Helkathhazzurim
Field of heroes, a place near Gibeon, so named from a fatal duel- like combat, preceding a battle between the armies of David and Ish- bosheth, 2Sa 2:16.
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American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
A Dictionary of the Holy Bible, American Tract Society, c. 1859, edited by W. W. Rand.
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Hell
The HebrewsSHEOL, and the GreekHADES, usually translated hell, often signify the place of departed spirits, Ps 16:10Isa 14:9Eze 31:16. Here was the rich man, after being buried,...
Heman
1. A celebrated sage, of the tribe of Judah. The period of his life is unknown, 1Ki 4:31.2. A Kohathite Levite, to whom as a chief musicians of the temple of the eighty-eighty P...
Hemlock
Ho 10:4Am 6:12, in Hebrew,ROSH, usually translated gall or bitterness, De 32:32, and mentioned in connection with wormwood, De 29:18Jer 9:15 23:15 La 3:19. It indicates some wil...
Hen
The care of a hen to protect her brood from hawks, etc., illustrates the Savior’s tender care of his people when exposed to the swoop of the Roman eagle, as in all similar peril...
Hena
Supposed to have been a city of Mesopotamia afterwards called Ana, at a ford of the Euphrates, 2Ki 18:34; 19:13; Isa 37:13.
Hephzibah
My delight, the mother of Manasseh, 2Ki 21:1, and a name given to the church, Isa 62:4.
Heresy
Choice, chosen way of life or faith, sect, school, party. The Greek word properly designates any sect or party, without implying praise or censure. So in Ac 5:17 15:5 26:4,5. In...
Hermas
A Christian at Rome, Ro 16:14; supposed by some to have been the writer of the ancient work called "The Shepherd of Hermas"—a singular mixture of truth and piety with folly and ...
Hermogenes And Phygellus
Fellow-laborers with Paul in Asia Minor, who deserted him during his second imprisonment at Rome, 2Ti 1:15.
Hermon
A lofty mountain on the northeast border of Palestine, called also Sirion Shenir, and Sion, (not Zion,) De 3:8; 4:39. It is a part of the great Anti-Lebanon Range; at the point ...
Herod
The name of four princes, Idumaeans by descent, who governed either the whole or a part of Judea, under the Romans, and are mentioned in the New Testament.1.HEROD THE GREAT, Mt ...
Herodians
Partisans of Herod Antipas, Mt 22:16; Mr 3:6. Herod was dependent on the Roman power, and his adherents on the Roman power, and his adherents therefore maintained the propriety ...
Herodias
A granddaughter of Herod the Great and Mariamne, daughter of Aristobulus, and sister of Herod Agrippa I. She was first married to her Uncle Herod Philip, but afterwards abandone...
Heron
This name is put in Le 11:19De 14:18, for a Hebrew word of very uncertain meaning. SeeBIRDS.
Heshbon
A celebrated city of the Amorites, twenty miles east of the mouth of the Jordan, Jos 3:10; 13:17. It was given to Reuben; but was afterwards transferred to Gad, and then to the ...
Hezekiah
A pious king of Judah, succeeded his father Ahaz about 726 B. C., and died about 698 B. C. His history is contained in 2Ki 18:12-212Ch 29:1-32:33. Compare Isa 36:1-38:22. His re...
Hiddekel
One of the rivers of Paradise. Its modern name is Tigris. SeeEDEN, andEUPHRATES.
Hiel
God liveth, a Bethelite, who rebuilt Jericho in despite of the woe denounced five hundred years before, Jos 6:26. The fulfillment of the curse by the death of his children, prov...
Hierapolis
A city of Phrygia, situated on its western border, near the junction of the rivers Lycus and Meander, and not far from Colosses and Laodicea. It was celebrated for its warm spri...
Higgaion
In Ps 9:16, is supposed to indicate a pause in the singing of the Psalm, for meditation, probably with an instrumental interlude.
High Places
The ancient Canaanites, and other nations, worshipped the heavenly bodies and their idols upon hills, mountains, and artificial elevations. The Israelites were commanded to dest...
Hilkiah
A faithful high priest in the reign of Josiah, 2Ki 22:20.This was also the name of the fathers of Jeremiah and Eliakim, 2Ki 18:18; Jer 1:1.
Hin
A Hebrew liquid measure; as of oil, Ex 30:24; Eze 45:24, or of wine, Ex 29:40; Le 23:13. It was the sixth part of an ephah or bath, and contained ten or eleven pints.
Hind
The female of the hart or stag, a species of deer, distinguished for the lightness and elegance of its form. The hind is destitute of horns, like all the females of this class, ...
Hinnom
That is, the valley of Hinnom, or of the son of Hinnom, a narrow valley just south of Jerusalem, running up westward from the valley of the Cedron, and passing into the valley o...
Hiram Or Huram
1. A king of Tyre, who sent to congratulate David on his accession to the throne, and aided him in building his palace, 2Sa 5:111Ch 14:1. He seems to have been the Abibal of sec...