International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

487

Hough

hok.SeeHOCK.

488

Hour

our (sha`atha', she`a'; hora): Hour as a division of the day does not occur in the Old Testament; the term she`a' (sha`atha') found in Dnl, is Aramaic, and as used there denotes...

489

Hours Of Prayer

The Mosaic law did not regulate the offering of prayer, but fully recognized its spontaneous character. In what manner or how far back in Jewish history the sacrificial prayer, ...

490

House

hous (bayith; oikos, in classical Greek generally "an estate," oikia, oikema (literally, "habitation"), inAc 12:1, "prison"):I. CAVE DWELLINGSII. STONE-BUILT AND MUD/BRICK-BUILT...

491

House Of God

InGe 28:17,22=BETHEL(which see). In Jgs, 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezr, Neh, Ps, etc. (beth ha-'elohim), a designation of the sanctuary = "house of Yahweh" (of the tabernacle,Jud 18:3...

492

House, Father's

See FATHER'S HOUSE.

493

House, Garden

See GARDEN-HOUSE.

494

Household

hous'-hold: Three words are usually found in the Bible where the family is indicated. These three are the Hebrew word bayith and the Greek words oikia and oikos. The unit of the...

495

Household, Caesar's

See CAESAR'S HOUSEHOLD.

496

Householder

hous'-hol-der (oikodespotes): The word occurs inMt 13:27,52;20:1;21:33, for the master or owner of a "household," i.e. of servants ([@douloi). The Greek word emphasizes the auth...

497

Housetop

hous'-top.SeeHOUSE.

498

How

Represents various Hebrew and Greek words, interrogative, interjectional and relative. Its different uses refer to(1) the manner or way, e.g.Ge 44:34, "How shall I go up to my f...

499

Hozai

ho'-za-i (chozay, or as it stands at the close of the verse in question,2Ch 33:19, chozay; Septuagint ton horonton; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) "Hozai"; the Kin...

500

Huckster

huk'-ster: A retailer of small wares, provisions, or the like; a peddler. "A huckster shall not be acquitted of sin" (Sirach 26:29). Neither a merchant nor a huckster is without...

501

Hukkok

huk'-ok (chuqqoq): A town on the border of Naphtali named with Aznoth-tabor (Jos 19:34). It is usually identified with the village of yaquq, which stands on the West of Wady el-...

502

Hukok

hu'-kok.SeeHELKATH.

503

Hul

hul (chul): The name of one of the "sons of Aram" in the list of nations descended from Noah, but a people of uncertain identity and location (Ge 10:23;1Ch 1:17).ew>yaquq, which...

504

Huldah

hul'-da (chuldah, "weasel"; Holda): A prophetess who lived in Jerusalem during the reign of Josiah. She was the wife of Shallum, keeper of the wardrobe, and resided in the "Mish...

505

Human Sacrifice

See SACRIFICE, HUMAN.

506

Humiliation Of Christ

hu-mil-i-a'-shun (Ac 8:33;Php 2:8).SeeKENOSIS;PERSON OF CHRIST.

507

Humility

hu-mil'-i-ti (~[`anawah]; tapeinophrosune):(1) The noun occurs in the Old Testament only inPr 15:33;18:12;22:4, but the adjective "humble" appears frequently as the translation ...

508

Humps

humps: Appears inIsa 30:6in the American Standard Revised Version for "bunches" in the King James Version.

509

Humtah

hum'-ta (chumTah): An unidentified place mentioned between Aphekah and Hebron in the mountain of Judah (Jos 15:54).

510

Hundred

hun'-dred (me'-ah; hekaton).SeeNUMBER.

511

Hunger

hun'-ger (ra`abh; limos (subs.), peinao (vb.):(1) The desire for food, a physiological sensation associated with emptiness of the stomach, and dependent on some state of the muc...

512

Hunting

hunt'-ing (tsayidh): The hunting of wild animals for sport, or for the defense of men and flocks, or for food, was common in Western Asia and Egypt, especially in early times. S...

513

Hupham

hu'-fam (chupham, "coast-inhabitant"): One of Benjamin's sons and head of the Huphamite family (Nu 26:39).SeeHUPPIM.