International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Heavens

hev'-'nz (shamayim; ouranoi): On the physical heavens seeASTRONOMY;WORLD. Above these, in popular conception, were the celestial heavens, the abode of God and of the hosts of an...

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Heavens, New (And Earth, New)

|| 1. Eschatological Idea2. Earliest Conceptions: Cosmic verses National Type3. Different from Mythological Theory4. Antiquity of Cosmical Conception5. The Cosmical Dependent on...

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Heavy; Heaviness

hev'-i, hev'-i-nes (kabhedh, de'aghah; lupe):1. Literal:Heavy (heave, to lift) is used literally with respect to material things, as the translation of kobhedh, "heaviness" (Pr ...

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Heber

he'-ber (chebher, "associate" or, possibly, "enchanter"; Eber): A name occurring several times in the Old Testament as the name of an individual or of a clan.(1) A member of the...

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Heberites

he'-ber-its (ha-chebhri): Descendants of Heber, a prominent clan of Asher, (Nu 26:45). Supposed by some to be connected with the Chabiri of the Tell el-Amarna Letters.

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Hebrew Language

SeeLANGUAGES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT;ARAMAIC.

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Hebrew; Hebrewess

he'-broo, he'-broo-es (`ibhri, feminine `ibhriyah; Hebraios): The earliest name for Abraham (Ge 14:13) and his descendants (Joseph,Ge 39:14,17;40:15;41:12;43:32; Israelites in E...

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Hebrews, Epistle To The

he'-brooz,I. TITLEII. LITERARY1. The Author's Culture and Style2. Letter, Epistle or Treatise?3. A Unity or a Composite Work?III. THE AUTHOR1. Tradition(1) Alexandrian: Paul(2) ...

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Hebrews, Gospel According To The

(Euaggelion kath' Hebraious, to Hebraikon, to Ioudaikon; Evangelium Hebraeorum, Judeorum):1. References in Early Church History2. Its Character and Contents3. Its Circulation an...

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Hebrews, Religion Of The

See ISRAEL, RELIGION OF.

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Hebron (1)

he'-brun (chebhron, "league" or "confederacy"; Chebron): One of the most ancient and important cities in Southern Palestine, now known to the Moslems as el Khalil (i.e. Khalil e...

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Hebron (2)

(chebhron, "league," "association"):(1) The third son of Kohath, son of Levi (Ex 6:18;Nu 3:19,27;1Ch 6:2,18;23:12,19).(2) A son of Mareshah and descendant of Caleb (1Ch 2:42,43)...

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Hebronites

he'-brun-its (chebhroni): A family of Levites, descendants of Hebron, third son of Kohath (Nu 3:27;26:58, etc.).

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Hedge

hej:(1) mecukhah, "a thorn hedge," only inMic 7:4.; mesukkah, "a hedge" (Isa 5:5); mesukhath chadheq, "a hedge of thorns" (Pr 15:19).(2) gadher, and geherah, translated "hedges"...

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Hedgehog

hej'-hog Septuagint echinos, "hedgehog," for qippodh, inIsa 14:23;34:11; Ze 2:14, and for qippoz, inIsa 34:15).SeePORCUPINE;BITTERN;OWL;SERPENT.

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Heed

hed: This word, in the sense of giving careful attention ("take heed," "give heed," etc.), represents several Hebrew and Greek words; chief among them shamar, "to watch"; blepo,...

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Heel

hel (`aqebh): "The iniquity of my heels" (Ps 49:5the King James Version) is a literal translation, and might be understood to indicate the Psalmist's "false steps," errors or si...

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Hegai; Hege

he'-ga-i, he'-ge (heghay; Gai (Es 2:8,15), and heghe', Hege (Es 2:3)): One of the officers of the Persian king Ahasuerus; a chamberlain or eunuch (keeper of women), into whose c...

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Hegemonides

heg-e-mon'-i-dez, hej-e-mo-ni'-dez (Hegemonides): The Syrian officer placed in command of the district extending from Ptolemais to the Gerrenians (2 Macc 13:24). It is not easy ...

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Heifer

hef'-er (parah, inNu 19(see following article) andHo 4:16; `eghlah, elsewhere in the Old Testament; damalis, inHeb 9:13):For the "heifer of three years old" in the King James Ve...

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Heifer, Red

InNu 19a rite is described in which the ashes of a "red heifer" and of certain objects are mixed with running water to obtain the so-called "water for impurity." (Such is the co...

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Height; Heights

hit, The English terms represent a large number of Hebrew words (gobhah, marom, qomah, rum, etc.). A chief thing to notice is that in the Revised Version (British and American) ...

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Heir

ar:1. The Word "Heir":In the New Testament "heir" is the invariable translation of kleronomos (15 times), the technical equivalent in Greek, and of the compound sunkleronomos, "...

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Helah

he'-la (chel'ah): A wife of Ashhur, father of Tekoa (1Ch 4:5,7).

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Helam

he'-lam (chelam,2Sa 10:16f; in 16:17 with the he of locale; Septuagint Hailam): A place near which David is said to have defeated the Aramean world under Hadarezer (2Sa 10:16). ...

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Helbah

hel'-ba (chelbah): A place in the territory assigned to Asher (Jud 1:31). It may be identical with Mahalliba of Sennacherib's prism inscription. The site, however, has not been ...

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Helbon

hel'-bon (chelbon; Chelbon, Chebron): A district from which Tyre received supplies of wine through the Damascus market (Eze 27:18); universally admitted to be the modern Halbun,...