Smith's Bible Dictionary

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HAMATHZOBAH

(fortress of Zobah), (2 Chronicles 8:3) has been conjectured to be the same as Hamath. But the name Hamath-Zobah would seem rather suited to another Hamath which was distinguish...

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HAMMATH

(warm springs), one of the fortified cities in the territory allotted to Naphtali. (Joshua 19:35) It was near Tiberias, one mile distant, and had its name Chammath, "hot baths,"...

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HAMMEDATHA

(double), father of the infamous Haman. (Esther 3:1,10; 8:5; 9;24)

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HAMMELECH

lit. "the king, " unnecessarily rendered in the Authorized Version as a proper name. (Jeremiah 36:26; 38:6)

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HAMMOLEKETH

(the queen), a daughter of Machir and sister of Gilead. (1 Chronicles 7:17,18) (B.C. between 1706 and 1491.)

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HAMMON

(warm springs).A city in Asher, (Joshua 19:28) apparently not far from Zidon-rabbah.A city allotted out of the tribe of Naphtali to the Levites, (1 Chronicles 6:76) and answerin...

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HAMMOTHDOR

(dwelling of the warm springs). [HAMMATH]

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HAMONAH

(multitude), the name of a city mentioned in Ezekiel. (Ezekiel 39:16)

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HAMONGOG

(the multitude of God), The valley of, the name to be bestowed on the ravine or glen, previously known as "the ravine of the passengers on the east of the sea," after the burial...

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HAMOR

(an ass), a Hivite who at the time of the entrance of Jacob on Palestine was prince of the land and city of Shechem. (Genesis 33:19; 34:2,4,6,8,13,18,20,24,26) (B.C. 1737.) [DINAH]

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HAMUEL

(heat, i.e. wrath, of God), a man of Simeon, of the family of Shaul. (1 Chronicles 4:26)

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HAMUL

(pitied), the younger son of Pharez, Judah’s son by Tamar. (Genesis 46:12; 1 Chronicles 2:5) (B.C. between 1706-1688.)

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HAMULITES, THE

the family of the preceding. (Numbers 26:21)

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HAMUTAL

(akin to the dew), daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah; one of the wives of King Josiah. (2 Kings 23:31; 24:18; Jeremiah 52:1) (B.C. 632-619.)

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HANAMEEL

(whom God graciously gave), son of Shallum and cousin of Jeremiah. (Jeremiah 32:7,8,9,12) and comp. Jere 32:44 (B.C. 589.)

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HANAN

(merciful).One of the chief people of the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:23)The last of the six sons of Azel, a descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:38; 9:44) (B.C. 588.)"Son...

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HANANEEL

(whom God graciously gave), The tower of, a tower which formed part of the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:1; 12:39) From these two passages, particularly from the former, it migh...

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HANANI

(gracious).One of the sons of Heman, and head of the eighteenth course of the service. (1 Chronicles 25:4,25)A seer who rebuked (B.C. 941) Asa king of Judah. (2 Chronicles 16:7)...

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HANANIAH

(gift of God).One of the fourteen sons of Heman, and chief of the sixteenth course of singers. (1 Chronicles 25:4,5,23) (B.C. 1014.)A general in the army of King Uzziah. (2 Chro...

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HANANIEL

(the favor of God), son of Ephod and prince of Manasseh. (Numbers 34:23)

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HANDICRAFT

(Acts 18:3; 19:25; Revelation 18:22) A trade was taught to ail the Jewish boys as a necessary part of their education. Even the greatest rabbis maintained themselves by trades (...

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HANDKERCHIEF, NAPKIN, APRON

(Luke 19:20; John 11:44; 20:7; Acts 19:12) These terms were used in much the same manner and having much the same significance as at the present.

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HANES

a place in Egypt mentioned only in (Isaiah 30:4) We think that the Chald Paraphr. is right in identifying it with Tahpanhes, a fortified town on the eastern frontier.

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HANGING, HANGINGS

The "hanging" was a curtain or ’covering’ to close an entrance; one was placed before the door of the tabernacle. Exod 26:36,37; 39:38The "hangings"; were used for covering, the...

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HANIEL

(grace of God), one of the sons of Ulla of the tribe of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:39)

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HANNAH

(grace), one of the wives of Elkanah, and mother of Samuel. 1Sam 1,2 (B.C. 1141.) A hymn of thanks giving for the birth of her son is in the highest order of prophetic poetry, i...

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HANNATHON

(gracious), one of the cities of Zebulun. (Joshua 19:14)