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Cozbi
Holman Bible Dictionary
(cahz' bi) Personal name meaning, “my falsehood.” A Midianite woman who was slain by Phinehas after being brought into the tent of an Israelite man named Zimri (Numbers 25:15 ). When both she and Zimri were executed, a plague that was sweeping through the Israelite camp was stopped.
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Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Cozbi'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/c/cozbi.html. 1991.