STRONGS NUMBER H2374


Word Summary
chozeh: a seer
Original Word: חֹזֶה
Transliteration: chozeh
Phonetic Spelling: (kho-zeh')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a seer
Meaning: a beholder in vision, a compact
Strong's Concordance
agreement, prophet, see that, seer, stargazer

Active participle of chazah; a beholder in vision; also a compact (as looked upon with approval) -- agreement, prophet, see that, seer, (star-)gazer.

see HEBREW chazah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2374. chozeh

חֹזֶהnoun masculine seer; — absolute ׳חAmos 7:12 7t.; construct חֹזֵה1 Chronicles 21:9 3t.; חוֺזֵה2 Chronicles 35:15; plural חֹזִיםIsaiah 29:10 4t.; חוֺזִים2 Chronicles 33:19 (so read with ᵐ5‎; ᵑ0 חוֺזָי֑‎ scribal error) —

1 seer:

a. of unnamed persons, synonym נבא(יםׅ2 Kings 17:13; Isaiah 29:10; רֹאִים30:10; קֹסְמִיםMicah 3:7; historical writers הַחֹוִים דִּבְרֵי2 Chronicles 33:18, חוזים דברי‎ (ᵐ5‎) 33:19 (ᵑ0‎ apparently proper name)

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

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

Note — It seems best to add

2 vision (compare רֹאֶהIsaiah 28:7) חֹזֶה עָשִׂינוּ שְׁאוֺל עִם28:15 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; "" אֶתמָֿוֶת ברית כרת‎; Ew§ 156 e transitive oracle here and 2 Kings 17:13; HoffmZAW 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;' ᵑ7 ᵑ9 ᵐ5‎ 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 חָזוּת1), — See also כָּלחֹֿזֶה

proper name, masculine below כּל‎.