Smith's Bible Dictionary

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HATTUPH

(assembled).A descendant of the kings of Judah apparently one of the sons of Shechaniah, (1 Chronicles 3:22) in the fourth or fifth generation from Zerubbabel. A person of the s...

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HAURAN

(caverns), a province of Palestine twice mentioned by Ezekiel. (Ezekiel 47:16,17) There can be little doubt that it is identical with the well-known Greek province of Auranitis ...

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HAVILAH

(Genesis 2:11)A part of Eden through which flowed the river Pison (Araxes). It was probably the Grecian Colchis, in the northeast corner of Asia Minor, near the Caspian Sea.A di...

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HAVILAH

(circle).A son of Cush. (Genesis 10:7)A son of Joktan. (Genesis 10:29)

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HAVOTHJAIR

(villages of Jair), certain villages on the east of Jordan, in Gilead or Bashan, which were taken by Jair the son of Manasseh, and called after his name. (Numbers 32:41; 3:14) I...

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HAWK

(Leviticus 11:16; 14:15; Job 39:26) The hawk includes various species of the Falconidae. With respect to the passage in Job (l.c.) which appears to allude to the migratory habit...

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HAY

(Heb. chatsir), the rendering of the Authorized Version in (Proverbs 27:25) and Isai 15:6 Of the Hebrew term, which occurs frequently in the Old Testament, and denotes "grass" o...

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HAZAEL

(whom God sees), a king of Damascus who reigned from about B.C. 886 to B.C. 840. He appears to have been previously a person in a high position at the court of Ben-hadad, and wa...

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HAZAIAH

(whom Jehovah sees), a man of Judah of the family of the Shilonites, or descendants of Shelah. (Nehemiah 11:5)

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HAZARADAR

etc. [HAZER]

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HAZARMAVETH

(court of death), the third in order of the sons of Joktan (Genesis 10:26) The name is preserved in the Arabic Hadramawt and Hadrumawl, the appellation of a province and an anci...

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HAZEL

The Hebrew term luz occurs only in (Genesis 30:37) Authorities are divided between the hazel and the almond tree as representing the luz. The latter is most probably correct.

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HAZELELPONI

(shade coming upon me), the sister of the sons of Etam in the genealogies of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:3)

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HAZER

topographically, seems generally employed for the villages of people. As a proper name it appears in the Authorized Version --In the plural, HAZERIM and HAZEBOTH, for which see ...

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HAZERIM

(villages). The Avim, or more accurately the Avvim, are said to have lived "in the villages (Authorized Version ’Hazerim’) as far as Gaza," (2:23) before their expulsion by the ...

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HAZEROTH

(villages), (Numbers 11:35; 12:16; 33:17; 1:1) a station of the Israelites in the desert, and perhaps recognizable in the Arabic Ain Hudhera, forty miles northeast of Sinai.

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HAZEZONTAMAR

and Haz’azon-ta’mar (pruning of palm trees), the ancient name of Engedi. (Genesis 14:7) The name occurs in the records of the reign of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 20:2)

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HAZIEL

(union of God), a Levite in the time of David, of the family of Shi-mei or Shimi, the younger branch of the (Gershonites. (1 Chronicles 23:9) (B.C. 1014.)

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HAZO

(vision), a son of Nahor, by Milcah his wife. (Genesis 22:22) (B.C. about 1900.)

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HAZOR

(castle).A fortified city, which on the occupation of the country was allotted to Naphtali. (Joshua 19:36) Its position was apparently between Ramah and Kedesh, ibid. (Joshua 12...

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HEADDRESS

The Hebrews do not appear to have regarded a covering for the head as an essential article of dress. Hats were unknown. The earliest notice we have of such a thing is in connect...

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HEARTH

One way of baking much practiced in the East is to place the dough on an iron plate, either laid on or supported on legs above the vessel sunk in the ground, which forms the ove...

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HEATH

(Jeremiah 17:6) was some species of juniper, probably the savin, a dwarf, stunted juniper which grows in the most sterile parts of the desert.

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HEATHEN

[GENTILES]

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HEAVEN

There are four Hebrew words thus rendered in the Old Testament which we may briefly notice.Raki’a, Authorized Version, firmament. [FIRMAMENT]Shamayim. This is the word used in t...

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HEBER

(alliance).Grandson of the patriarch Asher, (Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:45; 1 Chronicles 7:31) from whom came the Heberites. (Numbers 26:45)The patriarch Eber. (Luke 3:35) [EBER]...

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HEBREW

This word first occurs as given to Abram by the Canaanites, (Genesis 4:13) because he had crossed the Euphrates. The name is also derived from Eber, "beyond, on the other side,"...