Koz

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A priest, the head of the seventh division of the priests (Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 3:4,21; 7:63 ). In 1 Chronicles 24:10 the word has the article prefixed, and it is taken as a part of the word "Hakkoz."

Copyright StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Koz'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/k/koz.html. 1897.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 3:4; Nehemiah 3:21.

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 4:8Ezra 2:61Nehemiah 3:43:21Nehemiah 7:63 1 Chronicles 24:10Hakkoz

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Priest whose descendants were unable to prove their genealogy. Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 7:63 .

2. Ancestor of some who repaired the wall of Jerusalem. Nehemiah 3:4,21 . See HAKKOZ.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Koz. (thorn). Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 3:4; Nehemiah 3:21. See Coz; Hakkoz.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

koz . See Hakkoz .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Kots, קוֹוֹ , a thorn, as often; 1 Chronicles 4:8; Sept. Κωέ, Vulg. Cos, Auth. Vers. "Coz;" elsewhere with the art. הקוֹוֹ, hak-Kots, 1 Chronicles 24:10, Sept. Ἀκκώς, v. r. Κώς, Vulg. Accos, Auth. Vers. " Hakkoz;" Ezra ii, 61, Sept. Ἀκκούς, Vulg. Accos; Nehemiah 3:4; Nehemiah 3:21, Sept. Ἀκκώς, Vulg. Accus, llaccus; Nehemiah 7:63, Sept. Ἀκκώς, v. r. Ἀκώς,Vulg. Accos), the name of two or more men.

1. A descendant of Judah, concerning whose genealogy we have only the confused statement that he " begat Anub and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel, the son of Harum" (1 Chronicles 4:8). B.C. prob. cir. 1612.

2. The head of the seventh division of priests as arranged by David (1 Chronicles 24:10). B.C. 1014. He is probably the same whose descendants are mentioned as returning with Zerubbabel from Babylon, but as being excluded by Nehemiah from the priesthood on account of their defective pedigree (Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 7:63). To this family appears to have belonged Urijah, whose son Meremoth is named as having repaired two portions of the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:4; Nehemiah 3:21).