He-ass
Heb. hamor, (Gen. 12:16), the general designation of the donkey used for carrying burdens (Gen. 42:26) and for ploughing (Isa. 30:24). It is described in Gen. 49:14, 2 Sam. 19:26. (See ASS.)
Head-bands
(Heb. kishshurim), properly girdles or belts for the waist (Isa. 3:20, R.V., “sashes;” Jer. 2:32, rendered “attire”, i.e., a girdle round the waist).
Head-dress,
HEAD'-DRESS, Hats were unknown to the Hebrews. The attempt of Jason to introduce them was regarded as a grievance, 2 Mace. 4:12. "Coverings for the head were not in ordinary use. Thus, it was a token…
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 connection with the sacerdota…
Heap.
HEAP. See Stones.
Heart,
HEART, Acts 16:14. The seat of the affections, desires, hopes, and motives. John 14:1; Esth 1:10. The term is also used by the Bible writers to designate the understanding, 1 Cor 2:9, and intellectua…
Hearth.
HEARTH. The Hebrew words so translated do not, any of them, mean what we call a hearth. Thus, the "hearth" of Gen 18:6 was the heap of ashes covering the hot stones on which the bread was baked, acco…
Heath.
HEATH. Jer 17:6; Jer 48:6. No true heath is found in Palestine. There is great probability that the dwarf juniper or savin (Juniperus sabina), which grows in the most sterile and desolate parts of th…
Heathen,
HEA'THEN, Ps 2:1. This term (from heath, one who lives on the heaths or in the woods, like pagans, i.e. villagers) is applied in the English Bible to all idolaters or to all nations except the Jews. …
Heave-offering
HEAVE-OFFERING. See Offering.
Heaven
(1.) Definitions. The phrase “heaven and earth” is used to indicate the whole universe (Gen. 1:1; Jer. 23:24; Acts 17:24). According to the Jewish notion there were three heavens, (a) The firmament, …
Heber
Passing over. (1.) Son of Beriah and grandson of Asher (Gen. 46:17; 1 Chr. 7:31, 32). (2.) The Kenite (Judg. 4:11, 17; 5:24), a descendant of Hobab. His wife Jael received Sisera (q.v.) into her tent…
Heberites
HE'BERITES, THE, descendants of Heber, Num 26:45.
Heberites, The,
HE'BERITES, THE, descendants of Heber, Num 26:45.
Hebrew
A name applied to the Israelites in Scripture only by one who is a foreigner (Gen. 39:14, 17; 41:12, etc.), or by the Israelites when they speak of themselves to foreigners (40:15; Ex. 1:19), or when…
Hebrew Language.
HEBREW LANGUAGE. See Bible.
Hebrew Of The Hebrews
One whose parents are both Hebrews (Phil. 3:5; 2 Cor. 11:22); a genuine Hebrew.
Hebrewess
HE'BREWESS, a Hebrew woman. Num Jer. 4:39?.
Hebrews, Epistle To
(1.) Its canonicity. All the results of critical and historical research to which this epistle has been specially subjected abundantly vindicate its right to a place in the New Testament canon among …
Hebrews, Epistle To The,
HE'BREWS, EPISTLE TO THE, was written about the years 62 to 64 in Italy, Heb 13:24, and addressed to the believing Jews of Palestine and the East. The design of the author was not, primarily, to make…
Hebrews.
HE'BREWS. The term is probably derived from the Hebrew verb eber, which means "to pass over," to cross a stream, or from the proper noun Eber, one of the ancestors of Abraham (otherwise unknown). Gen…
Hebron
A community; alliance. (1.) A city in the south end of the valley of Eshcol, about midway between Jerusalem and Beersheba, from which it is distant about 20 miles in a straight line. It was built “se…
Hebronites
HE'BRONITES, THE, a family of Kohathite Levites descended from Hebron. Num 3:27; Num 26:58; 1 Chr 26:23.
Hebronites, The,
HE'BRONITES, THE, a family of Kohathite Levites descended from Hebron. Num 3:27; Num 26:58; 1 Chr 26:23.
Hedge,
HEDGE, Hos 2:6. Travellers tell us that such hedges as are mentioned in this passage are often found in Eastern countries at this day, and that they are especially useful as defences against the incu…
Hegai,
HEG'AI, or HE'GE, a eunuch of the court of Ahasuerus, Esth 2:3, Deut 2:8, Esth 2:15
Hege
another form of the preceding (Esther 2:3)
Heifer,
HEIF'ER, Hos 10:11. The figurative allusions of the sacred writers to the wildness, sportiveness, and indocility of this animal, especially when well fed, are very striking. Jer 46:20; Jer 50:11; Hos…
Heir.
HEIR. See Inheritance.
Helah
Rust, (1 Chr. 4:5, 7), one of the wives of Ashur.