25:5

KJV: All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.words: or, matters

EHCC: the sons of Heman the king’s ser

1 Chronicles 29:29

KJV: Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,book: or, history: Heb. words

EHCC: in the book of Gad the seer,

2 Chronicles 9:29

KJV: Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?book: Heb. words

EHCC: in the visions of Iddo the seer

2 Chronicles 12:15

KJV: Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.book: Heb. words

EHCC: Iddo the seer concerning genealogies?

2 Chronicles 19:2

KJV: And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord.

EHCC: Hanani the seer went out to meet him,

2 Chronicles 29:25

KJV: And he set the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the Lord by his prophets.commandment of the Lord: Heb. commandment by the hand of the Lordby: Heb. by the hand of

EHCC: David, and of Gad the king’s eer,

2 Chronicles 83:18

EHCC: the words of the seers that spake

Isaiah 98:15

EHCC: with hell are we at agreement ;

Ezekiel 13:9

KJV: And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.assembly: or, secret, or, counsel

EHCC: the prophets that see vanity,

Amos 7:13

KJV: But prophesy not again any more at Beth–el: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.chapel: or, sanctuaryking’s court: Heb. house of the kingdom

EHCC: 0 thow seers £: flee thee away

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