חֹזֶה

n.m. seer;—abs. ח׳ Am 7:12 + 7 times; cstr. חֹזֵה 1 Ch 21:9 + 3 times; חוֹזֵה 2 Ch 35:15; pl. חֹזִים Is 29:10 + 4 times; חוֹזִים 2 Ch 33:19 (so read with 𝔊; חוֹזָ֑י MT scribal error)— seer: of unnamed persons, syn. נבא(ים) 2 K 17:13 Is 29:10; רֹאִים Is 30:10; קֹסְמִים Mi 3:7; historical writers דִּבְרֵי הַחֹזִים 2 Ch 33:18, דברי חוזים (𝔊) 2 Ch 33:19 (MT appar. n.pr.) named prophets; Gad 2 S 24:11 = 1 Ch 21:9, 1 Ch 29:29 2 Ch 29:25; Amos Am 7:12; Iddo 2 Ch 9:29; 12:15; Jehu 2 Ch 19:2. the singers: Heman 1 Ch 25:5; Asaph 2 Ch 29:30; Jeduthun 2 Ch 35:15. It seems best to add 2. vision (cf. רֹאֶה Is 28:7) עִם שְׁאוֹל עָשִׂינוּ חֹזֶה Is 28:15 with Sheʾôl we made a vision (had a vision, in connexion with Sheʾôl—i.e. by necromancy, v. Du—which makes us secure; ‖ כרת ברית אֶת־מָוֶת); Ew§ 156 e trans. oracle here and 2 K 17:13; HoffmZAW iii. 95 puts this under 1: ‘we have appointed a prophet with Sheʾôl (SS “Ein bei der Scheol bestellter Seher”), who is answerable to us for it;’ 𝔊 𝔙 𝔗 AV RV Che Di al., are at (or have made an) agreement (prophetic advice of seers being taken at time of making treaties; v. חָזוּת 1)—Vid. also כָּל־חֹזֶה n.pr.m. sub כל.