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Hazer: topographically, seems generally employed for the villages of people. As a proper name it appears in the Authorized Version --
1. In the plural, HAZERIM and HAZEBOTH, for which see below.
2. In the slightly different form of HAZOR.
3. In composition with other words:
1. HAZAR-ADDAR (village of Addar), a place named as one of the landmarks on the southern boundary of the land promised to Israel. Nu 34:4 ADAR
Jos 15:3
2. HAZAR-ENAN (village of fountains), the place at which the northern boundary of the land promised to the children of Israel was to terminate. Nu 34:9,10 comp. Ezek 47:17; 48:1
3. HAZAB GADDAH (village of fortune), one of the towns in the southern district of Judah, Jos 15:27 named between Moladah and Heshmon.
4. HAZAR-SHUAL (village of jackals), a town in the southern district of Judah, lying between Hazar-gaddah and Beersheba. Jos 15:28; 19:3; 1Ch 4:28
5. HAZAR-SUSAH (village of horses), one of the "cities" allotted to Simeon in the extreme south of the territory of Judah. Jos 19:5
See Also: Hazerim
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