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Hazo meaning

Hazo in Biblical Hebrew
חזו
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🔼The name Hazo: Summary

Meaning
Seer, Vision, Breast
Etymology
From the verb חזה (haza), to see or have [a] vision.
Related names
• Via חזה (haza): Chuza, Col-hozeh, Gehazi, Hazael, Hazaiah, Haziel, Hezion, Jahaziel, Jahzeiah, Mahazioth

🔼The name Hazo in the Bible

Hazo is a son of Abraham's brother Nahor with their niece Milcah (Genesis 22:22).

🔼Etymology of the name Hazo

The name Hazo comes from the root group חזה (hzh I & II):

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
חזה

The verb חזה (haza) means to see or behold. Noun חזה (hozeh) means seer or visionary. Nouns חזות (hazot), חזות (hazut), חזיון (hizzayon) and מחזה (mahazeh) mean vision, anything between the mere act of seeing to experiencing a prophetic apparition. The noun מחזה (meheza) literally describes a place or instrument of vision and is the word for window.

It may be that the verb חזה (haza) originated in the idea of being or looking forward, which would explain the noun חזה (hazeh), which describes the breast of an animal. It may also be that this noun derives from a second verb חזה (haza), to be in front.

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🔼Hazo meaning

For the meaning of the name Hazo, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads Seer, and Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has Vision. BDB Theological Dictionary doesn't translate the name Hazo but lists it under the second root, suggesting it rather means (Sacrificial) Breast.