Smith's Bible Dictionary

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HANOCH

(dedicated).The third in order of the children of Midian. (Genesis 25:4)Eldest son of Reuben, (Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:5; 1 Chronicles 5:3) and founder of the fami...

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HANUN

(favored).Son of Nahash (2 Samuel 10:1,2; 1 Chronicles 19:1,2) king of Ammon, who dishonored the ambassadors of David, (2 Samuel 10:4) and involved the Ammonites in a disastrous...

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HAPHRAIM

(two pits), a city of Issachar, mentioned next to Shunem. (Joshua 19:19) About 6 miles northeast of Lejjun, and two miles west of Solam (the ancient Shunem), stands the village ...

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HARA

(mountain land), (1 Chronicles 5:26) only, is either a place utterly unknown or it must be regarded as identical with Haran or Charran.

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HARADAH

(fear), a desert station of the Israelites, (Numbers 33:24,25) its position is uncertain.

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HARAN

(a mountaineer).The third son of Terah, and therefore youngest brother of Abram. (Genesis 11:26) (B.C. 1926.) Three children are ascribed to him --Lot, vs. (Genesis 11:27,31) an...

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HARARITE

(the mountaineer), The. The destination of three of David’s guard.Agee, a Hararite (2 Samuel 23:11)Shammah the Hararite. (2 Samuel 23:33)Sharar, (2 Samuel 23:33) or Sacar, (1 Ch...

89

HARBONA

(ass-driver), the third of the seven chamberlains or eunuchs who served King Ahasuerus. (Esther 1:10) (B.C. 483-475.)

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HARBONAH

(Esther 7:9) the same as the preceding.

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HARE

(Heb. arnebeth) occurs only in (Leviticus 11:6) and Deuteronomy 14:7 Amongst the animals disallowed as food by the Mosaic law. The hare is at this day called arnel by the Arabs ...

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HAREM

[HOUSE]

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HAREPH

(a plucking off), a name occurring in the genealogies of Judah as a son of Caleb and as "father of Bethgader." (1 Chronicles 2:51) only.

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HARETH

(thicket), The forest of, in which David took refuge, after at the instigation of the prophet Gad, he had quitted the "hold" or fastness of the cave of Adullam. (1 Samuel 22:6)

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HARHAIAH

(the Lord is angry), father of Uzziel. (Nehemiah 3:8) (B.C. before 446.)

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HARHUR

(inflammation). The sons of Harhur were among the Nethinim who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:51; Nehemiah 7:53) (B.C. 623.)

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HARIM

(flat-nosed).A priest who had charge of the third division in the house of God. (1 Chronicles 24:8) (B.C. 1014.)Bene-Harim, probably descendants of the above, to the number of 1...

98

HARIPH

(a plucking-off). A hundred and twelve of the Bene-Hariph returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 7:24) The name occurs again among the "heads of the people" who ...

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HARLOT

That this class of persons existed in the earliest states of society is clear from (Genesis 38:15) Rahab, (Joshua 2:1) is said by the Chald. Paraphr. to have been an innkeeper; ...

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HARMAGEDON

(hill of Megiddo), (Revelation 16:16) in the Revised Version for Armageddon. The change is chiefly Har, hill, in place of Ar, city.

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HARNEPHER

(panting), one of the sons of Zophah, of the tribe of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:36)

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HAROD

(fear), The well of, a spring by which Gideon and his great army encamped on the morning of the day which ended in the rout of the Midianites. (Judges 7:1) and where the trial o...

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HARODITE, THE

the designation of two of the thirty-seven warriors of David’s guard, Shammah and Elika, (2 Samuel 23:25) doubtless denied from a place named Harod.

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HAROEH

a name occurring in the genealogical lists of Judah. (1 Chronicles 2:52)

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HARORITE

(the same as Harodite) The, the title given to Shammoth, one of the warriors of David’s guard. (1 Chronicles 11:27)

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HAROSHETH

(workmanship) "of the Gentiles" so called from the mixed races that inhabited it --a city in the north of the land of Canaan, supposed to have stood on the west coast of the lak...

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HARP

The harp was the national instrument of the Hebrews, and was well known throughout Asia. Moses assigns its invention to Jubal during the antediluvian period. (Genesis 4:21) Jose...

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HARPHITE

(native of Hariph), The, the designation of Shephatiah, one of the Korhites who repaired to David at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:5) (B.C. 1064.)