Smith’s dictionary

The classic Victorian Bible dictionary: 4,600 short entries, especially strong on names and places.

• Haahashtari(the courier), a man or a family immediately descended from Ashur. "father of Tekoa,"...
• Habaiah, or Habajah(whom Jehovah hides). Bene-Habaiah were among the sons of the priests who returned...
• Habakkuk or Habakkuk(embrace), the eighth in order of the minor prophets. Of the facts of the prophet’s...
• Habakkuk, Prophecy ofconsists of three chapters, in the first of which he foreshadows the invasion of Judea...
• Habaziniah(light of Jehovah), apparently the head of one of the families of the Rechabites....
• Habergeona coat of mail covering the neck and breast. [ARMS, ARMOR]
• Habor(beautiful banks), the "river of Gozan," (2 Kings 17:6) and 2Kin 18:11 Is identified...
• Hachaliah(whom Jehovah enlightens), the father of Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 1:1; 10:1)
• Hachilah, the Hilla hill apparently situated in a wood in the wilderness or waste land in the...
• Hachmoni(wise) Son of, and The Hach’monite. (1 Chronicles 11:11; 27:32) Hachmon or Hachmoni...
• Hadad(mighty), originally the indigenous appellation of the sun among the Syrians, and...
• Hadadezer(2 Samuel 8:3-12; 1 Kings 11:23). [HADAREZER]
• Hadadrimmonis, according to the ordinary interpretation of (12:11) a place in the valley of...
• Hadar[HADAD]
• Hadarezer(Hadad’s help), son of Rehob, (2 Samuel 8:3) the king of the Aramite state of Zobah,...
• Hadashah(new), one of the towns of Judah, in the maritime low country, (Joshua 16:37) only,...
• Hadassah(myrtle), probably the earlier name of Esther. (Esther 2:7)
• Hadattah(new). According to the Authorized Version, one of the towns of Judah in the extreme...
• Hadesin Revised Version. [See HELL]
• Hadid(sharp), a place named, with Lod (Lydda) and Ono, only in the later books of the...
• Hadlai(rest of God), a man of Ephraim. (2 Chronicles 28:12)
• Hadoram(noble honor). The fifth son of Joktan. (Genesis 10:27; 1 Chronicles 1:21) His...
• Hadrach(dwelling), a country of Syria, mentioned once only, by the prophet Zechariah....
• Haga Bahunder which it is found in the parallel list of (Ezra 2:45)
• Hagab(locust). Bene-Hagab were among the Nethinim who returned from Babylon with...
• Hagaba(locust). Bene Hagaba were among the Nethinim who came back from captivity with...
• Hagar(flight), an Egyptian woman, the handmaid or slave of Sarah, (Genesis 16:1) whom the...
• Hagarenes, Hagarites(named after Hagar), a people dwelling to the east of Palestine, with whom the tribes...
• Hagerite, theJaziz the Hagerite, i.e. the descendant of Hagar, had the charge of David’s sheep. (1...
• Haggai(festive), the tenth in order of the minor prophets, and first of those who prophesied...
• Haggai, Prophecy ofThe style of Haggai is generally tame and prosaic, though at times it rises to the...
• Haggeri(wanderer) was one of the mighty men of David’s guard, according to (1 Chronicles...
• Haggi(festive), second son of Gad. (Genesis 46:16; Numbers 26:15)
• Haggiah(festival of Jehovah), a Merarite Levite. (1 Chronicles 6:30)
• Haggites, thea Gadite family sprung from Haggi. (Numbers 26:15)
• Haggith(festive; a dancer), one of David’s wives, the mother of Adonijah. (2 Samuel 3:4; 1...
• HaiSame as AI.
• HairThe Hebrews were fully alive to the importance of the hair as an element of personal...
• Hakkatan(young). Johanan son ,of Hakkatan, was the chief of the Bene-Azgad who returned from...
• Hakkoz(thorn), a priest, the chief of the seventh course in the service of the sanctuary, as...
• Hakupha(bent). Bene-Hakupha were among the Nethinim who returned from Babylon with...
• Halahis probably a different place from the Calah of (Genesis 10:11) It may be identified...
• Halak(smooth), The mount, a mountain twice, and twice only, named, was the southern limit...
• Halhul(trembling), a town of Judah in the mountain district. (Joshua 16:68) The name still...
• Hali(necklace), a town on the boundary of Asher, named between Helkath and Beten. (Joshua 19:25)
• Hallused of the court of the high priest’s house. (Luke 22:55) In (Matthew 27:27) and Mark...
• Hallelujah(praise ye the Lord). [ALLELUIA]
• Hallohesh(enchanter), one of the chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah....
• HaloheshShallum, son of Halohesh was "ruler of the half part of Jerusalem" at the time of the...
• Haltil(doubtful). Bene-Hattil were among the children of Solomon’s slaves "who came back...
• Ham(hot; sunburnt). The name of one of the three sons of Noah, apparently the second in...
• Haman(magnificent), the chief minister or vizier of King Ahasuerus. (Esther 3:1) (B.C....
• Hamath(fortress), the principal city of upper Syria, was situated in the valley of the...
• Hamathite, theone of the families descended from Canaan, named last in the list. (Genesis 10:18; 1...
• Hamathzobah(fortress of Zobah), (2 Chronicles 8:3) has been conjectured to be the same as Hamath....
• Hammath(warm springs), one of the fortified cities in the territory allotted to Naphtali....
• Hammedatha(double), father of the infamous Haman. (Esther 3:1,10; 8:5; 9;24)
• Hammelechlit. "the king, " unnecessarily rendered in the Authorized Version as a proper name....
• Hammoleketh(the queen), a daughter of Machir and sister of Gilead. (1 Chronicles 7:17,18) (B.C....
• Hammon(warm springs). A city in Asher, (Joshua 19:28) apparently not far from Zidon-rabbah....
• Hammothdor(dwelling of the warm springs). [HAMMATH]
• Hamonah(multitude), the name of a city mentioned in Ezekiel. (Ezekiel 39:16)
• Hamongog(the multitude of God), The valley of, the name to be bestowed on the ravine or glen,...
• Hamor(an ass), a Hivite who at the time of the entrance of Jacob on Palestine was prince of...
• Hamuel(heat , i.e. wrath, of God), a man of Simeon, of the family of Shaul. (1 Chronicles 4:26)
• Hamul(pitied), the younger son of Pharez, Judah’s son by Tamar. (Genesis 46:12; 1...
• Hamulites, thethe family of the preceding. (Numbers 26:21)
• Hamutal(akin to the dew), daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah; one of the wives of King Josiah. (2...
• Hanameel(whom God graciously gave), son of Shallum and cousin of Jeremiah. (Jeremiah...
• Hanan(merciful). One of the chief people of the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:23) The...
• Hananeel(whom God graciously gave), The tower of, a tower which formed part of the wall of...
• Hanani(gracious). One of the sons of Heman, and head of the eighteenth course of the...
• Hananiah(gift of God). One of the fourteen sons of Heman, and chief of the sixteenth course of...
• Hananiel(the favor of God), son of Ephod and prince of Manasseh. (Numbers 34:23)
• Handicraft(Acts 18:3; 19:25; Revelation 18:22) A trade was taught to ail the Jewish boys as a...
• Handkerchief, Napkin, Apron(Luke 19:20; John 11:44; 20:7; Acts 19:12) These terms were used in much the same...
• Hanesa place in Egypt mentioned only in (Isaiah 30:4) We think that the Chald Paraphr. is...
• Hanging, HangingsThe "hanging" was a curtain or ’covering’ to close an entrance; one was placed before...
• Haniel(grace of God), one of the sons of Ulla of the tribe of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:39)
• Hannah(grace), one of the wives of Elkanah, and mother of Samuel. 1Sam 1,2 (B.C. 1141.) A...
• Hannathon(gracious), one of the cities of Zebulun. (Joshua 19:14)
• Hanoch(dedicated). The third in order of the children of Midian. (Genesis 25:4) Eldest son...
• Hanun(favored). Son of Nahash (2 Samuel 10:1,2; 1 Chronicles 19:1,2) king of Ammon, who...
• Haphraim(two pits), a city of Issachar, mentioned next to Shunem. (Joshua 19:19) About 6 miles...
• Hara(mountain land), (1 Chronicles 5:26) only, is either a place utterly unknown or it...
• Haradah(fear), a desert station of the Israelites, (Numbers 33:24,25) its position is uncertain.
• Haran(a mountaineer). The third son of Terah, and therefore youngest brother of Abram....
• Hararite(the mountaineer), The. The destination of three of David’s guard. Agee, a Hararite (2...
• Harbona(ass-driver), the third of the seven chamberlains or eunuchs who served King...
• Harbonah(Esther 7:9) the same as the preceding.
• Hare(Heb. arnebeth) occurs only in (Leviticus 11:6) and Deuteronomy 14:7 Amongst the...
• Harem[HOUSE]
• Hareph(a plucking off), a name occurring in the genealogies of Judah as a son of Caleb and...
• Hareth(thicket), The forest of, in which David took refuge, after at the instigation of the...
• Harhaiah(the Lord is angry), father of Uzziel. (Nehemiah 3:8) (B.C. before 446.)
• Harhur(inflammation). The sons of Harhur were among the Nethinim who returned from Babylon...
• Harim(flat-nosed). A priest who had charge of the third division in the house of God. (1...
• Hariph(a plucking-off). A hundred and twelve of the Bene-Hariph returned from the captivity...
• HarlotThat this class of persons existed in the earliest states of society is clear from...
• Harmagedon(hill of Megiddo), (Revelation 16:16) in the Revised Version for Armageddon. The...
• Harnepher(panting), one of the sons of Zophah, of the tribe of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:36)
• Harod(fear), The well of, a spring by which Gideon and his great army encamped on the...
• Harodite, thethe designation of two of the thirty-seven warriors of David’s guard, Shammah and...
• Haroeha name occurring in the genealogical lists of Judah. (1 Chronicles 2:52)
• Harorite(the same as Harodite) The, the title given to Shammoth, one of the warriors of...
• Harosheth(workmanship) "of the Gentiles" so called from the mixed races that inhabited it --a...
• HarpThe harp was the national instrument of the Hebrews, and was well known throughout...
• Harphite(native of Hariph), The, the designation of Shephatiah, one of the Korhites who...
• HarrowThe word so rendered, (2 Samuel 12:31; 1 Chronicles 20:3) is probably a...
• Harsha(deaf). Bene-Harsha were among the families of Nethinim who came back from Babylon...
• Hartthe male stag. The word denotes some member of the deer tribe either the fallow deer...
• Harum(lofty), father of Aharhel, in one of the most obscure genealogies of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:8)
• Harumaph(slit-nosed) father or ancestor of Jedaiah. (Nehemiah 3:10)
• Haruz(zealous), a man of Jotbah, father of Meshullemeth queen of Manasseh. (2 Kings 21:9)...
• Harvest[AGRICULTURE]
• Hasadiah(loved by Jehovah) one of a group of five persons among the descendants of the royal...
• Hasenuah(the hated), a Benjamite, of one of the chief families in the tribe. (1 Chronicles 9:7)
• Hashabiah(whom God regards). A Merarite Levite. (1 Chronicles 6:45) Another Merarite Levite. (1...
• Hashabnah(whom Jehovah regards), one of the chief of the "people" who sealed the covenant with...
• Hashabniah(whom Jehovah regards). Father of Hattush. (Nehemiah 3:10) A Levite who was among...
• Hashbadana(considerate judge), one of the men (probably Levites) who stood on Ezra’s left hand...
• Hashem(fat). The sons of Hashem the Gizonite are named amongst the members of David’s guard...
• Hashmonah(fatness), a station of the Israelites, mentioned (Numbers 33:29) as next before Moseroth.
• Hashub(intelligent). A son of Pahath-moab, who assisted in the repair of the wall of...
• Hashubah(intelligent), the first of a group of five men, apparently the latter half of the...
• Hashum(rich). Bene-Hashum, 223 in number, came back from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra...
• Hashupha(stripped), one of the families of Nethinim who returned from captivity in the first...
• Hasrah(very poor), the form in which the name Harhas is given in (2 Chronicles 34:22) comp....
• HassenaahThe Bene-Hassenaah rebuilt the fish-gate in the repair of the wall of Jerusalem....
• Hasshub[See HASHUB]
• Hasupha[See HASHUPHA]
• Hatach(verily), one of the eunuchs in the court of Ahasuerus. (Esther 4:5,6,9,10) (B.C. 474.)
• Hathath(fearful), one of the sons of Othniel the Kenazite. (1 Chronicles 4:13)
• Hatipha(captive). Bene-Hatipha (i.e. sons of Hatipha) were among the Nethinim who returned...
• Hatita(exploring). Bene-Hatita (i.e. sons of Hatita) were among the "porters" (i.e. the...
• Hattuph(assembled). A descendant of the kings of Judah apparently one of the sons of...
• Hauran(caverns), a province of Palestine twice mentioned by Ezekiel. (Ezekiel 47:16,17)...
• Havilah(Genesis 2:11) A part of Eden through which flowed the river Pison (Araxes). It was...
• Havilah(circle). A son of Cush. (Genesis 10:7) A son of Joktan. (Genesis 10:29)
• Havothjair(villages of Jair), certain villages on the east of Jordan, in Gilead or Bashan, which...
• Hawk(Leviticus 11:16; 14:15; Job 39:26) The hawk includes various species of the...
• Hay(Heb. chatsir), the rendering of the Authorized Version in (Proverbs 27:25) and Isai...
• Hazael(whom God sees), a king of Damascus who reigned from about B.C. 886 to B.C. 840. He...
• Hazaiah(whom Jehovah sees), a man of Judah of the family of the Shilonites, or descendants of...
• Hazaradaretc. [HAZER]
• Hazarmaveth(court of death), the third in order of the sons of Joktan (Genesis 10:26) The name is...
• HazelThe Hebrew term luz occurs only in (Genesis 30:37) Authorities are divided between the...
• Hazelelponi(shade coming upon me), the sister of the sons of Etam in the genealogies of Judah. (1...
• Hazertopographically, seems generally employed for the villages of people. As a proper name...
• Hazerim(villages). The Avim, or more accurately the Avvim, are said to have lived "in the...
• Hazeroth(villages), (Numbers 11:35; 12:16; 33:17; 1:1) a station of the Israelites in the...
• Hazezontamarand Haz’azon-ta’mar (pruning of palm trees), the ancient name of Engedi. (Genesis...
• Haziel(union of God), a Levite in the time of David, of the family of Shi-mei or Shimi, the...
• Hazo(vision), a son of Nahor, by Milcah his wife. (Genesis 22:22) (B.C. about 1900.)
• Hazor(castle). A fortified city, which on the occupation of the country was allotted to...
• HeaddressThe Hebrews do not appear to have regarded a covering for the head as an essential...
• HearthOne way of baking much practiced in the East is to place the dough on an iron plate,...
• Heath(Jeremiah 17:6) was some species of juniper, probably the savin, a dwarf, stunted...
• Heathen[GENTILES]
• HeavenThere are four Hebrew words thus rendered in the Old Testament which we may briefly...
• Heber(alliance). Grandson of the patriarch Asher, (Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:45; 1...
• HebrewThis word first occurs as given to Abram by the Canaanites, (Genesis 4:13) because he...
• Hebrew LanguageThe books of the Old Testament are written almost entirely in the Hebrew language. It...
• Hebrews, Epistle to theThe author --There has been a wide difference of opinion respecting the authorship of...
• Hebron(alliance). The third son of Kohath, who was the second son of Levi. (Exodus 6:18;...
• Hebronites, theA family of Kohathite Levites, descendants of Hebron the son of Kohath. (Numbers 3:27;...
• HedgeThe Hebrew words thus rendered denote simply that which surrounds or encloses, whether...
• Hegai(eunuch), one of the eunuchs of the court of Ahasuerus. (Esther 2:8,15) (B.C. 474.)
• Hegeanother form of the preceding (Esther 2:3)
• Heifer(1 Samuel 6:7-12; Job 21:10; Isaiah 7:21) The heifer or young cow was not commonly...
• HeirThe Hebrew institutions relative to inheritance were of a very simple character. Under...
• Helah(rust), one of the two wives of Ashur, father of Tekoa. (1 Chronicles 4:5)
• Helam(stronghold), a place east of the Jordan but west of the Euphrates at which the...
• Helbah(fertile), a town of Asher, probably on the plain of Phoenicia not far from Sidon....
• Helbon(fertile), a place mentioned only in (Ezekiel 27:18) Geographers have hitherto...
• Heldai(worldly). The twelfth captain of the monthly courses for the temple service. (1...
• Heleb(milk), or He’led (transient) son of Baanah the Netophathite, one of the heroes of...
• Helek(portion), one of the descendants of Manasseh, and second son of Gilead, (Numbers...
• Helem(strength). A descendant of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:35) A man mentioned only in...
• Heleph(exchange), the place from which the boundary of the tribe of Naphtali started. (Joshua 19:33)
• Helez(strength). One of "the thirty" of David’s guard, (2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:27)...
• Helhath(portion), the town named as the starting-point for the boundary of the tribe of...
• Heli(ascending), the father of Joseph the husband of the Virgin Mary, (Luke 13:23) perhaps...
• Heliopolis[See ON]
• Helkathhazzurim(field of rock), a smooth piece of ground, apparently close to the pool of Gibeon,...
• HellIn the Old Testament this is the word generally and unfortunately used by our...
• Hellenist(Grecian), the term applied in the New Testament to Greek-speaking or "Grecian" Jews....
• Helmet[ARMS, ARMOR]
• Helon(strong), father of Eliab, of the tribe of Zebulun. (Numbers 1:9; 2:7; 7:24,29; 10:16)...
• Hem of GarmentThe importance which the later Jews, especially the Pharisees, (Matthew 23:5) attached...
• Hemam(exterminating). Hori and Hemam were sons of Lotan, the eldest son of Seir. (Genesis 36:22)
• Heman(faithful) Son of Zerah. (1 Chronicles 2:6; 1 Kings 4:31) Son of Joel and grandson of...
• Hemath(heat), a person or place named in the genealogical lists of Judah, as the origin of...
• Hemdan(pleasant), the eldest son of Dishon, son of Anah the Horite. (Genesis 36:26) [AMRAM,...
• Hemlockthe common ground or dwarf hemlock, a bitter, poisonous plant. The Hebrew rosh is...
• HenThe hen is nowhere noticed in the Bible except in (Matthew 23:37; Luke 13:34) That a...
• Hen(rest), probably a son of Zephaniah, and apparently the same who is called JOSIAH in...
• Hena(troubling), a city the Assyrian kings had reduced shortly before the time of...
• Henadad(grace of Hadad), the head of a family of the Levites who took a prominent part in the...
• HenochEnoch, 2. (1 Chronicles 1:3) Hanoch, 1. (1 Chronicles 1:33)
• Hephera place in ancient Canaan which occurs in the lists of conquered kings. (Joshua 12:17)...
• Hepher(a well). The youngest of the sons of Gilead, (Numbers 26:32) and head of the family...
• Hepherites, thethe family of Hepher the son of Gilead. (Numbers 26:32)
• HephzibahA name signifying "my delight in her ," which is to be borne by the restored...
• Heraldone who makes public proclamation. The only notice of this officer in the Old...
• Herd(a collection of cattle), Herdsmen. The herd was greatly regarded in both the...
• Heres(the sun), (Judges 1:35) a city of Dan, in Mount Ephraim, near Ajalon; possibly...
• Heresh(artificer), a Levite attached to the tabernacle (1 Chronicles 9:15) (B.C. 536.)
• Hermas(Mercury), the name of a Christian resident at Rome to whom St. Paul sends greetings...
• Hermes(Mercury), a Christian mentioned in (Romans 16:14) According to tradition he was one...
• Hermogenesa person mentioned by St. Paul in the latest of all his epistles, (2 Timothy 1:15)...
• Hermon(a peak, summit), a mountain on the northeastern border of Palestine, (3:8; Joshua...
• Hermonites, theProperly "the Hermons," with reference to the three summits of Mount Hermon. (Psalms...
• Herod(hero-like). This family though of Idumean origin and thus alien by race, was Jewish...
• Herodians(from Herod). (Matthew 22:15) ff.; Mark 12:13 ff. Canon Cook describes these persons...
• Herodiasdaughter of Aristobulus, one of the sons of Mariamne and Herod the Great, and...
• Herodiona relative of St. Paul, to whom he sends his salutation amongst the Christians of the...
• Heron(Leviticus 11:19; 14:18) a common large, wading, unclean bird. Nearly all of the...
• Hesed(kindness), the son of Hesed or Ben-Chesed, was commissary for Solomon. (1 Kings 4:10)...
• Heshbon(stronghold), the capital city of Sihon king of the Amorites. (Numbers 21:26) It stood...
• Heshmon(rich soil), a place named, with others, as lying in the extreme south of Judah. (Joshua 15:27)
• Hesron, Hezron(enclosed), the son of Reuben, (Numbers 26:6) and ancestor of the Hezronites. (B.C....
• Heth(terror), the forefather of the nation of the Hittites. In the genealogical tables of...
• Hethlon(hiding-place), the name of a place on the northern border of Palestine. (Ezekiel...
• Hezeki(strong), a Benjamite, one of the Bene-Elpaal, a descendant of Shaaraim. (1 Chronicles...
• Hezekiah(the might of Jehovah). Twelfth king of Judah, son of the apostate Ahaz and Abi or...
• Hezion(vision), a king of Aram (Syria), father of Tabrimon and grandfather of Ben-hadad I....
• Hezir(Swine). A priest in the time of David, leader of the seventeenth monthly course in...
• Hezrai(enclosed), one of the thirty heroes of David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:35) (B.C. 1046.)...
• Hezron(surrounded by a wall). A son of Reuben. (Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14) A son of Pharez....
• Hezronites(descendants of Hezron), The. Descendants of Hezron the son of Reuben. (Numbers 26:6)...
• Hiddai(for the rejoicing of Jehovah), one of the thirty-seven heroes of David’s guard. (2...
• Hiddekel(rapid), one of the rivers of Eden, the river which "goeth eastward to Assyria,"...
• Hiel(God liveth), a native of Bethel, who rebuilt Jericho in the reign of Ahab, (1 Kings...
• Hierapolis(holy city), a city of Phrygia, situated above the junction of the rivers Lycus and...
• Higgaion(meditation), a word which occurs three times in the book of Psalms -- (Psalms 9:16;...
• High Places6813 PriestThe first distinct separation of Aaron to the office of the priesthood, which...
• HighwaysThough during the sway of the Romans over Palestine they made a few substantial roads...
• Hilen(place of caves), the name of city of Judah allotted with its suburbs to the priests....
• Hilkiah(God is my portion) Father of Eliakim. (2 Kings 18:37; Isaiah 22:20; 36:22) [ELIAKIM]...
• Hillel(praise), a native of Pirathon in Mount Ephraim, father of Abdon, one of the judges of...
• HillsFrom the Hebrew Gibeah, meaning a curved round hill. But our translators have also...
• Hin[WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND MEASURES]
• Hindthe female of the common stag or Cervus elaphus . It is frequently noticed in the...
• HingeBoth ancient Egyptian and modern Oriental doors were and are hung by means of pivots...
• Hinnom(lamentation), Valley of, otherwise called "the valley of the son" or "children of...
• Hippopotamus[BEHEMOTH]
• Hirah(a noble race), an Adullamite, the friend of Judah. (Genesis 38:1,12) and see Genesis38:20
• Hiram, or Huram(noble). The king of Tyre who sent workmen and materials to Jerusalem, first, (2...
• Hittits(descendans of Heth), The, the nation descended from Cheth (Authorized Version HETH),...
• Hivites(villagers), The, descendants --the six in order-- of Canaan the son of Ham. (Genesis...
• Hizkiah(might of Jehovah), an ancestor of Zephaniah the prophet. (Zephaniah 1:1) (B.C. before 635.)
• Hizkljah(might of Jehovah), one of those. who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah...
• Hobab(beloved). This name is found in two places only (Numbers 10:29; Judges 4:11) Hobab...
• Hobah(hiding-place), the place to which Abraham pursued the kings who had pillaged Sodom....
• Hod(splendor), one of the sons of Zophah, among the descendants of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:37)
• Hodaiah(Praise ye Jehovah), son of the royal line of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:24) (B.C. about 406.)
• Hodaviah(Praise ye Jehovah). A man of Manasseh, one of the heads of the half tribe on the east...
• Hodesh(new moon), a woman named in the genealogies of Benjamin, (1 Chronicles 8:9) as the...
• Hodevah(praise ye Jehovah). (Nehemiah 7:43) [HODAVIAH]
• Hodiah(majesty of Jehovah), one of the two wives of Ezra, a man of Judah. (1 Chronicles...
• Hodijah(majesty of Jehovah). A Levite in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 8:7) and...
• Hoglah(partridge), the third of the five daughters of Zelophehad. (Numbers 26:33; 27:1;...
• Hoham(whom Jehovah impels), king of Hebron at the time of the conquest of Canaan. (Joshua...
• Holofernesor more correctly OLOFERNES, was, according to the book of Judith, a general of...
• Holon(sandy). A town in the mountains of Judah. One of the first group, of which Debir was...
• Homam(destruction), the form under which, in (1 Chronicles 1:39) an Edomite name appears...
• Homer[WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND MEASURES]
• HoneyThe Hebrew debash in the first place applied to the product of the bee, to which...
• Hook, HooksVarious kinds of hooks are noticed in the Bible, of which the following are the most...
• Hophni(pugilist) and PHINEHAS (brazen mouth), the two sons of Eli, who fulfilled their...
• Hor(mountain), Mount. The mountain on which Aaron died. (Numbers 20:25,27) It was "on the...
• Horam(mountainous), king of Gezer at the time of the conquest of the southwestern part of...
• Horeb(desert). [SINAI, OR SINAI]
• Horem(sacred), one of the fortified places in the territory of Naphtali; named with Iron...
• Horhagidgad(conspicous mountain), the name of the desert station where the Israelites encamped,...
• Hori(cave-dweller). A Horite, son of Lotan the son of Seir. (Genesis 36:22; 1 Chronicles...
• Horimand Ho’rites (descendants of Hori), the aboriginal inhabitants of Mount Seir, (Genesis...
• Hormah(a place laid waste), or ZEPHATH, (Judges 1:17) was the chief town of a king of a...
• HornThe word "horn" is often used metaphorically to signify strength and honor, because...
• HornetThe hornet bears a general resemblance to the common wasp, only it is larger. It is...
• Horonaim(two caverns), a town of Moab, possibly a sanctuary, named with Zoar and Luhith....
• Horonite(native of Horonaim), The, the designation of Sanballat. (Nehemiah 2:10,19; 13:28) It...
• HorseThe most striking feature in the biblical notices of the horse is the exclusive...
• HorseleechHeb. ’alukah , occurs once only, viz. (Proverbs 30:16) There is little doubt that...
• Hosaha Merarite Levite, chosen by David to be one of the first doorkeepers to the ark after...
• Hosah(refuge), a city of Asher, (Joshua 19:29) The next landmark on the boundary to Tyre.
• Hosanna(save now). "Save, we pray!" the cry of the multitudes as they thronged in our Lord’s...
• Hosea(salvation), son of Beeri, and first of the minor prophets. Probably the life, or...
• Hosea, Prophecies ofThis book consists of fourteen chapters. It is easy to recognize two great divisions...
• Hoshaiah(whom Jehovah aids). A man who assisted in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem...
• Hosham(haste), one of the early kings of Edom. Genesis36:34,36; 1Chr 1:45,46
• Hoshama(whom Jehovah hears), one of the sons of Jeconiah or Jehoiachin, the last king but one...
• Hoshea(salvation). The nineteenth, last and best king of Israel. He succeeded Pekah, whom he...
• HospitalityHospitality was regarded by most nations of the ancient world as one of the chief...
• Hotham(signet ring), a man of Asher, son of Heber, of the family Of Beriah. (1 Chronicles...
• Hothan(signet ring), a man of Aroer, father of Shamu and Jehiel. (1 Chronicles 11:44) (B.C. 1046.)
• Hothir(fullness),the thirteenth son of Heman, "the king’s seer," (1 Chronicles 25:4,28) and...
• HourThe ancient Hebrews were probably unacquainted with the division of the natural day...
• HouseThe houses of the rural poor in Egypt, as well as in most parts of Syria, Arabia and...
• How the Prophetic Gift Was Received--We learn from Holy Scripture that it was by the agency of the Spirit of God that the...
• Hukkok(incised), a place on the boundary of Naphtali. (Joshua 19:34) It has been recovered...
• Hukoka name which in (1 Chronicles 6:75) is erroneously used for HELKATH, which see.
• Hul(circle), the second son of Aram, and grandson of Shem. (Genesis 10:23) The strongest...
• Huldah(weasel), a prophetess, whose husband, Shallum, was keeper of the wardrobe in the time...
• Humtah(place of lizards), a city of Judah one of those in the mountain districts the next to...
• HuntingHunting, as a matter of necessity, whether for the exterminatiOn of dangerous beasts...
• Hupham(coast-man), a son of Benjamin, founder of the family of the Huphamites. (Numbers...
• Huphamites, thedescendants of Hupham, of the tribe of Benjamin. (Numbers 26:39)
• Huppah(protected), a priest in the time of David. (1 Chronicles 24:13)
• Huppim(protected), head of a Benjamite family (Genesis 46:21; 1 Chronicles 7:12) Hur (hole)....
• Hurai, or Hurai(linon-weaver), one of David’s guard --Hurai of the torrents of Gaash, according to...
• Huram(noble born). A Benjamite; son of Bela, the first-born of the patriarch. (1 Chronicles...
• Hurhai(very poor), an ancestor of Shallum the husband of Huldah. (2 Kings 22:14) (B.C. before 623.)
• Huri(linen-weaver), a Gadite; father of Abihail- (1 Chronicles 5:14)
• Husband[MARRIAGE]
• Hushah(haste), a name which occurs in the genealogies of the tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:4)
• Hushai, or Hushai(hasting) an Archite i.e. possibly an inhabitant of a place called Erec. (2 Samuel...
• Hushathite(inhabitant of Hushah), The, the designation of two of the heroes of David’s guard....
• Hushim(who makes haste). In (Genesis 46:23) "the children of Dan" are said to have been...
• HusksThis word in (Luke 16:16) describes really the fruit of a particular kind of tree,...
• Huz(light, sandy soil), the eldest son of Nahor and Milcah. (Genesis 22:21) (B.C. about 1900).
• Huzzab(fixed), according to the general opinion of the Jews, was the queen of Nineveh at the...
• Hyacinthused in the Revised Version for jacinth in (Revelation 9:17) It is simply another...
• HyaenaAuthorities differ as to whether the term tzabu’a in (Jeremiah 12:9) means a "hyaena"...
• Hymenaeus(belonging to marriage), the name of a person occurring twice in the correspondence...
• Hymna religious song or psalm. (Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16) Our Lord and his apostles...
• Hyssop(Heb. ezob.) The ezob was used for sprinkling in some of the sacrifices and...