International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

hez'-ro, hez'-ra-i, hez'-ri (chezro, 2 Samuel 23:35 1 Chronicles 11:37, but the Qere of 2 Samuel 23:35 is chezray. The ancient versions almost unanimously support the form Hezrai): A Carmelite, i.e. an inhabitant of Carmel. See CARMELITE. One of David's thirty "mighty men."