HEBREW LANGUAGE
The books of the Old Testament are written almost entirely in the Hebrew language. It is a branch of the Shemitic language, one of the three great divisions into which all langu...
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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HEBREWS, EPISTLE TO THE
The author --There has been a wide difference of opinion respecting the authorship of this epistle. For many years Paul was considered the author; others think it may have been ...
HEBRON
(alliance).The third son of Kohath, who was the second son of Levi. (Exodus 6:18; Numbers 3:19; 1 Chronicles 6:2,18; 23:12) He was the founder of a family of Hebronites, (Number...
HEBRONITES, THE
A family of Kohathite Levites, descendants of Hebron the son of Kohath. (Numbers 3:27; 26:58; 1 Chronicles 26:23)
HEDGE
The Hebrew words thus rendered denote simply that which surrounds or encloses, whether it be a stone wall, geder, (Proverbs 24:31; Ezekiel 42:10) or a fence of other materials. ...
HEGAI
(eunuch), one of the eunuchs of the court of Ahasuerus. (Esther 2:8,15) (B.C. 474.)
HEGE
another form of the preceding (Esther 2:3)
HEIFER
(1 Samuel 6:7-12; Job 21:10; Isaiah 7:21) The heifer or young cow was not commonly used for ploughing, but only for treading out the corn. (Hosea 10:11) but see Judg 14:18 When ...
HEIR
The Hebrew institutions relative to inheritance were of a very simple character. Under the patriarchal system the property was divided among the sons of the legitimate wives, (G...
HELAH
(rust), one of the two wives of Ashur, father of Tekoa. (1 Chronicles 4:5)
HELAM
(stronghold), a place east of the Jordan but west of the Euphrates at which the Syrians were collected by Hadarezer, and where David met and defeated them. (2 Samuel 10:16,17)
HELBAH
(fertile), a town of Asher, probably on the plain of Phoenicia not far from Sidon. (Judges 1:31)
HELBON
(fertile), a place mentioned only in (Ezekiel 27:18) Geographers have hitherto represented Helbon as identical with the city of Aleppo, called Haleb by the Arabs; but there are ...
HELDAI
(worldly).The twelfth captain of the monthly courses for the temple service. (1 Chronicles 27:15) (B.C. 1014.)An Israelite who seems to have returned from the captivity. (Zechar...
HELEB
(milk), or He’led (transient) son of Baanah the Netophathite, one of the heroes of King David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:29; 1 Chronicles 11:30)
HELEK
(portion), one of the descendants of Manasseh, and second son of Gilead, (Numbers 26:30) and founder of the Helekites. (B.C. 1445.)
HELEM
(strength).A descendant of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:35)A man mentioned only in (Zechariah 6:14) Apparently the same as Heldai.
HELEPH
(exchange), the place from which the boundary of the tribe of Naphtali started. (Joshua 19:33)
HELEZ
(strength).One of "the thirty" of David’s guard, (2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:27) an Ephraimite, and captain of the seventh monthly course. (1 Chronicles 27:10) (B.C. 1016.)...
HELHATH
(portion), the town named as the starting-point for the boundary of the tribe of Asher, (Joshua 19:25) and allotted with its "suburbs" to the Gershonite Levites. ch. (Joshua 21:...
HELI
(ascending), the father of Joseph the husband of the Virgin Mary, (Luke 13:23) perhaps the grandfather of Mary herself. [See GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST OF JESUS CHRIST]
HELIOPOLIS
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HELKATHHAZZURIM
(field of rock), a smooth piece of ground, apparently close to the pool of Gibeon, where the combat took place between the two parties of Joab’s men and Abner’s men which ended ...
HELL
In the Old Testament this is the word generally and unfortunately used by our translators to render the Hebrew Sheol. It really means the place of the dead, the unseen world, wi...
HELLENIST
(Grecian), the term applied in the New Testament to Greek-speaking or "Grecian" Jews. The Hellenists as a body included not only the proselytes of Greek (or foreign) parentage, ...
HELMET
[ARMS, ARMOR]
HELON
(strong), father of Eliab, of the tribe of Zebulun. (Numbers 1:9; 2:7; 7:24,29; 10:16) (B.C. 1491.)