What Does 1 Chronicles 26:23 Mean in the King James?

Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:

1 Chronicles 26:23 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

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.

Numbers 3:19 · KJVThe same four names appear as Kohath’s family branches, making the lineage behind this list visible.

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

Genesis 10:1 · KJVThe names of Noah’s sons keep distinct branches within a shared family line in view.

Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;

Matthew 1:2 · KJVThe genealogy carries belonging forward by naming each generation and its branches.

THE THREAD

The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

1 Chronicles 23:12 · KJV

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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