Huppah
hup'-a (chuppah, "protection"): The priest in charge of the 13th course as prescribed under David (1Ch 24:13).
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Huppim
hup'-im (chuppim, "coast-people"): Probably a variant form ofHUPHAM(which see). From the only mention made of him (Ge 46:21;1Ch 7:12,15), his direct descent is difficult to esta...
Hur
hur (chur):(1) A prominent official in Israel. With Aaron he held up Moses' hands during the battle against the Amalekites (Ex 17:10,12) and assisted him as judicial head of the...
Hurai
hu'-ri, hu'-ra-i, hu-ra'-i (churay, "linen-weaver"): One of David's "mighty men" mentioned in1Ch 11:32as of the brooks of Gaash, i.e. from Mt. Gash. In the parallel2Sa 23:30, th...
Huram
hu'-ram (churam, "noble-born"):(1) Grandson of Benjamin (1Ch 8:5).(2) King of Tyre in alliance with David and Solomon. So named in2Ch 2:3,11,12;8:2;9:10,21, but elsewhere writte...
Huri
hu'-ri (churi, "linen weaver"): One of the immediate descendants of Gad, and father of Abihail, a chief man of his family (1Ch 5:14).
Hurt
hurt: The term (noun and verb) represents a large number of Hebrew words, of which the chief are ra` (verb ra`a`), "evil" (Ge 26:29;1Sa 24:9;Ps 35:4, etc.), and shebher or shebh...
Husband
huz'-band ('ish; aner): In the Hebrew household the husband and father was the chief personage of an institution which was regarded as more than a social organism, inasmuch as t...
Husband's Brother
(yabham, "brother-in-law"; epigambreuo; Late Latin levir): He was required (De 25:5-10;Mt 22:24) "to perform the duty of a husband's brother" (yibbemah); that is, if his brother...
Husbandman; Husbandry
huz'-band-man, huz'-band-ri: Husbandman, originally a "householder" or "master of the house," is now limited in its meaning to "farmer" or "tiller of the soil." In this sense it...
Hushah
hu'-sha (chushah, "haste"): Mentioned in1Ch 4:4as probably an individual, a Judahite, or a family name; but may possibly be a place.
Hushai
hut'-shi, hus'-sha-i (chushay, Chousei; Josephus, Chousi): An Archite, native of Archi or Erech(?), West of Bethel on the northern border of Benjamin and southern border of Jose...
Husham
hu'-sham (chusham,Ge 36:34; chusham,1Ch 1:45-46, "alert"): According to the former reference, Husham was one of the kings of Edom, and according to the latter he was "of the lan...
Hushathite
hu'-shath-it, (chushathi, "a dweller in Hushah"?): The patronymic given in two forms, but probably of the same man, Sibbeccai, one of David's thirty heroes (2Sa 21:18;1Ch 11:29;...
Hushim
hu'-shim (chusim, "hasters''):(1) Family name of the children of Da (Ge 46:23), but of form "Shuham" inNu 26:42.(2) The sons of Aher of the lineage of Benjamin (1Ch 7:12).(3) On...
Hushshathite
hush'-shath-it (chushshathi). Same asHUSHATHITE(which see), except in reduplicated form (1Ch 27:11; compare1Ch 11:29, Hebrew pronunciation).
Husks
husks (keratia, i.e. "little horns,"Lu 15:16): These are the pods of the carob tree (Revised Version, margin), also called the locust tree (Ceratonia siliqua). This tree flouris...
Huz
huz (Ge 22:21the King James Version).SeeUZ.
Huzzab
huz'-ab (hutstsabh, only inNa 2:7the King James Version and the Revised Version margin): Its meaning is doubtful. According to Gesenius, it is a verb, Hoph. of tsabhabh, "flow,"...
Hyacinth
hi'-a-sinth (huakinthos): the Revised Version (British and American) uses this word inRe 9:17for the King James Version "jacinth," with reference, not to stone, but to dark-purp...
Hyades
hi'-a-dez.See ASTROLOGY, sec. II, 4.
Hydaspes
hi-das'-pez (Hudaspes): A river mentioned in Judith 1:6 in connection with the Euphrates and Tigris, but otherwise unknown. It is possible there may be a confusion with the Hyda...
Hyena
hi-e'-na (tsabhua` (Jer 12:9); Septuagint huaine (Jer 12:9; Ecclesiasticus 13:18); compare Arabic dab` or dabu`, "hyaena"; compare tsebho`im, Zeboim (1Sa 13:18;Ne 11:34); also c...
Hymenaeus
hi-men-e'-us (Humenaios, so named from Hymen, the god of marriage,1Ti 1:20;2Ti 2:17): A heretical teacher in Ephesus, an opponent of the apostle Paul, who in the former referenc...
Hymn
him (humnos): InCol 3:16;Eph 5:19Paul bids his readers sing "psalms and hymns and spiritual songs." Gregory of Nyssa (4th century) distinguishes these as follows: the Psalms wer...
Hypocrisy; Hyprocrite
hi-pok'-ri-si, hip'-o-krit (choneph, chaneph; hupokrisis, hupokrites):(1) "Hypocrisy" occurs only once in the Old Testament as the translation of choneph (Isa 32:6, the Revised ...
Hyrcanus
her-ka'-nus (Hurkanos): "Son of Tobias, a man of great dignity," who had a large sum of money deposited in the Temple of Jerusalem when Heliodorus was sent to confiscate it in 1...