International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Helchiah

hel-ki'-a.SeeHELKIAS.

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Heldai

hel'-da-i (chelday):(1) A captain of the temple-service, appointed for the 12th month (1Ch 27:15). Same as Heled (cheledh) in parallel list (compare1Ch 11:30), and is probably a...

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Heleb

he'-leb chelebh,2Sa 23:29).SeeHELDAI.

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Heled

he'-led (cheledh,1Ch 11:30).SeeHELDAI.

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Helek

he'-lek chelekh): Son of Gilead the Manassite (Nu 26:30;Jos 17:2). Patronymic, Helekites (Nu 26:30).

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Helem

he'-lem:(1) helem; Septuagint Codex Vaticanus, Balaam, omitting "son," Codex Alexandrinus, huios Elam, "son of Elam" (1Ch 7:35). A great-grandson of Asher, called Hotham in1Ch 7...

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Heleph

he'-lef (cheleph): A place on the southern border of Naphtali (Jos 19:33); unidentified.

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Helez

he'-lez (chelets "vigor"; Septuagint Selles, Chelles):(1)2Sa 23:26;1Ch 11:27;27:10. One of David's mighty men; according to1Ch 27:10, he belonged to the sons of Ephraim and was ...

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Heli

he'-li (Helei for `eli):(1) The father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, in Luke's account of the genealogy of Jesus (Lu 3:23).(2) An ancestor of Ezra (2 Esdras 1:2).

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Heliodorus

he-li-o-do'-rus (Heliodoros): Treasurer of the Syrian king Seleucus IV, Philopator (187-175 BC), the immediate predecessor of Antiochus Epiphanes who carried out to its utmost e...

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Heliopolis

he-li-op'-o-lis.SeeON.

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Helkai

hel'-ka-i, hel'-ki, hel-ka'-i (chelqay, perhaps an abbreviation for Helkiah, "Yah is my portion." Not in the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus; Codex L: Chelkias (Ne 12:15)): The hea...

283

Helkath

hel'-kath (chelqath (Jos 19:25); chelqath (Jos 21:31); by a scribal error chuqoq (1Ch 6:75)): A town or district on the border of Asher, assigned to the Levites; unidentified.

284

Helkath-Hazzurim

hel'-kath-haz'-u-rim, -ha-zu'-rim (chelqath ha-tsurim; Meris ton epiboulon): The name as it stands means "field of the sword edges," and is applied to the scene of the conflict ...

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Helkias

hel-ki'-as (chilqiyah; Chelkias; the King James Version Chelcias):(1) Father of Susanna (Susanna verses 2,29,63). According to tradition he was brother of Jeremiah, and he is id...

286

Hell

hel (see SHEOL; HADES; GEHENNA):1. The Word in the King James Version:The English word, from a Teutonic root meaning "to hide" or "cover," had originally the significance of the...

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Hellenism; Hellenist

hel'-en-iz'-m, hel'-en-ist: Hellenism is the name we give to the manifold achievements of the Greeks in social and political institutions, in the various arts, in science and ph...

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Helm

helm.SeeSHIPS AND BOATS.

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Helmet

hel'-met.See ARMS, ARMOR.

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Helon

hel'-on (chelon, "valorous"; the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus, Chailon): The father of Eliab, the prince of the tribe of Zebulun (Nu 1:9;2:7;7:24,29;10:16).

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Help

With the sense of that which brings aid, support, or deliverance, "help" (noun and vb.) represents a large variety of words in Hebrew and Greek (noun 7, verb 16). A principal He...

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Helpmeet

help'-met.SeeHELP.

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Helps (1)

(antilempseis,1Co 12:28): In classical Greek the word antilempsis means "remuneration," the hold one has on something, then perception, apprehension. But in Biblical Greek it ha...

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Helps (2)

(boetheiai,Ac 27:17).See SHIPS AND BOATS, III, 2.

295

Helve

helv (`ets "wood," "tree"): The handle or wooden part of an ax. "The head (margin "iron") slippeth from the helve" (margin "tree,"De 19:5). The marginal reading suggests that "t...

296

Hem

(kraspedon): The classic instance of the use of "hem" in the New Testament isMt 9:20the King James Version (compareMt 14:36), where the woman "touched the hem of his (Christ's) ...

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Hemam

he'-mam (Ge 36:22the King James Version and the English Revised Version).SeeHEMAN;HOMAM.