כָּזְבִי
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Cozbi
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Cozbi: A Proper Name in Hebrew Scripture Cozbi (Hebrew: כָּזְבִי) is a proper name that appears only twice in the Hebrew Bible. Based on the limited attestation, this term functions exclusively as a personal name rather than as a common noun with multiple meanings or applications. The rarity of its occurrence—just two instances across the entire biblical corpus—suggests it was either the name of a specific individual of limited narrative prominence or a name that fell out of usage relatively early in the textual tradition. Without access to the specific biblical passages where Cozbi appears, the lexicon data alone cannot determine the historical or narrative significance of this individual. The name's presence in the biblical record indicates that this person was noteworthy enough to be preserved in the sacred text, but the minimal number of occurrences suggests the person was not a central figure in major biblical narratives. The analysis must remain limited to what the occurrence count itself tells us: this is a documented personal name from ancient Hebrew tradition with very narrow textual evidence.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
2 total occurrences across the text
The name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur. He was head of the people of a fathers’ house in Midian.
Numbers 25:18for they harassed you with their wiles, wherein they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the incident regarding Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.”