Difference between revisions of "Koz"

<li> A priest, the head of the seventh division of the priests (&nbsp;Ezra 2:61; &nbsp;Nehemiah 3:4,21; &nbsp;7:63 ). In &nbsp;1 Chronicles 24:10 the word has the article prefixed, and it is taken as a part of the word "Hakkoz." <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Koz'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/k/koz.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> (Heb. Kots, קוֹוֹ '','' a ''Thorn,'' as often; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:8; Sept. Κωέ, Vulg. Cos, Auth. Vers. "Coz;" elsewhere with the art. הקוֹוֹ, ''Hak-Kots,'' &nbsp;1 Chronicles 24:10, Sept. Ἀκκώς, v. r. Κώς, Vulg. ''Accos,'' Auth. Vers. " Hakkoz;" Ezra ii, 61, Sept. Ἀκκούς, Vulg. ''Accos;'' &nbsp;Nehemiah 3:4; &nbsp;Nehemiah 3:21, Sept. Ἀκκώς, Vulg. ''Accus, Llaccus;'' &nbsp;Nehemiah 7:63, Sept. Ἀκκώς, v. r. Ἀκώς,Vulg. ''Accos),'' the name of two or more men. </p> <p> '''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" (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:8). B.C. prob. cir. 1612. </p> <p> '''2.''' The head of the seventh division of priests as arranged by David (&nbsp;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 (&nbsp;Ezra 2:61; &nbsp;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]] (&nbsp;Nehemiah 3:4; &nbsp;Nehemiah 3:21). </p>