Jezer
יֵ֫צֶר · ye.tser · H3337יִצְרִי · yits.ri · H3340“island of help” Hitchcock's 18693 mentions in 3 books, most in Genesis (1)
Who he was
Jezer was one of the sons of Naphtali, as listed in the genealogies of Genesis 46:24, Numbers 26:49, and 1 Chronicles 7:13. He was born during the period when Israel (or 'Jacob') and his family lived in Canaan, before their migration to Egypt. Jezer became the founder of the Jezerite clan within the tribe of Naphtali. In the census taken in the wilderness of Sinai, the Jezerite clan is mentioned as one of the clans descended from Naphtali (Numbers 26:49).
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Family
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Every mention
3 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Genesis 1 mention
Numbers 1 mention
1 Chronicles 1 mention
What the dictionary says
(power), the third son of Naphtali, (Genesis 46:24; Numbers 26:49; 1 Chronicles 7:13) and father of the family of Jezerites.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
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- STEPBible TIPNR · Translators Individualised Proper Names with all References · CC BY 4.0 · github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain