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He is identified as a member of the priestly lineage, specifically within the tribe of Levi. The name "Koz" appears in the context of the post-exilic period, a time when the Jewish people were returning to Jerusalem and re-establishing their religious and social structures after the Babylonian exile.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br><br>1. <b><a href="/ezra/2-61.htm">Ezra 2:61-62</a> :</b> "And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name). These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean."<br><br>2. <b><a href="/nehemiah/3-4.htm">Nehemiah 3:4</a> :</b> "Next to them, Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, made repairs. Next to him, Meshullam son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel, made repairs. Next to him, Zadok son of Baana made repairs."<br><br>3. <b><a href="/nehemiah/7-63.htm">Nehemiah 7:63-64</a> :</b> "And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name). These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean."<br><br><b>Genealogical Context:</b><br><br>Koz, also referred to as Hakkoz, is noted in the genealogical lists of priests who returned from the Babylonian exile. The name appears in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, which detail the efforts to rebuild the temple and restore the religious practices of Israel. The descendants of Koz faced a significant challenge as they were unable to locate their genealogical records, which were necessary to confirm their priestly status. As a result, they were excluded from serving as priests until their lineage could be verified.<br><br><b>Priestly Lineage:</b><br><br>The mention of Koz in the context of priestly duties underscores the importance of maintaining a clear and unbroken lineage for those serving in the temple. The priesthood was a sacred office, and only those who could prove their descent from Aaron, the brother of Moses, were permitted to serve. The inability of Koz's descendants to provide such proof highlights the challenges faced by the returning exiles in re-establishing their religious identity and practices.<br><br><b>Historical and Theological Significance:</b><br><br>The account of Koz and his descendants serves as a reminder of the importance of heritage and continuity in the biblical narrative. It reflects the broader theme of restoration and renewal that characterizes the post-exilic period. The exclusion of Koz's descendants from the priesthood until their lineage could be confirmed also illustrates the emphasis on purity and legitimacy in worship practices, a theme that resonates throughout the Old Testament.<br><br>In summary, Koz is a figure whose mention in the genealogical records of Ezra and Nehemiah highlights the challenges of maintaining priestly purity and the significance of lineage in the religious life of Israel. His account is a testament to the broader themes of restoration and faithfulness that permeate the biblical narrative.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Koz</span><p>(<i>thorn</i>), (<a href="/ezra/2-61.htm">Ezra 2:61</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/3-4.htm">Nehemiah 3:4,21</a>) = <a href="../c/coz.htm">COZ</a> = <a href="../h/hakkoz.htm">HAKKOZ</a>.<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Thorn. <p>(1.) A descendant of Judah. <a href="/1_chronicles/4-8.htm">1 Chronicles 4:8</a>, "Coz;" R.V., "Hakkoz."<p>(2.) A priest, the head of the seventh division of the priests (<a href="/ezra/2-61.htm">Ezra 2:61</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/3-4.htm">Nehemiah 3:4</a>, 21; <a href="/nehemiah/7-63.htm">7:63</a>). In <a href="/1_chronicles/24-10.htm">1 Chronicles 24:10</a> the word has the article prefixed, and it is taken as a part of the word "Hakkoz." <a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">KOZ</span><p>koz.<br><br>See <a href="../h/hakkoz.htm">HAKKOZ</a>.<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/6976.htm"><span class="l">6976. Qots -- two Israelites</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from the same as qots Definition two Isr. NASB Word Usage Hakkoz<br> (5), <b>Koz</b> (1). <b>Koz</b>, Hakkoz including the article. The <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6976.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3579.htm"><span class="l">3579. Kozbi -- a woman of Midian</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3578, 3579. Kozbi. 3580 . a woman of Midian. Transliteration: Kozbi<br> Phonetic Spelling: (<b>koz</b>-bee') Short Definition: Cozbi. Word <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3579.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/k/koz.htm"><span class="l"><b>Koz</b> (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> word "Hakkoz.". Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>KOZ</b>. <b>koz</b>. See HAKKOZ.<br> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Koz</b> (5 Occurrences). 1 Chronicles <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/koz.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/meremoth.htm"><span class="l">Meremoth (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Mereimoth): (1) Son of Uriah (Ezra 8:33), who was head of the 7th course of priests<br> appointed by David (1 Chronicles 24:10, Hakkoz = <b>Koz</b>; compare Nehemiah 3:4 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/meremoth.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/urijah.htm"><span class="l">Urijah (29 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> of Binnui, Levites: (DBY). Nehemiah 3:4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth<br> the son of Urijah, the son of <b>Koz</b>. And next unto them <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/urijah.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/strengthened.htm"><span class="l">Strengthened (113 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Nehemiah 3:4 And by their hand hath Merimoth son of Urijah, son of <b>Koz</b>, strengthened;<br> and by his hand hath Meshullam son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabeel <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/strengthened.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/z/zobe'bah.htm"><span class="l">Zobe'bah (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance Zobe'bah (1 Occurrence). 1 Chronicles 4:8 And <b>Koz</b> begot<br> Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/z/zobe'bah.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/koumi.htm"><span class="l">Koumi (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/koumi.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/kub.htm"><span class="l">Kub (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/kub.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/merimoth.htm"><span class="l">Merimoth (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Nehemiah 3:4 And by their hand hath Merimoth son of Urijah, son of <b>Koz</b>, strengthened;<br> and by his hand hath Meshullam son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabeel <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/merimoth.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/meshezabeel.htm"><span class="l">Meshezabeel (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance Meshezabeel (3 Occurrences). Nehemiah 3:4 And next<br> unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of <b>Koz</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/meshezabeel.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/coz.htm"><span class="l">Coz (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>koz</b> (kots, "thorn"): A man of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:8). the American Standard Revised<br> Version has added the article, making the name Hakkoz without sufficient <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/coz.htm - 7k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Koz (5 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-8.htm">1 Chronicles 4:8</a></span><br />Hakkoz became the father of Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezra/2-61.htm">Ezra 2:61</a></span><br />Of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/3-4.htm">Nehemiah 3:4</a></span><br />Next to them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz. Next to them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel. Next to them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/3-21.htm">Nehemiah 3:21</a></span><br />After him repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz another portion, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-63.htm">Nehemiah 7:63</a></span><br />Of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/k/koz.htm">Koz</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/k/koz--descendants_of,_excluded_from_because_of_defective_genealogies.htm">Koz: Descendants of, Excluded from Because of Defective Genealogies</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/k/koz--head_of_the_seventh_division_priests.htm">Koz: Head of the Seventh Division Priests</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/k/koz--repaired_walls_of_jerusalem.htm">Koz: Repaired Walls of Jerusalem</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/meremoth.htm">Meremoth (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/u/urijah.htm">Urijah (29 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/strengthened.htm">Strengthened (113 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/z/zobe'bah.htm">Zobe'bah (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/k/koumi.htm">Koumi (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/k/kub.htm">Kub (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/merimoth.htm">Merimoth (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/meshezabeel.htm">Meshezabeel (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/coz.htm">Coz (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/cosmology.htm">Cosmology</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/cozbi.htm">Cozbi (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/cosmogony.htm">Cosmogony</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/causey.htm">Causey (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/causeway.htm">Causeway (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/cosmological.htm">Cosmological</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/ahar'hel.htm">Ahar'hel (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/habaiah.htm">Habaiah (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/hazzobebah.htm">Hazzobebah (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/section.htm">Section (22 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/hakkoz.htm">Hakkoz (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/world.htm">World (2829 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/completion.htm">Completion (40 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/begot.htm">Begot (119 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/piece.htm">Piece (93 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/k/koumi.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Koumi"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Koumi" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/naves/k/koz--descendants_of,_excluded_from_because_of_defective_genealogies.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Koz: Descendants of, Excluded from Because of Defective Genealogies"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Koz: Descendants of, Excluded from Because of Defective Genealogies" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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