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ha-la'-ka.SeeTALMUD.
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Hale; Haling
hal, hal'-ing (OE halen): "To pull" or drag, the King James Version translation of suro, "to draw or drag" (Ac 8:3, "haling men and women," the American Standard Revised Version...
Half
haf.SeeNUMBER.
Halhul
hal'-hul (chalchul): A city in the hill country of Judah (Jos 15:58), "Halhul, Beth-zur and Gedor." It is without doubt the modern Chalchul, a village on a hill, surrounded by f...
Hali
ha'-li (chali): A town named with Helkath, Beten and Achshaph on the border of Asher (Jos 19:25). No certain identification is possible; but it may be represented by the modern ...
Halicarnassus
hal-i-kar-nas'-us (Halikarnassos): The largest and strongest city of the ancient country of Caria in Asia Minor, situated on the shore of a bay, 15 miles from the island of Cos....
Hall
hol (Lu 22:55the King James Version).SeeHOUSE.
Hall, Judgment
SeeJUDGMENT HALL;PRAETORIUM.
Hallel
ha-lal', hal'-el: In the fifth book of the Psalms (107-50) there are several groups of Hallelujah Psalms: 104-106; 111-113; 115-117; 135; 146-150. In the worship of the synagogu...
Hallelujah
hal-e-loo'-ya (halela-yah, "praise ye Yah"; allelouia): The word is not a compound, like many of the Hebrew words which are composed of the abbreviated form of "Yahweh" and some...
Hallohesh
ha-lo'-hesh (ha-lochesh, "the whisperer," "the slanderer"): A post-exilic chief whose son Shallum assisted in repairing the walls of Jerusalem (Ne 3:12, the King James Version "...
Hallow; Hallowed
hal'-o, hal'-od, hal'-o-ed ("to render or treat as holy," Anglo-Saxon halgian, from halig, "holy"): It translates several forms of qadhash, "set apart," "devote," "consecrate," ...
Halt
holt (tsala`, "to limp"; cholos, "lame," "crippled"): the American Standard Revised Version inGe 32:31prefers "limped"; inMic 4:6,7; Ze 3:19, "is (or was) lame"; inLu 14:21, the...
Ham (1)
ham (cham; Cham):1. The Youngest Son of Noah:The youngest son of Noah, from whom sprang the western and southwestern nations known to the Hebrews. His name first occurs inGe 5:3...
Ham (2)
(ham):(1) A place East of the Jordan named between Ashteroth-karnaim and Shaveh-kiriathaim, in which Chedorlaomer smote the Zu-zim (Ge 14:5). No name resembling this has been re...
Haman
ha'-man (haman; Haman): A Persian noble and vizier of the empire under Xerxes. He was the enemy of Mordecai, the cousin of Esther. Mordecai, being a Jew, was unable to prostrate...
Hamath
ha'-math (chamath; Hemath, Haimath; Swete also has Hemath): The word signifies a defense or citadel, and such designation was very suitable for this chief royal city of the Hitt...
Hamath-Zobah
ha'-math-zo'-ba (chamath tsobhah; Baisoba): Mentioned only in2Ch 8:3. Apart from Great Hamath no site answering to this name is known. It does not seem to be implied that Solomo...
Hammath
ham'-ath (chammath, "hot spring"):(1) "The father of the house of Rechab" (1Ch 2:55).(2) One of the fenced cities of Naphtali, named with Zer, Rakkath and Chinnereth (Jos 19:35)...
Hammeah, The Tower Of
ha-me'-a, ham'-e-a (ha-me'ah (Ne 3:1); the King James Version Meah): The origin of the name is obscure; in the margin the meaning is given "Tower of the hundred"; it has been su...
Hammedatha
ham-e-da'-tha (hammedhatha'): The father of Haman (Es 3:1). He is generally termed the "Agagite"; the name is of Persian etymology, signifying "given by the moon."
Hammelech
ham'-e-lek (ha-melekh, "the king"): Wrongly translated as a proper name in the King James Version. It should be rendered "the king," as in the American Standard Revised Version ...
Hammer
ham'-er: The Hebrew maqqebheth, occurs inJud 4:21, where it refers to the mallet (probably wooden) used to drive tent-pins into the ground. The same word occurs in1Ki 6:7;Isa 44...
Hammiphkad, Gate Of
ha-mif'-kad (sha`ar ha-miphqadh, "Gate of the Muster"): One of the gates of Jerusalem (Ne 3:31) not mentioned elsewhere; probably situated near the Northeast corner of the Templ...
Hammolecheth
ha-mol'-e-keth (hamolekheth, "the queen"; Septuagint Malecheth; the King James Version Hammoleketh): The daughter of Machir and sister of Gilead (1Ch 7:18).
Hammon
ham'-on (chammon, "glowing"):(1) A place on the seaward frontier of Asher, named with Rehob and Kanah (Jos 19:28), to be sought, therefore, not far from Tyre. The most probable ...
Hammoth-Dor
ham-oth-dor' (chammoth do'r; Emathdor, as also several corrupt forms): A fenced, Levitical city of Naphtali (Jos 19:35;21:32); also named Hammen (1Ch 6:61Hebrew). Probably the h...