International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Heman

he'-man (heman, "faithful"): The name of two men in the Old Testament.(1) A musician and seer, a Levite, son of Joe and grandson of the prophet Samuel; of the family of the Koha...

Hemath

he'-math.See HAMMATH (1Ch 2:55).

Hemdan

Hemlock

hem'-lock.SeeGALL.

Hen (1)

hen (chen, "favor"). InZec 6:14, English Versions of the Bible reads, "And the crowns shall be to Helem.... and to Hen the son of Zephaniah." But as this person is called Josiah...

Hen (2)

(ornis): Mentioned in the accounts of the different disciples in describing the work of Jesus (Mt 23:37;Lu 13:34).

Hena

he'-na (hena`; Ana): Named in2Ki 19:13, as one of the cities destroyed by Sennacherib along with Sepharvaim. It does not appear in a similar connection in 17:24. The text is pro...

Henadad

hen'-a-dad (chenadhadh, "favor of Hadad"; Septuagint Henaad; Henadad; Henadab; Henalab (Ezr 3:9;Ne 3:18,24;10:9)): One of the heads of the Levites in the post-exilic community.

Henna

hen'-a (So 1:14;4:13): An aromatic plant.

Henoch

he'-nok (chanokh; Henoch; in1Ch 1:3the King James Version the Revised Version (British and American), "Enoch"; inGe 25:4, the King James Version and the Revised Version (British...

Hepher

(chepher):(1) Septuagint Hopher (Jos 12:17), a Canaanitish town mentioned between Tappuah and Aphek, unidentified.(2) In1Ki 4:10a district connected with Socoh, and placed by So...

Hepher; Hepherites

he'-fer, he'-fer-its (chepher, chephri):(1) Septuagint Hopher (Nu 26:32f; 27:1;Jos 17:2f), the head of a family or clan of the tribe of Manasseh. The clan is called the Hepherit...

Hephzibah

hef'-zi-ba (chephtsi-bhah, "my delight is in her"):(1) Septuagint Hopseiba, Hapseiba, Hophsiba, the mother of Manasseh (2Ki 21:1).(2) The new name of Zion (Isa 62:4); Septuagint...

Herakles

her'-a-klez (Herakles).SeeHERCULES.

Herald

her'-ald: The word occurs once (Da 3:4) as the translation of the Aramaic word karoz (compare kerux): "Then the herald cried aloud."See alsoGAMES.

Herb

hurb, urb:(1) yaraq, "green thing" (Ex 10:15;Isa 15:6); a garden of herbs" (De 11:10;1Ki 21:2); "(a dinner, the margin portion of) herbs" (Pr 15:17).(2) `esebh; compare Arabic `...

Hercules

hur'-ku-lez (Herakles): The process of Hellenizing the Jews which began at an earlier date was greatly promoted under Antiochus Epiphanes (175-164 BC). Jason, who supplanted his...

Herd

hurd.SeeCATTLE.

Herdsman

hurdz'-man (boqer; the King James Version, the English Revised Version "herdman"): A cowherd (Am 7:14). The same word is used in Syria today. ro`eh, has its equivalent in the la...

Here

her, in composition:

Hereafter

her-aft'-er (here (this present) and after) represents Hebrew 'achar, "hinder part," "end" (Isa 41:23), "the things that are to come hereafter" ('achor after, behind the present...

Hereby

her-bi', represents bezo'th, "in or by this" (Ge 42:15"Hereby ye shall be proved"); ek toutou, "out of this" (1Joh 4:6, the Revised Version (British and American) "by this"); en...

Heredity

he-red'-i-ti:1. Physiological Heredity:Heredity, in modern language, is the law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics, physiological and psychical, in thei...

Herein

her-in', Hebrew bezo'th, "in" or "by this" (Ge 34:22, the Revised Version (British and American) "on this condition"); en touta (Joh 4:37;9:30;15:8;Ac 24:16;2Co 8:10;1 Joh 4:10,...

Hereof

her-ov', Greek haute, "this" (Mt 9:26); houtos, "this" (Heb 5:3, the Revised Version (British and American) "thereof").

Heres

he'-rez, he'-res:(1) har-cherec, "Mount Heres" (Jud 1:34f), a district from which the Amorites were not expelled; it is mentioned along with Aijalon and Shallbim. InJos 19:41f w...

Heresh

he'-resh (cheresh; the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus, Rharaiel; Codex Alexandrinus, Hares): A Levite (1Ch 9:15).