Hemath
A Kenite (1 Chr. 2:55), the father of the house of Rechab.
Hemdan
(pleasant), the eldest son of Dishon, son of Anah the Horite. (Genesis 36:26) [Amram, 2] (B.C. about 1500.)
Hemlock,
HEM'LOCK, Hos 10:4. A well-known bitter and poisonous herb, a species of which is common in the United States. The word rendered "hemlock" in the above passage and in Am 6:12 is elsewhere rendered "g…
Hen.
HEN. The only place in which this word occurs is in our Lord's lament: "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathere…
Hena
One of the cities of Mesopotamia destroyed by sennacherib (2 Kings 18:34; 19:13). It is identified with the modern Anah, lying on the right bank of the Euphrates, not far from Sepharvaim.
Henadad
Favour of Hadad, the name of a Levite after the Captivity (Ezra 3:9).
Henoch,
HE'NOCH, 1 Chr 1:3. See Enoch. 1 Chr 1:33. See Hanoch.
Hepher
A well or stream. (1.) A royal city of the Canaanites taken by Joshua (12:17). (2.) The youngest son of Gilead (Num. 26:32; 27:1). (3.) The second son of Asher (1 Chr. 4:6). (4.) One of David’s heroe…
Hepherites
HE'PHERITES, THE, descendants of Hepher, 1. Num 26:32.
Hepherites, The,
HE'PHERITES, THE, descendants of Hepher, 1. Num 26:32.
Hephzibah
My delight is in her. (1.) The wife of Hezekiah and mother of king Manasseh (2 Kings 21:1). (2.) A symbolical name of Zion, as representing the Lord’s favour toward her (Isa. 62:4).
Herald,
HER'ALD, one who makes a public and formal announcement. The only reference in the A.V. to this officer is in Dan 3:4; but in the N.T. the familiarity of Paul with the Grecian games induced him to sp…
Herb,
HERB, a plant which, in distinction from the shrub or tree, is without true woody tissue. Herbs die to the ground, if not entirely, during the dry Oriental summer. But those of them that are biennial…
Herd
Gen. 13:5; Deut. 7:14. (See CATTLE.)
Herd, Herdsman.
HERD, HERDSMAN. Nothing more strikingly brings out the contrast between the Egyptians and the Hebrews than their different estimation of the pursuit of cattle-raising. While the latter had large herd…
Herdsman
In Egypt herdsmen were probably of the lowest caste. Some of Joseph’s brethren were made rulers over Pharaoh’s cattle (Gen. 47:6, 17). The Israelites were known in Egypt as “keepers of cattle;” and w…
Hereon
HEREON. Lev 11:19; Deut 14:18. At least seven species of heron are found in Palestine. These well-known birds frequent marshes and rivers, in which their long legs fit them to wade, and from which th…
Heres
Sun. (1.) “Mount Heres” (Judg. 1:35), Heb. Har-heres, i.e., “sun-mountain;” probably identical with Irshemesh in Josh. 19:41. (2.) Isa. 19:18, marg. (See ON.)
Heresh
(artificer), a Levite attached to the tabernacle (1 Chronicles 9:15) (B.C. 536.)
Heresy,
HER'ESY, Acts 24:14. _ This term, as generally used by the sacred writers, implies no judgment respecting the truth or error of the peculiar tenets but signifies a party or division. It is derived fr…
Hermas
Mercury, a Roman Christian to whom Paul sends greetings (Rom. 16: 14). Some suppose him to have been the author of the celebrated religious romance called The Shepherd, but it is very probable that t…
Hermes
Mercury, a Roman Christian (Rom. 16:14).
Hermogenes
Mercury-born, at one time Paul’s fellow-labourer in Asia Minor, who, however, afterwards abandoned him, along with one Phygellus, probably on account of the perils by which they were beset (2 Tim. 1:…
Hermon
A peak, the eastern prolongation of the Anti-Lebanon range, reaching to the height of about 9,200 feet above the Mediterranean. It marks the north boundary of Palestine (Deut. 3:8, 4:48; Josh. 11:3, …
Hermonites
HERMONITES, THE, properly "the Hermons," referring to the three peaks of Hermon, Ps 42:6-7. HER'OD. Bronze Coin of Herod the Great. passions, and cruel and unscrupulous in the choice of means to acco…
Hermonites, The,
HERMONITES, THE, properly "the Hermons," referring to the three peaks of Hermon, Ps 42:6-7.
Herod Agrippa I.
Son of Aristobulus and Bernice, and grandson of Herod the Great. He was made tetrarch of the provinces formerly held by Lysanias II., and ultimately possessed the entire kingdom of his grandfather, H…
Herod Antipas
Herod’s son by Malthace (Matt. 14:1; Luke 3:1, 19; 9:7; Acts 13:1). (See ANTIPAS.)
Herod Archelaus
(Matt. 2:22), the brother of Antipas (q.v.).
Herod Arippa Ii.
The son of Herod Agrippa I. and Cypros. The emperor Claudius made him tetrarch of the provinces of Philip and Lysanias, with the title of king (Acts 25:13; 26:2, 7). He enlarged the city of Caesarea …