Heresy
her'-e-si, her'-e-si (hairesis, from verb haireo, "to choose"): The word has acquired an ecclesiastical meaning that has passed into common usage, containing elements not found ...
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Hereth, The Forest Of
he'-reth (ya`-ar chareth; Septuagint polis Sareik; the King James Version Hareth): David (1Sa 22:5) was told by the prophet Gad to depart from Mizpah of Moab and go to the land ...
Heretic; Heretical
her'-e-tik, her'-e-tik, he-ret'-i-kal (hairetikos): Used inTit 3:10, must be interpreted according to the sense in which Paul employs the word "heresy" (1Co 11:19;Ga 5:20) for "...
Heretofore
her-too-for', Hebrew temol, "yesterday," "neither heretofore, nor since" (Ex 4:10; compareEx 5:7,8,14;Jos 3:4;Ru 2:11); 'ethmol shilshom, "yesterday," "third day" (1Sa 4:7, "The...
Hereunto
her-un-too', Greek eis touto, "unto," "with a view to this" (1Pe 2:21, "For hereunto were ye called"): "hereunto" is supplied (Ec 2:25, "Who else can hasten hereunto more than I...
Herewith
her-with', Hebrew ba-zo'th, bezo'th, "in," "by," or "with this" (Eze 16:29;Mal 3:10, "Prove me now herewith, saith Yahweh").The Revised Version (British and American) has "herei...
Heritage
her'-i-taj (nachalah, from nachal, "to give"; kleroo): That which is allotted, possession, property, portion, share, peculiar right, inheritance; applied to land transferred fro...
Hermas
hur'-mas (Hermas): An abbreviated form of several names, e.g. Hermagoras, Hermeros, Hermodorus, Hermogenes, etc.; the name of a Roman Christian to whom Paul sent greetings (Ro 1...
Hermeneutics
hur-me-nu'-tiks.SeeINTERPRETATION.
Hermes (1)
hur'-mez (Hermes): In the Revised Version margin ofAc 14:12for "Mercury" in text (the King James Version "Mercurius").
Hermes (2)
(Hermes): The name of a Roman Christian, otherwise unknown, to whom Paul sent greetings (Ro 16:14). "Hermes is among the commonest slave names. In the household alone probably n...
Hermogenes
her-moj'-e-nez (Hermogenes, literally "born of Hermes," a Greek deity, called by the Romans, "Mercury,"2Ti 1:15):1. Where Did He "Turn Away"?:Hermogenes was a Christian, mention...
Hermon
hur'-mon (chermon; Codex Vaticanus, Haermon):1. Description:The name of the majestic mountain in which the Anti-Lebanon range terminates to the South (De 3:8, etc.). It reaches ...
Hermonites
hur'-mon-its: InPs 42:6the King James Version, where the Revised Version (British and American) reads "Hermons."SeeHERMON.
Herod
her'-ud: The name Herod (Herodes) is a familiar one in the history of the Jews and of the early Christian church. The name itself signifies "heroic," a name not wholly applicabl...
Herodians
he-ro'-di-anz (Herodianoi): A party twice mentioned in the Gospels (Mt 22:16parallelMr 12:13;3:6) as acting with the Pharisees in opposition to Jesus. They were not a religious ...
Herodias
he-ro'-di-as (Herodias): The woman who compassed the death of John the Baptist at Macherus (Mt 14:1-12;Mr 6:14-29; compare alsoLu 3:19,20;9:7-9). According to the Gospel records...
Herodion
he-ro'-di-on (Herodion; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek Hrodion): A Roman Christian to whom Paul sent greetings (Ro 16:11). The name seems to imply that he was a f...
Heron
her'-un ('anaphah; charadrios; Latin Ardea cinerea): Herons are mentioned only in the abomination lists ofLe 11:19(margin "ibis") andDe 14:18. They are near relatives of crane, ...
Hesed, Son Of
he'-sed.See BEN-HESED.
Heshbon
hesh'-bon (cheshbon; Hesebon): The royal city of Sihon king of the Amorites, taken and occupied by the Israelites under Moses (Nu 21:25f, etc.). It lay on the southern border of...
Heshmon
hesh'-mon (cheshmon): An unidentified place on the border of Judah toward Edom (Jos 15:27). This may have been the original home of the Hasmoneans.
Heth (1)
chath cheth: The eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia as "ch". It came also to be used for the number 8. For name, etc., seeALPHABET.
Heth (2)
heth (cheth): InGe 23:10the ancestor of the Hittites. As the various peoples who occupied Canaan were thought to belong to one stock,Ge 10:15(1Ch 1:13) makes Heth the (2nd) son ...
Hethlon
heth'-lon (chethlon; Peshitta chethron): Name of a place associated with Zedad on the ideal northern boundary of Israel, as given inEze 47:15and 48:1, but not named inNu 34:8, w...
Hewer
hu'-er (choTebh): Applies especially to a wood-worker or wood-gatherer (compare Arabic chattab, "a woodman") (Jos 9:21,23,17;2Ch 2:10;Jer 46:22). Gathering wood, like drawing wa...
Hexateuch
hek'-sa-tuk:1. Evidence for:This word, formed on the analogy of Pentateuch, Heptateuch, etc., is used by modern writers to denote the first six books of the Bible (i.e. the Law ...