Chezib

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Genesis 38:5

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Genesis 38:5. Same as Achzib and Chozeba.

Holman Bible Dictionary

Genesis 38:5Achzib

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

CHEZIB ( Genesis 38:5 ). See Achzib, No. 2 .

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Town in the lowlands of Judah. Genesis 38:5 . Probably the same as ACHZIB and CHOZEBA.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Che'zib. (lying). A name which occurs, but once, Genesis 38:5, probably the same as Achzib.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kē´zib . See Achzib (1).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrews Kezib´, כְּזַיב , false; Sept. Χασβί ), the birth-place of Shelah, Judah's youngest son by the daughter of Shuah (Genesis 38:5); probably the same with CHOZEBA (1 Chronicles 4:22), and also the ACHZIB (See Achzib) (q.v.) of later times (Joshua 15:44). Schwarz (Palest. p. 201) seems to confound it with the more northern city Achzib (Joshua 19:29), in referring to a Talmudical notice of "the river of Chezib;" an error into which also Grotius was led from the reading (Κεζίβ ) of the Sept. at Joshua 15:44. Jerome, however (Quaest. Hebr. in loc.), regards the name as an appellation merely (so Aquila, in Montfaucon's ed. of Origen's Hexapla, De la Rue's Orig. Opp. 5:287), indicating that this was the last of Bathshuah's sons.