Helam
Place of abundance, a place on the east of Jordan and west of the Euphrates where David gained a great victory over the Syrian army (2 Sam. 10:16), which was under the command of Shobach. Some would …
Helbah
Fatness, a town of the tribe of Asher (Judg. 1:31), in the plain of Phoenicia.
Helbon
Fat; i.e., “fertile”, (Ezek. 27: 18 only), a place whence wine was brought to the great market of Tyre. It has been usually identified with the modern Aleppo, called Haleb by the native Arabs, but is…
Heldai
Wordly. (1.) 1 Chr. 27:15; called also Heleb (2 Sam. 23:29); one of David’s captains. (2.) Zech. 6:10, one who returned from Babylon.
Heleb
Fatness, one of David’s warriors (2 Sam. 23:29).
Heled
This world, (1 Chr. 11:30); called Heleb (2 Sam. 23:29).
Helek
A portion, (Josh. 17:2), descended from Manasseh.
Helem
A stroke, great-grandson of Asher (1 Chr. 7:35).
Heleph
Exchange, a city on the north border of Naphtali (Josh. 19:33).
Helez
Strong, or loin (?) (1.) One of Judah’s posterity (1 Chr. 2:39). (2.) One of David’s warriors (2 Sam. 23:26).
Helhath
(portion), the town named as the starting-point for the boundary of the tribe of Asher, (Joshua 19:25) and allotted with its “suburbs” to the Gershonite Levites. ch. (Joshua 21:31) Perhaps Yerka, sev…
Heli
Elevation, father of Joseph in the line of our Lord’s ancestry (Luke 3:23).
Heliopolis
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Helkai
Smooth-tongued, one of the chief priests in the time of Joiakim (Neh. 12:15).
Helkath
Smoothness, a town of Asher, on the east border (Josh. 19:25; 21:31); called also Hukok (1 Chr. 6:75).
Helkath-hazzurim
Plot of the sharp blades, or the field of heroes, (2 Sam. 2:16). After the battle of Gilboa, so fatal to Saul and his house, David, as divinely directed, took up his residence in Hebron, and was ther…
Helkathhazzurim
(field of rock), a smooth piece of ground, apparently close to the pool of Gibeon, where the combat took place between the two parties of Joab’s men and Abner’s men which ended in the death of the wh…
Hell.
HELL. The Old Testament.— The Hebrew word for hell is Sheol, which corresponds to the Greek Hades, and means the under-world or the realm of the dead. It is derived by some from the root "to demand" …
Hellenist
(Grecian), the term applied in the New Testament to Greek-speaking or “Grecian” Jews. The Hellenists as a body included not only the proselytes of Greek (or foreign) parentage, but also those. Jews w…
Hellenists
HELLENISTS, THE, were the Jews who had lost their strict and exclusive spirit by constant intercourse with the Gentiles, who habitually spoke Greek, and who read the Septuagint. They were much better…
Hellenists, The
HELLENISTS, THE, were the Jews who had lost their strict and exclusive spirit by constant intercourse with the Gentiles, who habitually spoke Greek, and who read the Septuagint. They were much better…
Helmet.
HELM'ET. See Armor.
Helon
Strong, father of Eliab, who was “captain of the children of Zebulun” (Num. 1:9; 2:7).
Help-meet
(Heb. ‘ezer ke-negdo; i.e., “a help as his counterpart” = a help suitable to him), a wife (Gen. 2:18-20).
Helps,
HELPS, the translation in the A.V. of a word which occurs only in this place in the N.T., 1 Cor 12:28. The "helps" are a gift of the Spirit. This gift doubtless comprehends the various duties of the …
Helps, The,
HELPS, THE, used in the storm, Acts 27:17, were chains, cables, etc., which were passed under the keel of the vessel, in order to bind the planks together.
Hem
Of a garment, the fringe of a garment. The Jews attached much importance to these, because of the regulations in Num. 15:38, 39. These borders or fringes were in process of time enlarged so as to att…
Hem Of Garment.
HEM OF GARMENT. See Clothes.
Hemam
(exterminating). Hori and Hemam were sons of Lotan, the eldest son of Seir. (Genesis 36:22)
Heman
Faithful. (1.) 1 Kings 4:31; 1 Chr. 2:6, a son of Zerah, noted for his wisdom. (2.) Grandson of Samuel (1 Chr. 6:33; 15:17), to whom the 88th Psalm probably was inscribed. He was one of the “seers” n…