American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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Haran

1. The eldest son of Terah, brother of Abraham, and father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah. He died before his father Terah, Ge 11:26- 31.2. An ancient city called in the New Testamen...

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Hare

Of the same genus as the rabbit, prohibited to the Jews for food, Le 11:6, because, though it "cheweth the cud," it "divideth not the hoof." No species of hare is known which st...

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Harlot

An abandoned woman, Pr 29:3; a type of idolatrous nations and cities, Isa 1:21Eze 16:1-63Na 3:4. Among the Jews, prostitutes were often foreigners; hence their name of "strange ...

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Harness

A suit of defensive armor, 1Ki 20:112Ch 18:33. The Hebrews went out from Egypt "harnessed," that is, properly equipped or arranged.

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Harod

A spring near Jezreel and mount Gilboa, Jud 7:1; 2Sa 23:25.

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Harosheth Of The Gentiles

A city in the north of Canaan, the residence of Sisera, Jud 4:2; Jud 13:1-25; 16:1-31. The missionary Thompson finds its ruins at a place still called Harothieh, the Arabic equi...

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Harp

HebrewKINNOR, the most ancient and common stringed instrument of the Jews, more properly translated lyre. It was light and portable, and was used on joyful occasions, whether sa...

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Hart

OrSTAG, a species of deer, clean by the Levitical law, De 12:15, and celebrated for its elegance, agility, and grace, So 2:9Isa 35:6. SeeHINDandROE.

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Hate

Often denotes in Scripture only a less degree of love, Ge 29:30,31De 21:15Pr 13:24Mal 1:2,3Lu 14:26Ro 9:13. God has a just and perfect abhorrence of sin and sinners, Ps 5:5. But...

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Hauran

Eze 47:16, was originally a small district south of Damascus, and east of the sea of Tiberias, but was afterwards extended to the south and east, and under the Romans was called...

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Havilah

The Scripture mention a Havilah descended from Ham, Ge 10:7, and another from Shem, Ge 11:29. We must assume a double Havilah, corresponding to each of these.1. The location of ...

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Havothjair

Huts of Jair, a district in Gilead, containing thirty hamlets belonging to the thirty sons of Jair, judges of Israel, Nu 32:41; Jud 10:3,4.

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Hawk

OrFALCON, a strong-winged and rapacious bird, of several in Syria; unclean for the Hebrews, Le 11:16, but sacred among the Greeks and Egyptians. In its migrations, it illustrate...

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Hay

In Pr 27:25; Isa 15:6, denotes the first shoots of grass. The Jews did not prepare and store up hay for winter use, as is customary in cold climates.

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Hazael

An officer of Benhadad king of Syria, whose future accession to the throne was revealed to the prophet Elijah, then at Damascus, as to his recovery from sickness, and on the nex...

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Hazerim

An ancient abode of the Avim, apparently in the northwestern part of Arabia Petraea, De 2:23.

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Hazeroth

A station of the Israelites, about five days’ journey from mount Sinai, Nu 11:35. Here they remained a week or more, Nu 12:1- 16; and their next station recorded was near Kades-...

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Hazezon-Tamar

SeeENGEDI.

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Hazor

1. A chief city of northern Canaan, whose king Jabin, at the head of an allied host, was defeated by Joshua, Jos 11:1-13. Hazor revived, however, and for a time oppressed the Is...

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Heath

Supposed to be the Juniper, a low tree found in desert and rocky places, and thus contrasted with a tree growing by a water-course, Jer 17:5-8; 48:6.

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Heaven

In the Bible, means primarily the region of the air and clouds, and of the planets and stars, but chiefly the world of holy bliss above the visible heavens. It is called "the th...

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Heber

1. An ancestor of the Hebrews, Lu 3:35. SeeHEBREWS2. A Kenite descended from Hobab, Moses’ father-in-law. He resided in the northern part of Canaan, and seems to have been a man...

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Hebrews

That branch of the posterity of Abraham whose home was in the land of promise. The name Hebrew is first applied to Abraham in Ge 14:13, and is generally supposed to have been de...

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Hebron

One of the most ancient cities of Canaan, being built seven years before Tanis, the capital of Lower Egypt, Nu 13:22. It was anciently called Kirjath-arba, (seeARBA,) and Mamre,...

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Heifer

Red heifers were to be offered in sacrifice for the national sins, in the impressive manner described in Nu 19:1-10, illustrating the true sacrifice for sin in the person of Chr...

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Helbon

Formerly supposed to be Haleb, or as called in Europe, Aleppo, a city of Syria, about one hundred and eighty miles north of Damascus, and about eighty miles north from the Medit...

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Heliopolis

City of the sun,1. A celebrated city of Egypt, called in Coptic, Hebrew, and the English version, ON, sun, light, Ge 41:45. The Seventy mention expressly, Ex 1:11, that On is He...