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• Haha (he'-ah): In Job 39:25, the Revised Version (British and American) "Aha," of the...
• Ha-Hirothha-hi'-roth. See PI-HAHIROTH.
• Ha-Jehudijahha-je-hu-di'-ja (ha-yehudhiyah): Named in the genealogical list (1Ch 4:18). Possibly a...
• Haahashtariha-a-hash'-ta-ri (ha'-achashtari, possibly a corruption of ha'-ashchuri): A descendant...
• Habaiah; Hobaiahha-ba'-ya, (cha-bhayah, chobhayah): A post-exilic priestly family which was unable to...
• HabakkukI. THE AUTHOR 1. Name 2. Life II. THE BOOK 1. Interpretation of Habakkuk 1 and 2 2....
• Habakkuk, the Prayer ofSee BETH-HORON, THE BATTLE OF.
• Habaziniah(chabhatstsinyah. Thus in the King James Version, but more correctly as in the Revised...
• Habergeonhab'-er-jun, ha-bur'-jun, the King James Version (tachara'): In the Revised Version...
• Habitationhab-i-ta'-shun: Properly a place of sojourn or dwelling. The term in the King James...
• Haborha'-bor (chabhor; Habor, Habior; Isidor of Charax, Aburas (Abouras), Zosias, Aboras):...
• Hacaliahhak-a-li'-a (chakhalyah, meaning doubtful, perhaps "wait for Yahweh"; the King James...
• Hachilah, Hill ofha-ki'-la, hak'-i-la, (chakhilah): A hill in the wilderness of Judah, associated with...
• Hachmoni; Hachmonitehak-mo'-ni, hak'-mo-ni, or probably (chakhmoni, "wise"): The same word is rendered...
• Hadad(1) (chadhadh, "sharpness"): One of the twelve sons of Ishmael (Ge 25:15, where the...
• Hadadezerhad-ad-e'-zer (hadhadh`ezer; so 2Sa 8; 1Ki 11:23, but hadhar`ezer, 2Sa 10; 1Ch 18):...
• Hadadrimmonha-dad-rim'-on, had-ad-rim'-on (hadhadh rimmon): A name which occurs, along with...
• Hadarha'-dar (Ge 36:39). See HADAD (3).
• Hadarezerhad-ar-e'-zer. See HADADEZER.
• Hadashahha-da'-sha, had'-a-sha (chadhashah, "new"): A town in the Shephelah of Judah, named...
• Hadassahha-das'-a (hadhaqqah, "myrtle"): The Hebrew name (Es 2:7) formerly borne by ESTHER (which see).
• HadattahSee HAZOR.
• Hadesha'-dez (Haides, haides, "not to be seen"): Hades, Greek originally Haidou, in...
• Hadidha'-did (chadhidh): A city in Benjamin (Ne 11:33 f) named with Lod and Ono (Ezr 2:33;...
• Hadlaihad'-li, had'-la-i (chadhlay, "resting"): An Ephraimite (2Ch 28:12), father of Amasa,...
• Hadoram(1) Son of Joktan and apparently 6th in descent from Noah (Ge 10:27 parallel 1Ch...
• Hadrachha'-drak, had'-rak (chadhrakh): "The land of Hadrach" is mentioned only once in...
• Hagabha'-gab (chaghabh, "locust"): Ancestor of some of the Nethinim who returned from the...
• Hagabaha-ga'-ba, hag'-a-ba (chaghabha'): Same as the following (Ne 7:48).
• Hagabahha-ga'-ba, hag'-a-ba (chaghabhah, "locust"): Like Hagab, an ancestor of some of the...
• Hagarha'-gar (haghar, "emigration," "flight"; Hagar, Agar): An Egyptian woman, the handmaid...
• Hagarenes; HagaritesSee HAGRITES.
• Hageriteha'-ger-it (haghri). See HAGRITES.
• Haggadaha-ga'-da See TALMUD.
• Haggaihag'-a-i, hag'-a-i (chaggay, an adjective formed from chagh, "feast"): 1. Name: The...
• Haggerihag'-e-ri. See HAGRI.
• Haggihag'-i (chaggi, "festive"): The second son of Gad (Ge 46:16; Nu 26:15). The latter...
• Haggiahha-gi'-a (chaggiyah, "feast of Yah"): Named in 1Ch 6:30 as among the descendants of Levi.
• Haggiteshag'-its. See HAGGI.
• Haggithhag'-ith (chaggith, "festal"): According to 2Sa 3:4; 1Ki 1:5,11; 2:13; 1Ch 3:2, the...
• Hagiaha'-gi-a. See AGIA.
• Hagiographahag-i-og'-ra-fa. See BIBLE; CANON OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.
• Hagrihag'-ri (haghri, "wanderer"; the King James Version Haggeri): The father of Mibhar,...
• Hagriteshag'-rits (haghri'im): An Arab tribe, or confederation of tribes (1Ch 5:10,19,20 the...
• Haiha'-i (ha-`ay, "the heap"): Ge 12:8; 13:3 the King James Version; the Revised Version...
• Hail (1)1. Its Occurrence: Hail usually falls in the spring or summer during severe thunder...
• Hail (2)hal: Interjection, found only in the Gospels as the translation of chaire, chairete,...
• Hairhar (se`ar, sa`ar, Aramaic se`ar, and their derivatives; thrix, gen. case trichos,...
• Hair, Plucking of theSee PUNISHMENTS.
• Hakkatanhak'-a-tan (ha-qaTan, "the little one"): The father of Johanan, who returned with Ezra...
• Hakkozhak'-oz (haqqots, or ha-qots, "the nimble"): (1) A priest and chief of the 7th course...
• Hakuphaha-ku'-fa (chaqupha' "incitement"). A family name of some of the Nethinim who returned...
• Halahha'-la (chalach; Halae, Hallae, Chaach, for Chalach, Chala; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin...
• Halak, Mountha'-lak (ha-har he-chalaq): A mountain that marked the southern limit of the conquests...
• Halakhaha-la'-ka. See TALMUD.
• Hale; Halinghal, hal'-ing (OE halen): "To pull" or drag, the King James Version translation of...
• Halfhaf. See NUMBER.
• Halhulhal'-hul (chalchul): A city in the hill country of Judah (Jos 15:58), "Halhul,...
• Haliha'-li (chali): A town named with Helkath, Beten and Achshaph on the border of Asher...
• Halicarnassushal-i-kar-nas'-us (Halikarnassos): The largest and strongest city of the ancient...
• Hallhol (Lu 22:55 the King James Version). See HOUSE.
• Hall, JudgmentSee JUDGMENT HALL; PRAETORIUM.
• Hallelha-lal', hal'-el: In the fifth book of the Psalms (107-50) there are several groups of...
• Hallelujahhal-e-loo'-ya (halela-yah, "praise ye Yah"; allelouia): The word is not a compound,...
• Halloheshha-lo'-hesh (ha-lochesh, "the whisperer," "the slanderer"): A post-exilic chief whose...
• Hallow; Hallowedhal'-o, hal'-od, hal'-o-ed ("to render or treat as holy," Anglo-Saxon halgian, from...
• Haltholt (tsala`, "to limp"; cholos, "lame," "crippled"): the American Standard Revised...
• Ham (1)1. The Youngest Son of Noah: The youngest son of Noah, from whom sprang the western...
• Ham (2)(1) A place East of the Jordan named between Ashteroth-karnaim and Shaveh-kiriathaim,...
• Hamanha'-man (haman; Haman): A Persian noble and vizier of the empire under Xerxes. He was...
• Hamathha'-math (chamath; Hemath, Haimath; Swete also has Hemath): The word signifies a...
• Hamath-Zobahha'-math-zo'-ba (chamath tsobhah; Baisoba) : Mentioned only in 2Ch 8:3. Apart from...
• Hammath(1) "The father of the house of Rechab" (1Ch 2:55). (2) One of the fenced cities of...
• Hammeah, the Tower ofha-me'-a, ham'-e-a (ha-me'ah (Ne 3:1); the King James Version Meah): The origin of the...
• Hammedathaham-e-da'-tha (hammedhatha'): The father of Haman (Es 3:1). He is generally termed the...
• Hammelechham'-e-lek (ha-melekh, "the king"): Wrongly translated as a proper name in the King...
• Hammerham'-er: The Hebrew maqqebheth, occurs in Jud 4:21, where it refers to the mallet...
• Hammiphkad, Gate ofha-mif'-kad (sha`ar ha-miphqadh, "Gate of the Muster"): One of the gates of Jerusalem...
• Hammolechethha-mol'-e-keth (hamolekheth, "the queen"; Septuagint Malecheth; the King James Version...
• Hammon(1) A place on the seaward frontier of Asher, named with Rehob and Kanah (Jos 19:28),...
• Hammoth-Dorham-oth-dor' (chammoth do'r; Emathdor, as also several corrupt forms): A fenced,...
• Hammuelham'-u-el (chammu'el, "wrath of God"): A son of Mishma, a Simeonite, of the family of...
• Hammurabi1. Etymology of His Name, with Reference to Amraphel; His Dynasty 2. The Years...
• Hammurabi, Code ofkod. I. HISTORICAL 1. Discovery of the Code 2. Editions of the Code 3. Description of...
• Hamon-Gogha'-mon-gog (hamon-gogh, "the multitude of Gog"): The name of the place where "Gog and...
• Hamonahha-mo'-na (hamonah): The name of a city which stood apparently near HAMON-GOG (which...
• Hamorha'-mor (chamor, "an ass"; Emmor): Hamor was the father of Shechem from whom Jacob...
• Hamranham'-ran. See HEMDAN.
• Hamuelham'-u-el, ha-mu'-el. See HAMMUEL.
• Hamulha'-mul (chamul, "pitied," "spared"): A son of Perez, and head of one of the clans of...
• Hamutalha-mu'-tal (chamuTal, "father-in-law" or "kinsman of the dew"): A daughter of Jeremiah...
• Hanamelhan'-a-mel (hanam'el; the King James Version Hanameel, ha-nam'el): The son of Shallum,...
• Hanan(1) A chief of the tribe of Benjamin (1Ch 8:23). (2) The youngest son of Azel, a...
• Hananel, the Tower ofban'-an-el (chanan'el, "El (God) is gracious"; the King James Version Hananeel,...
• Hanani(1) A musician and son of Heman, David's seer, and head of one of the courses of the...
• Hananiahhan-a-ni'-a (chananyahu, chananyah; Ananias; also with aspirate, "Yahweh hath been...
• Hand(yadh, "hand"; kaph, "the hollow hand," "palm"; yamin, "the right hand"; semo'l, "the...
• Hand Weaponhand'-wep'-un (Nu 35:18 the King James Version). See ARMOR.
• Handbreadthhand'-bredth (Tephach, Tophach, 1Ki 7:26; 2Ch 4:5; Ps 39:5; Ex 25:25; 37:12; Eze...
• Handfulhand'-fool: There are five words in Hebrew used to indicate what may be held in the...
• Handicrafthan'-di-kraft. See CRAFTS.
• Handkerchiefhan'-ker-chif (soudarion): A loan-word from the Latin sudarium, found in plural in Ac...
• Handlehan'-d'-l (kaph): The noun occurs once in So 5:5, "handles of the bolt" (the King...
• Handmaidhand'-mad: Which appears often in the Old Testament, but seldom in the New Testament,...
• Hands; Hands, Imposition, Laying on ofim-po-zish'-un (epithesis cheiron, Ac 8:18; 1Ti 4:14; 2Ti 1:6; Heb 6:2): The act or...
• Handstaffhand'-staf (maqqkel yadh): In plural in Eze 39:9, among weapons of war. See STAFF.
• Handwritinghand'-rit-ing. See WRITING; MANUSCRIPTS.
• Hanesha'-nez (chanec): Occurs only in Isa 30:4. The one question of importance concerning...
• Hanginghang'-ing (talah, "to hang up," "suspend," 2Sa 21:12; De 28:66; Job 26:7; Ps 137:2; So...
• Hangings(1) In English Versions of the Bible this word in the plural represents the Hebrew...
• Hanielhan'-i-el. See HANNIEL.
• Hannahhan'-a (channah, "grace," "favor"; Hanna): One of the two wives of Elkanah, an...
• Hannathonhan'-a-thon (channathon): A city on the northern boundary of Zebulun (Jos 19:14). It...
• Hanniel(1) The son of Ephod and a prince of Manasseh who assisted in dividing Canaan among...
• Hanun(1) A son and successor of Nahash, king of Ammon. Upon the death of Nahash, David sent...
• Hap; HaplyHap (a Saxon word for "luck, chance") is the translation of miqreh, "a fortuitous...
• Hapharaimhaf-a'-ra'-im (chapharayim; the King James Version Haphraim, haf-ra'im, possibly...
• Happenhap'-'-n (qarah; sumbaino): "Happen" (from "hap"), "to fall out," "befall," etc.,...
• Happinesshap'-i-nes. See BLESSEDNESS.
• Happizzezhap'-i-zez (ha-pitstsets; the King James Version, Aphses): A priest on whom fell the...
• Har-Magedonhar-ma-ged'-on (Harmagedon from Hebrew har meghiddo, "Mount of Megiddo"; the King...
• Haraha'-ra (hara'; Septuagint omits): A place named in 1Ch 5:26 along with Halah, Habor...
• Haradahha-ra'-da, har'-a-da (charadhah, "fearful"): A desert station of the Israelites...
• Haran (1)(1) Son of Terah, younger brother of Abraham and Nahor, and father of Lot (Ge 11:27)....
• Haran (2)ha'-ran (charan; Charhran): The city where Terah settled on his departure from Ur (Ge...
• Harariteha'-ra-rit (ha-harari, or ha-'arari): Literally, "mountaineer," more particularly an...
• Harbona; Harbonahhar-bo'-na (charebhona' charebhonah): One of the seven eunuchs who served Ahasuerus...
• Harbourhar'-ber. Used figuratively of God in Joe 3:16 the King James Version margin, (Hebrew)...
• Hard Sayings; Hard Sentencessa'-ingz;, sen'-ten-siz: In Da 5:12 the King James Version (Aramaic 'aqiahan), the...
• Hard; Hardiness; Harddiness; Hardlyhard, har'-di-nes, hard'-nes, hard'-li (qasheh, pala'; skleros) : The senses in which...
• Harden(1) "Harden" occurs most frequently in the phrase "to harden the heart," or "the...
• Hardly; HardnessSee HARD.
• Harehar ('arnebheth (Le 11:6; De 14:7); compare Arabic 'arnab, "hare"): This animal is...
• Harephha'-ref (chareph, "scornful"): A chief of Judah, one of the sons of Caleb and father...
• Harethha'-reth (chhareth, in pause). See HERETH.
• Harhaiahhar-ha'-ya (charhayah, "Yah protects"): A goldsmith, whose son, Uzziel, helped to...
• Harhashar'-has (charchas, "splendor"): Grandfather of Shallum, husband of Huldah (2Ki...
• Harhurhar'-hur (charchur, "free-born" or "fever"; "Hasour): One of the Nethinim whose...
• Harimha'-rim (charim): A family name. (1) A non-priestly family that returned from...
• Hariphha'-rif (chariph, chariph): One of those who returned from exile under Zerubbabel and...
• Harlothar'-lot: This name replaces in the Revised Version (British and American) "whore" of...
• Harlotryhar'-lot-ri. See CRIMES.
• Harnepherhar'-ne-fer, har-ne'-fer (charnepher): A member of the tribe of Asher (1Ch 7:36).
• Harnesshar'-nes: A word of Celtic origin meaning "armour" in the King James Version; it is...
• Harod, Well ofha'-rod (`en charodh, "fountain of trembling"): The fountain beside which (probably...
• Haroditeha'-rod-it (charodhi): Two of David's heroes, Shamma and Elika, are so called (2Sa...
• Haroehha-ro'-e (ha-ro'eh, "the seer"): A Judahite (1Ch 2:52).
• Haroriteha'-ro-rit. See HARODITE.
• Harosheth, of the Gentiles, of the Nationsha-ro'-sheth or (charosheth ha-goyim): There is now no means of discovering what is...
• Harpharp. See MUSIC.
• Harrowhar'-o (sadhadh): Sadhadh occurs in 3 passages (Job 39:10; Isa 28:24; Ho 10:11). In...
• Harrowshar'-oz (chrits): Charits has no connection with the verb translated "harrows." The...
• Harshahar'-sha (charsha'): Head of one of the families of the Nethinim (Ezr 2:52; Ne 7:54);...
• Harsithhar'-sith (charcith): One of the gates of Jerusalem (Jer 19:2 the Revised Version...
• Harthart. See DEER.
• Harumha'-rum, har'-um (charum): A Judahite (1Ch 4:8).
• Harumaphha-roo'-maf (charumaph): Father of Jedaiah who assisted in repairing the walls of...
• Haruphiteha-roo'-fit (charuphi, or chariphi); In 1Ch 12:5 Shephatiah, one of the companions of...
• Haruzha'-ruz (charuts): Father of Meshullemeth, the mother of Amon, king of Judah (2Ki 21:19).
• Harvesthar'-vest (qatsir; therismos): To many of us, harvest time is of little concern,...
• Hasadiahhas-a-di'-a (chacadhyah, "Yah is kind"): A son of Zerubbabel (1Ch 3:20). In Baruch 1:1...
• Hasenuahhas-e-nu'-a (haccenu'ah): In the King James Version (1Ch 9:7) for HASSENUAH (which see).
• Hashabiah(1) Two Levites of the family of Merari (1Ch 6:45; 9:14). (2) A Levite who dwelt in...
• Hashabnahha-shab'-na (chashabhnah): One who helped to seal the covenant under Nehemiah (Ne 10:25).
• Hashabneiahhash-ab-ne-i'-a (chashabhneyah; the King James Version Hashabniah, hash-ab-ni'a). (1)...
• Hashbadana; Hashbadnanahash-ba-da'-na, hash-bad'-a-na (chashbaddanah): Probably a Levite. He was one of those...
• Hashemha'-shem (hashem): The "sons of Hashem" are mentioned (1Ch 11:34) among David's mighty...
• Hashmonahhash'-mo-na (chashmonah, "fatness"): A desert camp of the Israelites between Mithkah...
• Hashubha'-shub, hash'-ub. See HASSHUB.
• Hashubahha-shoo'-ba (chashubhah, "consideration"): One of the sons of Zerubbabel (1Ch 3:20).
• Hashum(1) In Ezr 2:19; Ne 7:22, "children of Hashum" are mentioned among the returning...
• Hasidaeanshas-i-de'-anz (Hasidaioi, a transliteration of chacidhim, "the pious," "Puritans"): A...
• HasmoneansSee ASMONEANS.
• Hassenaahhas-e-na'-a (haccena'ah): In Ne 3:3 the "sons of Hassenaah" are mentioned among the...
• Hassenuahhas-e-nu'-a (haccenu'ah): A family name in the two lists of Benjamite inhabitants of...
• Hasshubhash'-ub (chashshubh, "considerate"; the King James Version everywhere Hashub except...
• Hassopherethhas-o-fe'-reth. See SOPHERETH.
• Hastehast (chaphaz, chush, mahar; speudo): "Haste" (from a root meaning "to pursue")...
• Hasuphaha-sa'-fa (chasupha'): Head of a family of Nethinim among the returning exiles (Ezr...
• HatThe original word (karbela', Aramaic) rendered "hat" in Da 3:21 the King James Version...
• Hatachha'-tak. See HATHACH.
• Hatchethach'-et (kashshil): Ps 74:6 the Revised Version (British and American), "hatchet,"...
• Hate; Hatredhat, ha'-tred (verb, sane', "oftenest," saTam, Ge 27:41, etc.; noun, sin'ah; miseo): A...
• Hathachha'-thak (hathakh; Septuagint Hachrathaios): One of the chamberlains of Ahasuerus,...
• Hathathha'-thath (chathath, "terror"): Son of Othniel and grandson of Kenaz (1Ch 4:13).
• Hatiphaha-ti'-fa, hat'-i-fa (chaTipha', "taken," "captive" (?)): The ancestral head of a...
• Hatitaha-ti'-ta, hat'-i-ta (chaTiTa'): Head of a family among the "children of the porters"...
• Hatsi-Hammenuchothhat-si-ham-en-u'-koth: A marginal reading in 1Ch 2:52 the King James Version. It...
• Hattilhat'-il (chaTTil): A company of servants of Solomon appearing in the post-exilic...
• Hattush(1) Son of Shemaiah, a descendant of the kings of Judah, in the 5th generation from...
• Haunthont, hant: The verb in Old English was simply "to resort to," "frequent"; a place of...
• Hauranho'-ran (chawran; Septuagint Auranitis, also with aspirate): 1. Extent of Province in...
• Havehav: "To have" is to own or possess; its various uses may be resolved into this, its...
• Havenha'-v'-n (1) choph (Ge 49:13, the Revised Version margin "beach"; Jud 5:17, the...
• Havens, Fairha'-v'-nz. See FAIR HAVENS.
• Havilah(1) Son of Cush (Ge 10:7; 1Ch 1:9). (2) Son of Yoktan, descendant of Shem (Ge 10:29;...
• Havochav'-ok: "Devastation," "to make havoc of" is the translation of lumainomai, "to...
• Havvahhav'-a (chawwah): Hebrew spelling, rendered Eve, "mother of all living," Ge 3:20 the...
• Havvoth-Jairhav-oth-ja'-ir (chawwoth ya'ir "the encampments" or "tent villages of Jair"; the King...
• Hawkhok (nets; hierax, and glaux; Latin Accipiter nisus): A bird of prey of the genus...
• Hayha. See GRASS.
• Hazaelha-za'-el, ha'-za-el, haz'-a-el (chaza'-el and chazah'-el; Hazael; Assyrian haza'ilu):...
• Hazaiahha-za'-ya (chazayah, "Jah sees"): Among the inhabitants of Jerusalem mentioned in the...
• Hazarha'-zar (chatsar, construct of chatser, "an enclosure," "settlement," or "village"):...
• Hazar-Addar; Hazar-Enan; Hazar-Gaddah; Hazar-Hatticon; Hazar-Maveth; Hazar-Shual; Hazar-Susa; Hazar-Susimad'-ar; e'-nan; gad'-a; hat'-i-kon; ma'-veth; shoo'-al; su'-sa; su'-sim. See HAZAR.
• Hazazon-Tamarhaz'-a-zan-ta'-mar (chatsatson tamar; the King James Version Hazezon Tamar): "Hazazon...
• Hazelha'-z'-l (Ge 30:37 the King James Version). See ALMOND.
• Hazelelponihaz-el-el-po'-ni. See HAZZELELPONI.
• Hazer-Hatticon; Hazarhatticonha'-zer-hat'-i-kon. See HAZAR.
• Hazerimha-ze'-rim, haz'-er-im (chatserim): Is rendered in the King James Version (De 2:23) as...
• Hazerothha-ze'-roth, haz'-er-oth (chatseroth, "enclosures"): A camp of the Israelites, the 3rd...
• Hazezon-Tamarhaz'-e-zon-ta'-mar chatsatson tamar, Ge 14:7 the King James Version; chatstson tamar,...
• Hazielha'-zi-el (chazi'el, "God sees"): A Levite of the sons of Shimei, of David's time (1Ch 23:9).
• Hazoha'-zo (chazo, fifth son of Nahor (Ge 22:22)): Possibly the eponym of a Nahorite...
• Hazorha'-zor (chatsor; Nasor; Codex Sinaiticus, Asor, 1 Macc 11:67): (1) The royal city of...
• Hazor-Hadattahha'-zor-ha-dat'-a (Aramaic chatsor chadhattah, "New Hazor"): "An Aramaic adjective,...
• Hazzelelponihaz-e-lel-po'-ni (hatstselelponi): A feminine name occurring in the list of the...
• Heha: The fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia as...
• Headhed (ro'-sh, Aramaic re'sh, and in special sense gulgoleth, literally, "skull,"...
• Headbandhed'-band. See DRESS.
• Headdresshed'dres. See DRESS.
• Headstonehed'-ston. See CORNER-STONE.
• Headstronghed'-strong. See HEADY.
• Headtirehed'-tir. See BONNET; DRESS.
• Headyhed'i: The translation in the King James Version of propetes, "falling forward," trop....
• Healhel (rapha'; therapeuo, iaomai, diasozo): The English word is connected with the...
• Healinghel'-ing (marpe', te`alah, kehah): In the Old Testament this word is always used in...
• Healing, Gifts of(charismata iamaton): Among the "spiritual gifts" enumerated in 1Co 12:4-11,28 are...
• Healthhelth (shalom, yeshu`ah, 'arukhah; riph'uth, 'arukhah; soteria, hugiaino): Shalom is...
• Heaphep (`aremah, gal, nedh, tel): "Heap" appears (1) in the simple sense of a gathering...
• Hearthart (lebh, lebhabh; kardia): The different senses in which the word occurs in the Old...
• Hearthharth: Occurs 7 times in the King James Version: Ge 18:6; Ps 102:3; Isa 30:14; Jer...
• Heartilyhar'-ti-li: Occurs (Col 3:23) as the translation of ek psuches, "out of the soul,"...
• Heathet (chom, horebh, "drought," Job 30:30; Isa 4:6; 25:4; Jer 36:30; sharabh, Isa 49:10,...
• Heathheth. See TAMARISK.
• Heathenhe'-th'-n, he'-then. See GENTILES.
• Heave Offeringhev of'-er-ing. See SACRIFICE.
• Heavenhev'-'n. See ASTRONOMY.
• Heaven, Host ofSee ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 1.
• Heaven, Ordinances ofSee ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 1; II, 13.
• Heaven, Windows ofSee ASTRONOMY, sec. III, 4.
• Heavenlyhev'-'n-li (ouranios, epouranios): Pertaining to heaven or the heavens. See HEAVENS....
• Heavenshev'-'nz (shamayim; ouranoi): On the physical heavens see ASTRONOMY; WORLD. Above...
• Heavens, New (and Earth, New)|| 1. Eschatological Idea 2. Earliest Conceptions: Cosmic verses National Type 3....
• Heavy; Heavinesshev'-i, hev'-i-nes (kabhedh, de'aghah; lupe): 1. Literal: Heavy (heave, to lift) is...
• Heberhe'-ber (chebher, "associate" or, possibly, "enchanter"; Eber): A name occurring...
• Heberiteshe'-ber-its (ha-chebhri): Descendants of Heber, a prominent clan of Asher, (Nu 26:45)....
• Hebrew LanguageSee LANGUAGES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT; ARAMAIC.
• Hebrew; Hebrewesshe'-broo, he'-broo-es (`ibhri, feminine `ibhriyah; Hebraios): The earliest name for...
• Hebrews, Epistle to thehe'-brooz, I. TITLE II. LITERARY 1. The Author's Culture and Style 2. Letter, Epistle...
• Hebrews, Gospel According to the(Euaggelion kath' Hebraious, to Hebraikon, to Ioudaikon; Evangelium Hebraeorum,...
• Hebrews, Religion of theSee ISRAEL, RELIGION OF.
• Hebron (1)he'-brun (chebhron, "league" or "confederacy"; Chebron): One of the most ancient and...
• Hebron (2)(1) The third son of Kohath, son of Levi (Ex 6:18; Nu 3:19,27; 1Ch 6:2,18; 23:12,19)....
• Hebroniteshe'-brun-its (chebhroni): A family of Levites, descendants of Hebron, third son of...
• Hedge(1) mecukhah, "a thorn hedge," only in Mic 7:4.; mesukkah, "a hedge" (Isa 5:5);...
• Hedgehoghej'-hog Septuagint echinos, "hedgehog," for qippodh, in Isa 14:23; 34:11; Ze 2:14,...
• Heedhed: This word, in the sense of giving careful attention ("take heed," "give heed,"...
• Heelhel (`aqebh): "The iniquity of my heels" (Ps 49:5 the King James Version) is a literal...
• Hegai; Hegehe'-ga-i, he'-ge (heghay; Gai (Es 2:8,15), and heghe', Hege (Es 2:3)): One of the...
• Hegemonidesheg-e-mon'-i-dez, hej-e-mo-ni'-dez (Hegemonides): The Syrian officer placed in command...
• Heiferhef'-er (parah, in Nu 19 (see following article) and Ho 4:16; `eghlah, elsewhere in...
• Heifer, RedIn Nu 19 a rite is described in which the ashes of a "red heifer" and of certain...
• Height; Heightshit, The English terms represent a large number of Hebrew words (gobhah, marom, qomah,...
• Heir1. The Word "Heir": In the New Testament "heir" is the invariable translation of...
• Helahhe'-la (chel'ah): A wife of Ashhur, father of Tekoa (1Ch 4:5,7).
• Helamhe'-lam (chelam, 2Sa 10:16 f; in 16:17 with the he of locale; Septuagint Hailam): A...
• Helbahhel'-ba (chelbah): A place in the territory assigned to Asher (Jud 1:31). It may be...
• Helbonhel'-bon (chelbon; Chelbon, Chebron): A district from which Tyre received supplies of...
• Helchiahhel-ki'-a. See HELKIAS.
• Heldai(1) A captain of the temple-service, appointed for the 12th month (1Ch 27:15). Same as...
• Helebhe'-leb chelebh, 2Sa 23:29). See HELDAI.
• Heledhe'-led (cheledh, 1Ch 11:30). See HELDAI.
• Helekhe'-lek chelekh): Son of Gilead the Manassite (Nu 26:30; Jos 17:2). Patronymic,...
• Helem(1) helem; Septuagint Codex Vaticanus, Balaam, omitting "son," Codex Alexandrinus,...
• Helephhe'-lef (cheleph): A place on the southern border of Naphtali (Jos 19:33); unidentified.
• Helezhe'-lez (chelets "vigor"; Septuagint Selles, Chelles): (1) 2Sa 23:26; 1Ch 11:27;...
• Heli(1) The father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, in Luke's account of the genealogy of...
• Heliodorushe-li-o-do'-rus (Heliodoros): Treasurer of the Syrian king Seleucus IV, Philopator...
• Heliopolishe-li-op'-o-lis. See ON.
• Helkaihel'-ka-i, hel'-ki, hel-ka'-i (chelqay, perhaps an abbreviation for Helkiah, "Yah is...
• Helkathhel'-kath (chelqath (Jos 19:25); chelqath (Jos 21:31); by a scribal error chuqoq (1Ch...
• Helkath-Hazzurimhel'-kath-haz'-u-rim, -ha-zu'-rim (chelqath ha-tsurim; Meris ton epiboulon): The name...
• Helkiashel-ki'-as (chilqiyah; Chelkias; the King James Version Chelcias): (1) Father of...
• Hell1. The Word in the King James Version: The English word, from a Teutonic root meaning...
• Hellenism; Hellenisthel'-en-iz'-m, hel'-en-ist: Hellenism is the name we give to the manifold achievements...
• Helmhelm. See SHIPS AND BOATS.
• Helmethel'-met. See ARMS, ARMOR.
• Helonhel'-on (chelon, "valorous"; the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus, Chailon): The father of...
• HelpWith the sense of that which brings aid, support, or deliverance, "help" (noun and...
• Helpmeethelp'-met. See HELP.
• Helps (1)(antilempseis, 1Co 12:28): In classical Greek the word antilempsis means...
• Helps (2)(boetheiai, Ac 27:17). See SHIPS AND BOATS, III, 2.
• Helvehelv (`ets "wood," "tree"): The handle or wooden part of an ax. "The head (margin...
• Hem(kraspedon): The classic instance of the use of "hem" in the New Testament is Mt 9:20...
• Hemamhe'-mam (Ge 36:22 the King James Version and the English Revised Version). See HEMAN; HOMAM.
• Hemanhe'-man (heman, "faithful"): The name of two men in the Old Testament. (1) A musician...
• Hemathhe'-math. See HAMMATH (1Ch 2:55).
• Hemlockhem'-lock. See GALL.
• Hen (1)hen (chen, "favor"). In Zec 6:14, English Versions of the Bible reads, "And the crowns...
• Hen (2)(ornis): Mentioned in the accounts of the different disciples in describing the work...
• Henahe'-na (hena`; Ana): Named in 2Ki 19:13, as one of the cities destroyed by Sennacherib...
• Henadadhen'-a-dad (chenadhadh, "favor of Hadad"; Septuagint Henaad; Henadad; Henadab; Henalab...
• Hennahen'-a (So 1:14; 4:13): An aromatic plant.
• Henochhe'-nok (chanokh; Henoch; in 1Ch 1:3 the King James Version the Revised Version...
• Hepher(1) Septuagint Hopher (Jos 12:17), a Canaanitish town mentioned between Tappuah and...
• Hepher; Hepherites(1) Septuagint Hopher (Nu 26:32 f; 27:1; Jos 17:2 f), the head of a family or clan of...
• Hephzibahhef'-zi-ba (chephtsi-bhah, "my delight is in her"): (1) Septuagint Hopseiba, Hapseiba,...
• Heraklesher'-a-klez (Herakles). See HERCULES.
• Heraldher'-ald: The word occurs once (Da 3:4) as the translation of the Aramaic word karoz...
• Herb(1) yaraq, "green thing" (Ex 10:15; Isa 15:6); a garden of herbs" (De 11:10; 1Ki...
• Herculeshur'-ku-lez (Herakles): The process of Hellenizing the Jews which began at an earlier...
• Herdhurd. See CATTLE.
• Herdsmanhurdz'-man (boqer; the King James Version, the English Revised Version "herdman"): A...
• Hereafterher-aft'-er (here (this present) and after) represents Hebrew 'achar, "hinder part,"...
• Herebyher-bi', represents bezo'th, "in or by this" (Ge 42:15 "Hereby ye shall be proved");...
• Heredity1. Physiological Heredity: Heredity, in modern language, is the law by which living...
• Hereinher-in', Hebrew bezo'th, "in" or "by this" (Ge 34:22, the Revised Version (British and...
• Hereofher-ov', Greek haute, "this" (Mt 9:26); houtos, "this" (Heb 5:3, the Revised Version...
• Heres(1) har-cherec, "Mount Heres" (Jud 1:34 f), a district from which the Amorites were...
• Hereshhe'-resh (cheresh; the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus, Rharaiel; Codex Alexandrinus,...
• Heresyher'-e-si, her'-e-si (hairesis, from verb haireo, "to choose"): The word has acquired...
• Hereth, the Forest ofhe'-reth (ya`-ar chareth; Septuagint polis Sareik; the King James Version Hareth):...
• Heretic; Hereticalher'-e-tik, her'-e-tik, he-ret'-i-kal (hairetikos): Used in Tit 3:10, must be...
• Heretoforeher-too-for', Hebrew temol, "yesterday," "neither heretofore, nor since" (Ex 4:10;...
• Hereuntoher-un-too', Greek eis touto, "unto," "with a view to this" (1Pe 2:21, "For hereunto...
• Herewithher-with', Hebrew ba-zo'th, bezo'th, "in," "by," or "with this" (Eze 16:29; Mal 3:10,...
• Heritageher'-i-taj (nachalah, from nachal, "to give"; kleroo): That which is allotted,...
• Hermashur'-mas (Hermas): An abbreviated form of several names, e.g. Hermagoras, Hermeros,...
• Hermeneuticshur-me-nu'-tiks. See INTERPRETATION.
• Hermes (1)hur'-mez (Hermes): In the Revised Version margin of Ac 14:12 for "Mercury" in text...
• Hermes (2)(Hermes): The name of a Roman Christian, otherwise unknown, to whom Paul sent...
• Hermogenesher-moj'-e-nez (Hermogenes, literally "born of Hermes," a Greek deity, called by the...
• Hermonhur'-mon (chermon; Codex Vaticanus, Haermon): 1. Description: The name of the majestic...
• Hermoniteshur'-mon-its: In Ps 42:6 the King James Version, where the Revised Version (British...
• Herodher'-ud: The name Herod (Herodes) is a familiar one in the history of the Jews and of...
• Herodianshe-ro'-di-anz (Herodianoi): A party twice mentioned in the Gospels (Mt 22:16 parallel...
• Herodiashe-ro'-di-as (Herodias): The woman who compassed the death of John the Baptist at...
• Herodionhe-ro'-di-on (Herodion; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek Hrodion): A...
• Heronher'-un ('anaphah; charadrios; Latin Ardea cinerea): Herons are mentioned only in the...
• Hesed, Son ofhe'-sed. See BEN-HESED.
• Heshbonhesh'-bon (cheshbon; Hesebon): The royal city of Sihon king of the Amorites, taken and...
• Heshmonhesh'-mon (cheshmon): An unidentified place on the border of Judah toward Edom (Jos...
• Heth (1)chath cheth: The eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this...
• Heth (2)heth (cheth): In Ge 23:10 the ancestor of the Hittites. As the various peoples who...
• Hethlonheth'-lon (chethlon; Peshitta chethron): Name of a place associated with Zedad on the...
• Hewerhu'-er (choTebh): Applies especially to a wood-worker or wood-gatherer (compare Arabic...
• Hexateuch1. Evidence for: This word, formed on the analogy of Pentateuch, Heptateuch, etc., is...
• Hezekihez'-e-ki (chizqi). See HIZKI.
• Hezekiah (1)(1) King of Judah. See special article (2) A son of Neariah, of the royal family of...
• Hezekiah (2)(chizqiyah, "Yahweh has strengthened"; also written chizqiyahu, "Yah has strengthened...
• Hezekiah's SicknessSee DIAL OF AHAZ.
• Hezekiah, the Men ofSee PROVERBS, THE BOOK OF, II, 5; HEZEKIAH, IV, 2.
• Hezionhe'-zi-on (chezyon; the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus, Azein; Codex Alexandrinus,...
• Hezir(1) (chezir; the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus, Chezein; Codex Alexandrinus, Iezeir): A...
• Hezro; Hezraihez'-ro, hez'-ra-i, hez'-ri (chezro, 2Sa 23:35; 1Ch 11:37, but the Qere of 2Sa 23:35...
• Hezron (1)hez'-ron (chetsron, and chetsron; Septuagint Asron): (1) A son of Reuben (Ge 46:9; Ex...
• Hezron (2)(chetsron, "enclosure"): On the South boundary of Judah between "Kadesh-barnea" and...
• Hezroniteshez'-ron-its (ha-chetsrowni and ha-chetsroni; Septuagint ho Asronei): The name of the...
• Hiddaihid'-a-i, hi-da'-i (hidday; Alexandrian Haththai): One of David's thirty "mighty men"...
• Hiddekelhid'-e-kel (chiddeqel): One of the rivers of EDEN (which see) (Ge 2:14, the Revised...
• Hiddenhid'-'n: The translation of Taman, "to hide," "to bury" (Job 3:16); of tsaphan "to...
• Hielhi'-el (chi'el; Achiel): A Bethelite who according to 1Ki 16:34 rebuilt Jericho, and...
• Hierapolishe-er-ap'-o-lis (Hierapolis, "sacred city"): As the name implies, Hierapolis was a...
• Hiereelhi-er'-e-el (Hiereel): 1 Esdras 9:21. In Ezr 8:9 the name is Jehiel.
• Hieremoth(1) 1 Esdras 9:27 = Jeremoth (Ezr 10:26). (2) 1 Esdras 9:30 = Jeremoth (Ezr 10:29,...
• Hierielushi-er-i-e'-lus (Iezrielos). See JEZRIELUS.
• Hiermashi-ur'-mas (Hiermas): 1 Esdras 9:26, corresponding to Ramiah in Ezr 10:25.
• Higgaionhi-ga'yon, hi-gi'-on (higgayon): The meaning of this word is uncertain. Two...
• High DayIs found in Ge 29:7 as a rendering of the Hebrew yom agadhol, literally, "great day."...
• High Place(1) "High place" is the normal translation of bamah, a word that means simply...
• High PriestSee PRIEST, HIGH.
• High ThingsThe translation of hupselos, "high," "lofty," "elevated" (Ro 12:16, "Mind not high...
• High, MostSee GOD, NAMES OF.
• Highesthi'-est (`elyon; hupsistos): The translation of `elyon, used frequently of God and...
• Highmindedhi'-mind-ed: In modern usage denotes elevation of mind in a good sense, but formerly...
• Highwayhi'-wa. See ROAD; WAY.
• Hilenhi-len (chilen): A city in the hill country of Judah, probably West or Southwest of...
• Hilkiahhil-ki'-a (chilqiyah, "Yah is my portion" or "Yah's portion"): The name of 8...
• Hill, Hill Countryhil'-kun-tri: The common translation of three Hebrew words: (1) gibh`ah, from root...
• Hill; Mount; Mountain(1) The commonest word is har (also harar, and herer), which is rendered "hill,"...
• Hillelhil'-el (hillel, "he greatly praised"; Septuagint Ellel): An inhabitant of Pirathon in...
• Hinhin (hin): A liquid measure containing 12 logs, equal to about 8 quarts. See WEIGHTS...
• Hindhind. See DEER.
• Hind of the Morning, theThe translation of Aijeleth hash-Shahar ('ayyeleth ha-shachar) in the title of Ps 22,...
• Hingehinj (poth): Hinges of Jewish sacred buildings in Scripture are mentioned only in...
• Hinnom, Valley ofhin'-om (ge hinnom, Jos 15:8; 18:16; "valley of the son of Hinnom" (ge bhen hinnom),...
• Hip(shoq, "leg," "limb," "hip," "shoulder"): Samson smote the Philistines "hip and thigh"...
• Hippopotamuship-o-pot'-a-mus (Job 41:1 margin). See BEHEMOTH.
• Hirahhi'-ra (chirah; Septuagint Eiras): A native of Adullam, and a "friend" of Judah (Ge...
• Hiramhi'-ram (chiram; Septuagint Chiram, but Cheiram, in 2Sa 5:11; 1Ch 14:1): There is some...
• Hircanusher-ka'nuz. See HYRCANUS.
• Hirehir: Two entirely different words are translated "hire" in the Old Testament: (1) The...
• Hirelinghir'-ling (sakhir): Occurs only 6 times in the Old Testament, and uniformly means a...
• Hishiz: Used often in the King James Version with reference to a neuter or inanimate...
• Hisshis (sharaq): "To hiss" has two applications: (1) to call, (2) to express contempt or...
• Hithertohith'-er-too (to this): Used of both place and time. It is the translation of various...
• Hittiteshit'-its (bene cheth, chittim; Chettaioi): One of the seven nations conquered by...
• Hivite1. Name: A son of Canaan (Ge 10:17), i.e. an inhabitant of the land of Canaan along...
• Hizkihiz'-ki (chizqi; Septuagint Azaki; the King James Version Hezeki): A son of Elpaal, a...
• Hizkiahhiz-ki'-a (chizqiyah; Septuagint Ezekia, "strength of Yah"): (1) A son of Neariah, a...
• Hoar-Frost; Hoaryhor'-frost. See FROST.
• Hoar; Hoaryhor, hor'-i. See COLOR (8); HAIR.
• Hobabho'-bab (chobhabh, "beloved"; Septuagint Obab): This name occurs only twice (Nu 10:29;...
• Hobahho'-ba (chobhah): A place "on the left hand," i.e. to the North of "Damascus," to...
• Hobaiahho-ba'-ya (chobhayah, "whom Yahweh hides," i.e. "protects"): The head of a priestly...
• Hock(`aqar, "to root out"): To hamstring, i.e. to render useless by cutting the tendons of...
• Hodhod (hodh, "majesty," "splendor"; the Septuagint's Codex Alexadrinus, Hod; Codex...
• Hodaiahho-da'-ya. See HODAVIAH.
• Hodaviahhod-a-vi'-a (hodhawyah, or hodhawyahu; the Septuagint's Codex Alexandrinus, Hodouia):...
• Hodeshho'-desh (chodhesh, "new moon"): One of the wives of Shaharaim, a Benjamite (1Ch 8:9).
• Hodevahho-de'-va, ho'-de-va (hodhewah, hodheyah, "splendor of Yah"): A Levite and founder of...
• Hodiah; Hodijahho-di'-a, ho-di'-ja (hodhiyah, "splendor of Yah"): (1) A brother-in-law of Naham (1Ch...
• Hoglahhog'-la (choghlah, "partridge"): The third of five daughters of Zelophehad of the...
• Hohamho'-ham (hoham, "whom Yahweh impels(?)" Gesenius): An Amorite king of Hebron and one...
• Hoisehoiz: The older form of "hoist" (Old English, hoise), to raise, to lift, and is the...
• Holdhold: In the American Standard Revised Version frequently "stronghold" (Jud 9:49; 1Sa...
• Holdinghol'-ding: Occurs with various shades of meaning: (1) as the translation of tamakh,...
• Holinessho'-li-nes (qadhosh, "holy," qodhesh, "holiness"; hagios, "holy"): I. IN THE OLD...
• Hollowhol'-o (kaph, nabhabh): "Hollow" is the translation of kaph, "hollow" (Ge 32:25,32,...
• Holm-Tree(1) tirzah (Isa 44:14, the King James Version "cypress"): The name, from the root...
• Holoferneshol-o-fur'-nez (Olophernes): According to the Book of Judith, chief captain of...
• Holon(1) One of the towns in the hill country of Judah (Jos 15:51) assigned to the Levites...
• Holy Ghostho'-li gost. See HOLY SPIRIT.
• Holy Ghost (spirit), Sin Against theSee BLASPHEMY; HOLY SPIRIT, III, 1, (4).
• Holy of Holiesho'-liz (qodhesh ha-qodhashim, Ex 26:33, debhir, 1Ki 6:16, etc.; in the New Testament,...
• Holy OneSee GOD, NAMES OF.
• Holy Place(ha-qodhesh, Ex 26:33, ha-hekhal, 1Ki 6:17, etc.; he prote skene, Heb 9:6 f): 1. The...
• Holy SpiritI. OLD TESTAMENT TEACHINGS AS TO THE SPIRIT 1. Meaning of the Word 2. The Spirit in...
• Holydayho'-li-da: This word occurs twice in the King James Version, namely, Ps 42:4, "a...
• Homamho'-mam (chomam, "destruction"): A Horite descendant of Esau (1Ch 1:39). The name...
• Homehom (bayith, "house," maqom, "place," 'ohel, "tent" (Jud 19:9), shubh, "to cause to...
• Home-Bornhom'-born ('ezrach): A native-born Hebrew, as contrasted with a foreigner of different...
• Homerho'-mer (chomer): A dry measure containing about 11 bushels. It was equal to 10 ephas....
• Homicidehom'-i-sid (rotseach): Hebrew has no word for killing or murder; rotseach is the word...
• Honest; Honestyon'-est, on'-es-ti: The word "honest" in the New Testament in the King James Version...
• Honeyhun'-i (debhash; meli): One familiar with life in Palestine will recognize in debhash...
• Honorableon'-er-a-b'-l (kabhedh; euschemon): In the Old Testament "honorable" is for the most...
• Hoodhood (zeniphoth): The ladies' "hoods" of Isa 3:23 the King James Version appear as...
• Hoofhoof. See CHEW; CLOVEN.
• Hook(1) chakkah, is rendered "fishhook" in Job 41:1 the Revised Version (British and...
• Hoopoehoo'-po; -poo (dukhiphath; epops; Latin Upupa epops): One of the peculiar and famous...
• Hope1. In the Old Testament: In the Revised Version (British and American) the New...
• Hophni and Phinehashof'-ni, fin'-e-as, -az (chophni, "pugilist" (?), pinechac, probably "face of brass"):...
• Hophrahof'-ra. See PHARAOH HOPHRA.
• Hor, Mounthor (hor ha-har; literally, "Hor, the mountain"): 1. Not Jebel Neby Harun: (1) a...
• Hor-Haggidgadhor-ha-gid'-gad (chor ha-gidhgadh): A desert camp of the Israelites between Beeroth...
• Horamho'-ram (horam, "height"): a king of Gezer defeated by Joshua when he came to the help...
• Horebho'-reb. See SINAI.
• Horemho'-rem (chorem, "consecrated"): One of the fenced cities in the territory of Naphtali...
• Horeshho'-resh (choreshah, 1Sa 23:15,18, margin only; Septuagint en Te Kaine, "in the New";...
• Hori(1) A Horite descendant of Esau (Ge 36:22; 1Ch 1:39). (2) A Simonite, father of...
• Horite; Horimho'-rit, ho'-rim (chori, chorim; Chorraioi): Denoted the inhabitants of Mt. Seir...
• Hormahhor'-ma (chormah): A city first mentioned in connection with the defeat of the...
• Hornhorn (Hebrew and Aramaic qeren; keras; for the "ram's horn" (yobhel) of Jos 6 see...
• Hornethor'-net (tsir`ah; compare tsor`ah, "Zorah" (Jud 13:2, etc.); also compare tsara`ath,...
• Horns of the Altar1. The Brazen Altar: These projections at the four corners of the altar of burnt...
• Horns, Rams'See MUSIC.
• Horonaimhor-o-na'-im (~choronayim]; Aronieim; in Jeremiah Oronaim, "the two hollows"): an...
• Horonitehor'-o-nit, ho'-ro-nit (ha-choroni): an appellation of Sanballat (Ne 2:10,19; 13:28),...
• Horriblehor'-i-b'-l (sha`arur, sha`aruri): In Jer 5:30 sha`arur, "vile," "horrible," is...
• Horrorhor'-er ('emah, pallatsuth): In Ge 15:12 'emah (often rendered "terror") is translated...
• Horse1. Names: The common names are (1) cuc, and (2) hippos. (3) The word parash,...
• Horse GateSee JERUSALEM.
• Horse, Black(hippos melas): Symbolic of famine ("balance .... measure of wheat for a shilling,"...
• Horse, Red(hippos purros): Symbolic of war, bloodshed ("slay one another," etc., Re 6:4; compare...
• Horse, White(hippos leukos): Symbolic of victory, conquest ("bow .... conquering and to conquer,"...
• Horseleachhors'-lech (`aluqah; compare Arabic `aluqah, "ghoul," and `alaqah, "leech," from root...
• Horsemanhors'-man. See ARMY.
• Horses of the Sun(2Ki 23:11): In connection with the sun-worship practiced by idolatrous kings in the...
• Hosahho'-sa (chocah): A city on the border of Asher, in the neighborhood of Tyre (Jos...
• Hosannaho-zan'-a (hosanna): This Greek transliteration of a Hebrew word occurs 6 times in the...
• HoseaI. THE PROPHET 1. Name 2. Native Place 3. Date 4. Personal History (Marriage) (1)...
• Hosenho'-z'-n. See BREECHES.
• Hoshaiahho-sha'-ya (hosha`yah, "whom Yahweh helpeth"): (1) Father of Jezaniah (probably =...
• Hoshamahosh'-a-ma, ho-sha'-ma (hoshama`, abbreviated from yehoshama`, "whom Yahweh heareth"):...
• Hosheaho-she'-a (hoshea`, "salvation"; Hosee, 2Ki 17:1-9): 1. A Satrap of Assyria: Son of...
• Hospitality; Hosthos-pi-tal'-i-ti, host (philoxenia, "love of strangers," xenos, "guest," "friend";...
• Host of Heaven(tsebha' hashamayim): The expression is employed in the Old Testament to denote (1)...
• Hostagehos'-taj. See WAR.
• Hosts, Lord ofhosts. See LORD OF HOSTS.
• Hotham; Hothan(1) An Asherite, son of Heber, family of Beriah (1Ch 7:32). (2) An Aroerite, father of...
• Hothirho'-thir (hothir, "abundance"): Mentioned in 1Ch 25:4,28 among the sons of Heman, and...
• Houghhok. See HOCK.
• Hourour (sha`atha', she`a'; hora): Hour as a division of the day does not occur in the Old...
• Hours of PrayerThe Mosaic law did not regulate the offering of prayer, but fully recognized its...
• Househous (bayith; oikos, in classical Greek generally "an estate," oikia, oikema...
• House of GodIn Ge 28:17,22 = BETHEL (which see). In Jgs, 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezr, Neh, Ps, etc....
• House, Father'sSee FATHER'S HOUSE.
• House, GardenSee GARDEN-HOUSE.
• Householdhous'-hold: Three words are usually found in the Bible where the family is indicated....
• Household, Caesar'sSee CAESAR'S HOUSEHOLD.
• Householderhous'-hol-der (oikodespotes): The word occurs in Mt 13:27,52; 20:1; 21:33, for the...
• Housetophous'-top. See HOUSE.
• HowRepresents various Hebrew and Greek words, interrogative, interjectional and relative....
• Hozaiho'-za-i (chozay, or as it stands at the close of the verse in question, 2Ch 33:19,...
• Hucksterhuk'-ster: A retailer of small wares, provisions, or the like; a peddler. "A huckster...
• Hukkokhuk'-ok (chuqqoq): A town on the border of Naphtali named with Aznoth-tabor (Jos...
• Hukokhu'-kok. See HELKATH.
• Hulhul (chul): The name of one of the "sons of Aram" in the list of nations descended...
• Huldahhul'-da (chuldah, "weasel"; Holda): A prophetess who lived in Jerusalem during the...
• Human SacrificeSee SACRIFICE, HUMAN.
• Humiliation of Christhu-mil-i-a'-shun (Ac 8:33; Php 2:8). See KENOSIS; PERSON OF CHRIST.
• Humilityhu-mil'-i-ti (~[`anawah]; tapeinophrosune): (1) The noun occurs in the Old Testament...
• Humpshumps: Appears in Isa 30:6 in the American Standard Revised Version for "bunches" in...
• Humtahhum'-ta (chumTah): An unidentified place mentioned between Aphekah and Hebron in the...
• Hundredhun'-dred (me'-ah; hekaton). See NUMBER.
• Hungerhun'-ger (ra`abh; limos (subs.), peinao (vb.): (1) The desire for food, a...
• Huntinghunt'-ing (tsayidh): The hunting of wild animals for sport, or for the defense of men...
• Huphamhu'-fam (chupham, "coast-inhabitant"): One of Benjamin's sons and head of the...
• Huppahhup'-a (chuppah, "protection"): The priest in charge of the 13th course as prescribed...
• Huppimhup'-im (chuppim, "coast-people"): Probably a variant form of HUPHAM (which see). From...
• Hur(1) A prominent official in Israel. With Aaron he held up Moses' hands during the...
• Huraihu'-ri, hu'-ra-i, hu-ra'-i (churay, "linen-weaver"): One of David's "mighty men"...
• Huram(1) Grandson of Benjamin (1Ch 8:5). (2) King of Tyre in alliance with David and...
• Hurihu'-ri (churi, "linen weaver"): One of the immediate descendants of Gad, and father of...
• Hurthurt: The term (noun and verb) represents a large number of Hebrew words, of which the...
• Husbandhuz'-band ('ish; aner): In the Hebrew household the husband and father was the chief...
• Husband's Brother(yabham, "brother-in-law"; epigambreuo; Late Latin levir): He was required (De...
• Husbandman; Husbandryhuz'-band-man, huz'-band-ri: Husbandman, originally a "householder" or "master of the...
• Hushahhu'-sha (chushah, "haste"): Mentioned in 1Ch 4:4 as probably an individual, a...
• Hushaihut'-shi, hus'-sha-i (chushay, Chousei; Josephus, Chousi): An Archite, native of Archi...
• Hushamhu'-sham (chusham, Ge 36:34; chusham, 1Ch 1:45-46, "alert"): According to the former...
• Hushathitehu'-shath-it, (chushathi, "a dweller in Hushah"?): The patronymic given in two forms,...
• Hushim(1) Family name of the children of Da (Ge 46:23), but of form "Shuham" in Nu 26:42....
• Hushshathitehush'-shath-it (chushshathi). Same as HUSHATHITE (which see), except in reduplicated...
• Huskshusks (keratia, i.e. "little horns," Lu 15:16): These are the pods of the carob tree...
• Huzhuz (Ge 22:21 the King James Version). See UZ.
• Huzzabhuz'-ab (hutstsabh, only in Na 2:7 the King James Version and the Revised Version...
• Hyacinthhi'-a-sinth (huakinthos): the Revised Version (British and American) uses this word in...
• Hyadeshi'-a-dez. See ASTROLOGY, sec. II, 4.
• Hydaspeshi-das'-pez (Hudaspes): A river mentioned in Judith 1:6 in connection with the...
• Hyenahi-e'-na (tsabhua` (Jer 12:9); Septuagint huaine (Jer 12:9; Ecclesiasticus 13:18);...
• Hymenaeushi-men-e'-us (Humenaios, so named from Hymen, the god of marriage, 1Ti 1:20; 2Ti...
• Hymnhim (humnos): In Col 3:16; Eph 5:19 Paul bids his readers sing "psalms and hymns and...
• Hypocrisy; Hyprocritehi-pok'-ri-si, hip'-o-krit (choneph, chaneph; hupokrisis, hupokrites): (1) "Hypocrisy"...
• Hyrcanusher-ka'-nus (Hurkanos): "Son of Tobias, a man of great dignity," who had a large sum...
• Hyssophis'-up ('ezobh; hussspos, Ex 12:22; Le 14:4,6,4:9 ff; Nu 19:6,18; 1Ki 4:33; Ps 51:7;...