Lexicon / H2371
חֲזָהאֵל
cha.za.el
  • Hazael
  • Ēl sees

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: Hazael

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.19.15;

father of: Ben-hadad (H1130I)

§ Hazael = "one who sees God"

a king of Syria; sent by his master, Ben-hadad, to the prophet Elisha, to seek a remedy for Ben-hadad's leprosy; apparently later killed Ben-hadad, assumed the throne, and soon became engaged in a war with the kings of Judah and Israel for the possession of the city of Ramoth-gilead

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Ēl sees

חֲזָהאֵל n.pr.m Ēl sees . () king of Aram