HERODION
a relative of St. Paul, to whom he sends his salutation amongst the Christians of the Roman church. (Romans 16:11) (A.D. 55.)
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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HERON
(Leviticus 11:19; 14:18) a common large, wading, unclean bird. Nearly all of the species known in English ornithology are found in the vicinity of Palestine. Canon Cook and othe...
HESED
(kindness), the son of Hesed or Ben-Chesed, was commissary for Solomon. (1 Kings 4:10) (B.C. about 995.)
HESHBON
(stronghold), the capital city of Sihon king of the Amorites. (Numbers 21:26) It stood on the western border of the high plain --Mishor, (Joshua 13:17) --and on the boundary lin...
HESHMON
(rich soil), a place named, with others, as lying in the extreme south of Judah. (Joshua 15:27)
HESRON, HEZRON
(enclosed), the son of Reuben, (Numbers 26:6) and ancestor of the Hezronites. (B.C. about 1700.)
HETH
(terror), the forefather of the nation of the Hittites. In the genealogical tables of (Genesis 10:15) and 1Chr 1:13 Heth is a son of Canaan. (Genesis 24:3,4; 28:1,2)
HETHLON
(hiding-place), the name of a place on the northern border of Palestine. (Ezekiel 47:15; 48:1) In all probability the "way of Hethlon" is the pass at the northern end of Lebanon...
HEZEKI
(strong), a Benjamite, one of the Bene-Elpaal, a descendant of Shaaraim. (1 Chronicles 8:17) (B.C. 598.)
HEZEKIAH
(the might of Jehovah).Twelfth king of Judah, son of the apostate Ahaz and Abi or Abijah, ascended the throne at the age of 25, B.C. 726. Hezekiah was one of the three most perf...
HEZION
(vision), a king of Aram (Syria), father of Tabrimon and grandfather of Ben-hadad I. (1 Kings 15:18) He is probably identical with REZON, the contemporary of Solomon, in (1 King...
HEZIR
(Swine).A priest in the time of David, leader of the seventeenth monthly course in the service. (1 Chronicles 24:15) (B.C. 1014.)One of the heads of the people (lay-men) who sea...
HEZRAI
(enclosed), one of the thirty heroes of David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:35) (B.C. 1046.) In the parallel list, (1 Chronicles 11:37) the name appears as HEZRO.
HEZRON
(surrounded by a wall).A son of Reuben. (Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14)A son of Pharez. (Genesis 46:12; Ruth 4:18)
HEZRONITES
(descendants of Hezron), The.Descendants of Hezron the son of Reuben. (Numbers 26:6)A branch of the tribe of Judah, descendants of Hezron the son of Pharez. (Numbers 26:21)
HIDDAI
(for the rejoicing of Jehovah), one of the thirty-seven heroes of David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:30) (B.C. 1046.)
HIDDEKEL
(rapid), one of the rivers of Eden, the river which "goeth eastward to Assyria," (Genesis 2:14) and which Daniel calls "the great river," (Daniel 10:4) seems to have been rightl...
HIEL
(God liveth), a native of Bethel, who rebuilt Jericho in the reign of Ahab, (1 Kings 16:34) (B.C. after 915), and in whom was fulfilled the curse pronounced by Joshua, (Joshua 6...
HIERAPOLIS
(holy city), a city of Phrygia, situated above the junction of the rivers Lycus and Maeander, near Colossae and Laodicea mentioned only in (Colossians 4:13) as the seat of a chu...
HIGGAION
(meditation), a word which occurs three times in the book of Psalms -- (Psalms 9:16; 19:14; 92:3) (margin). The word has two meanings, one of a general character, implying thoug...
HIGH PLACES6813 PRIEST
The first distinct separation of Aaron to the office of the priesthood, which previously belonged to the first-born was that recorded (Exodus 28:1)... We find from the very firs...
HIGHWAYS
Though during the sway of the Romans over Palestine they made a few substantial roads for their carts and chariots, yet for the most of the time, as today, the Jews had nothing ...
HILEN
(place of caves), the name of city of Judah allotted with its suburbs to the priests. (1 Chronicles 6:58)
HILKIAH
(God is my portion)Father of Eliakim. (2 Kings 18:37; Isaiah 22:20; 36:22) [ELIAKIM]High priest in the reign of Josiah. (2 Kings 22:4) seq. 2Chr 34:9 Seq.; 1 Esd. 1:8. (B.C. 623...
HILLEL
(praise), a native of Pirathon in Mount Ephraim, father of Abdon, one of the judges of Israel. (Judges 12:13,15)
HILLS
From the Hebrew Gibeah, meaning a curved round hill. But our translators have also employed the same English word for the very different term har, which has a much more extended...
HIN
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