What Does 1 Chronicles 26:23 Mean?
Of the Amramites, and the Izeharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites.
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Selah Decoded Version The Selah Decoded Version renders what the Hebrew and Greek words meant to the people who first heard them.
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Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:THE KEY
The list keeps each family branch distinct while naming it within a shared lineage.
THE MEANING
These names hold several branches of one family line in view at once. Each remains distinct, yet each belongs within the larger whole. The verse speaks of belonging that keeps its particular names visible.
THE ROOT
חֶבְרוֹנִי
ḥevroni
GROWS FROM
חבר
ḥ-b-r
Join, unite, or associate.
“Hebronites” in this verse is ḥevroni. The name Hebron carries a sense of association rooted in חבר, the language of joining and company. The clan remains distinct, yet its name also holds the idea of connection within a wider family.
ALSO GROWS
ḥāvēr: Companion or associate.
חָבֵר
This branch gives the root a personal form: one who is joined with another.
ḥeber: Company, association, or band.
חֶבֶר
This branch names a group held together, echoing the clan’s place within a larger lineage.
עֻזִּיאֵלִי
uzziyeli
GROWS FROM
עזז
ʿ-z-z
Be strong or mighty.
“Uzzielites” in this verse is uzziyeli. The clan name preserves Uzziel, whose name joins strength with El, God. A family designation thus carries more than ancestry: strength is part of the nature spoken through the name.
ALSO GROWS
ʿōz: Strength or might.
עֹז
This noun names the strength held within Uzziel’s name.
ʿaz: Strong, mighty, or fierce.
עַז
This branch describes the quality of strength carried in the clan’s ancestral name.
THE PATTERN
Scripture keeps a people in view by naming the family branches through which they are connected.
And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.These are the births of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood.Abraham brought forth Isaac, and Isaac brought forth Jacob, and Jacob brought forth Judah and his brothers.THE THREAD
The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.This verse names the four men whose descendants appear here as Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites, and Uzzielites. The earlier list makes the family structure inside this roster plain: these are distinct branches of Kohath’s line.
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