Hakkoz
הַקּוֹץ/HAK-oz/
“The thorn”
Summary
Hakkoz was the head of the seventh course of priests in the sanctuary service as appointed by David, whose descendants returned from Babylonian exile.
☩Chief of the Seventh Course
Hakkoz was appointed chief of the seventh of the twenty-four courses of priests that David organized for service in the sanctuary. His name, meaning "thorn," appears with the Hebrew article (ha-Koz), and in some passages the article is dropped, leaving simply "Koz." His descendants are mentioned among those who returned from exile and participated in rebuilding Jerusalem's walls, with Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz repairing sections of the wall.
Key verses:1 Chronicles 24:10Ezra 2:61Nehemiah 3:4Nehemiah 3:21
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Hakkoz," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IV (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.George Morrish, "Hakkoz," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
- 3.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Hakkoz," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).
- 4.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Hakkoz," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).