International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Hanging

hang'-ing (talah, "to hang up," "suspend,"2Sa 21:12;De 28:66;Job 26:7;Ps 137:2;So 4:4;Ho 11:7): Generally, where the word is used in connection with punishments, it appears to h...

110

Hangings

hang'-ingz:(1) In English Versions of the Bible this word in the plural represents the Hebrew qela`im, the curtains of "fine twined linen" with which the court of the tabernacle...

111

Haniel

han'-i-el.SeeHANNIEL.

112

Hannah

han'-a (channah, "grace," "favor"; Hanna): One of the two wives of Elkanah, an Ephraimite who lived at Ramathaim-zophim. Hannah visited Shiloh yearly with her husband to offer s...

113

Hannathon

han'-a-thon (channathon): A city on the northern boundary of Zebulun (Jos 19:14). It is probably identical with Kefar Hananyah, which the Mishna gives as marking the northern li...

114

Hanniel

han'-i-el (channi'el "grace of God"):(1) The son of Ephod and a prince of Manasseh who assisted in dividing Canaan among the tribes (Nu 34:23).(2) A son of Ulla and a prince and...

115

Hanun

ha'-nun (chanun, "favored," "pitied"):(1) A son and successor of Nahash, king of Ammon. Upon the death of Nahash, David sent sympathetic communications to Hanun, which were misi...

116

Hap; Haply

hap, hap'-li (miqreh, lu; mepote):Hap (a Saxon word for "luck, chance") is the translation of miqreh, "a fortuitous chance," "a lot" (Ru 2:3, the King James Version "Her hap was...

117

Hapharaim

haf-a'-ra'-im (chapharayim; the King James Version Haphraim, haf-ra'im, possibly "place of a moat"): A town in the territory of Issachar, named with Shunem and Anaharath (Jos 19...

118

Happen

hap'-'-n (qarah; sumbaino): "Happen" (from "hap"), "to fall out," "befall," etc., "come to anyone," is the translation of qarah, "to meet," etc. (1Sa 28:10, "There shall no puni...

119

Happiness

hap'-i-nes.SeeBLESSEDNESS.

120

Happizzez

hap'-i-zez (ha-pitstsets; the King James Version, Aphses): A priest on whom fell the lot for the 18th of the 24 courses which David appointed for the temple service (1Ch 24:15).

121

Har-Magedon

har-ma-ged'-on (Harmagedon from Hebrew har meghiddo, "Mount of Megiddo"; the King James Version Armageddon): This name is found only inRe 16:16. It is described as the rallying-...

122

Hara

ha'-ra (hara'; Septuagint omits): A place named in1Ch 5:26along with Halah, Habor and the river of Gozan, whither the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh were...

123

Haradah

ha-ra'-da, har'-a-da (charadhah, "fearful"): A desert station of the Israelites between Mt. Shepher and Makheloth (Nu 33:24:25).SeeWANDERINGS OF ISRAEL.

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Haran (1)

ha'-ran (haran):(1) Son of Terah, younger brother of Abraham and Nahor, and father of Lot (Ge 11:27). He had two daughters, Milcah and Iscah (Ge 11:29).(2) A Gershonite, of the ...

125

Haran (2)

ha'-ran (charan; Charhran): The city where Terah settled on his departure from Ur (Ge 11:31f); whence Abram set out on his pilgrimage of faith to Canaan (Ge 12:1). It was probab...

126

Hararite

ha'-ra-rit (ha-harari, or ha-'arari): Literally, "mountaineer," more particularly an inhabitant of the hill country of Judah. Thus used of two heroes:(1) Shammah, the son of Age...

127

Harbona; Harbonah

har-bo'-na (charebhona' charebhonah): One of the seven eunuchs who served Ahasuerus and to whom was given the command to bring Queen Esther before the king (Es 1:10). It was he ...

128

Harbour

har'-ber. Used figuratively of God inJoe 3:16the King James Version margin, (Hebrew) "place of repair, or, harbour" (the King James Version "hope," the Revised Version (British ...

129

Hard Sayings; Hard Sentences

sa'-ingz;, sen'-ten-siz: InDa 5:12the King James Version (Aramaic 'aqiahan), the Revised Version (British and American) "dark sentences," of enigmatic utterances which preternat...

130

Hard; Hardiness; Harddiness; Hardly

hard, har'-di-nes, hard'-nes, hard'-li (qasheh, pala'; skleros): The senses in which hard is used may be distinguished as:(1) "Firm," "stiff," opposite to soft:Job 41:24, yatsaq...

131

Harden

har'-d'-n (chazaq, qashah; skleruno):(1) "Harden" occurs most frequently in the phrase "to harden the heart," or "the neck." This hardening of men's hearts is attributed both to...

132

Hardly; Hardness

SeeHARD.

133

Hare

har ('arnebheth (Le 11:6;De 14:7); compare Arabic 'arnab, "hare"): This animal is mentioned only in the lists of unclean animals in Leviticus and Deuteronomy, Where it occurs al...

134

Hareph

ha'-ref (chareph, "scornful"): A chief of Judah, one of the sons of Caleb and father of Beth-gader (1Ch 2:51). A quite similar name, Hariph, occurs inNe 7:24;10:19, but it is pr...

135

Hareth

ha'-reth (chhareth, in pause).SeeHERETH.