Kozeva appears in 1 Chronicles 4:22 within a genealogical record of Judahite families who 'had dominion in Moab.' The Greek Septuagint renders it Sokētha or Chozēba, and BDB identifies it with Achzib, a town in the Judahite Shephelah. The name's similarity to kazav (lie/deception) may be coincidental or may have prompted folk etymologies. These genealogical fragments in Chronicles preserve ancient clan territorial holdings, sometimes using archaic or variant place names that disappeared from later usage.