HIND
the female of the common stag or Cervus elaphus. It is frequently noticed in the poetical parts of Scripture as emblematic of activity, (Genesis 49:21; Psalms 18:33) gentleness,...
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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HINGE
Both ancient Egyptian and modern Oriental doors were and are hung by means of pivots turning in sockets on both the upper and lower sides. (1 Kings 7:50) In Syria, and especiall...
HINNOM
(lamentation), Valley of, otherwise called "the valley of the son" or "children of Hinnom," a deep and narrow ravine, with steep, rocky sides, to the south and west of Jerusalem...
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 Samuel 5:11; 1 Chronicles 14:1) to build a palace for David (B.C. 1064), whom he ever loved, (1 K...
HITTITS
(descendans of Heth), The, the nation descended from Cheth (Authorized Version HETH), the second son of Canaan. Abraham bought from the "children of Heth" the field and the cave...
HIVITES
(villagers), The, descendants --the six in order-- of Canaan the son of Ham. (Genesis 10:17; 1 Chronicles 1:15) We first encounter the actual people of the Hivites at the time o...
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 10:17) (B.C. 410.)
HOBAB
(beloved). This name is found in two places only (Numbers 10:29; Judges 4:11) Hobab was brother-in-law to Moses. (B.C. 1530.)
HOBAH
(hiding-place), the place to which Abraham pursued the kings who had pillaged Sodom. (Genesis 14:15) It was situated "to the north of Damascus."
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 of Jordan (1 Chronicles 5:24) (B.C. 720.)A man of Benjamin, son of Has-senuah. (1 Chronicle...
HODESH
(new moon), a woman named in the genealogies of Benjamin, (1 Chronicles 8:9) as the wife of Shaharaim.
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 4:19) She is doubtless the same person as Jehudijah in ver. 18.
HODIJAH
(majesty of Jehovah).A Levite in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 8:7) and probably also (Nehemiah 9:5; 10:10) (B.C. 410.)Another Levite at the same time. (Nehemiah 10:1...
HOGLAH
(partridge), the third of the five daughters of Zelophehad. (Numbers 26:33; 27:1; 36:11; Joshua 17:3) (B.C. 1450.)
HOHAM
(whom Jehovah impels), king of Hebron at the time of the conquest of Canaan. (Joshua 10:3) (B.C. 1450.)
HOLOFERNES
or more correctly OLOFERNES, was, according to the book of Judith, a general of Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians., Judith 2:4, who was slain by the Jewish heroine Judith dur...
HOLON
(sandy).A town in the mountains of Judah. One of the first group, of which Debir was apparently the most considerable. (Joshua 15:51; 21:15) [HILEN]A city of Moab. (Jeremiah 48:...
HOMAM
(destruction), the form under which, in (1 Chronicles 1:39) an Edomite name appears which in (Genesis 36:22) is given HEMAM.
HOMER
[WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND MEASURES]
HONEY
The Hebrew debash in the first place applied to the product of the bee, to which exclusively we give the name of honey. All travellers agree in describing Palestine as a land "f...
HOOK, HOOKS
Various kinds of hooks are noticed in the Bible, of which the following are the most important:Fishing hooks. (Job 41:2; Isaiah 19:8); Habb 1:15A ring, such as in our country is...