Herod Philip I.
(Mark 6:17), the son of Herod the Great by Mariamne, the daughter of Simon, the high priest. He is distinguished from another Philip called “the tetrarch.” He lived at Rome as a private person with h…
Herod Philip Ii.
The son of Herod the Great and Cleopatra of Jerusalem. He was “tetrarch” of Batanea, Iturea, Trachonitis, and Auranitis. He rebuilt the city of Caesarea Philippi, calling it by his own name to distin…
Herod The Great
(Matt. 2:1-22; Luke 1:5; Acts 23:35), the son of Antipater, an Idumaean, and Cypros, an Arabian of noble descent. In the year B.C. 47 Julius Caesar made Antipater, a “wily Idumaean,” procurator of Ju…
Herod.
HER'OD. Herod the Great, king of Judaea, b.c. 40- b.c. 4. In his reign Christ was born. Matt 2:1-18. He was a man of unusual executive ability, of iron will, of consummate shrewdness and cunning, but…
Herodians,
HERO'DIANS, a Jewish political party, originating probably in devotion toward the Roman emperor and Herod, his deputy. Matt 22:16. They were the court-party and submitted willingly to the government …
Herodias,
HERO'DIAS, the granddaughter of Herod the Great, and mother of Salome, Matt 14:3. She first married her uncle, Herod Philip, and afterward Herod Antipas, another uncle, and that too during her first …
Herodion,
HERO'DION, a "kinsman" of Paul, whom he greets, Rom 16:11.
Heron
(Lev. 11:19; Deut. 14:18), ranked among the unclean birds. The Hebrew name is ’anaphah, and indicates that the bird so named is remarkable for its angry disposition. “The herons are wading-birds, pec…
Hesed
(kindness), the son of Hesed or Ben-Chesed, was commissary for Solomon. (1 Kings 4:10) (B.C. about 995.)
Heshbon
Intelligence, a city ruled over by Sihon, king of the Amorites (Josh. 3:10; 13:17). It was taken by Moses (Num. 21:23-26), and became afterwards a Levitical city (Josh. 21:39) in the tribe of Reuben …
Heshmon
Fatness, a town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:27).
Hesron
HES'RON, HES'RONITES. See Hezron, Hezronites.
Hesron, Hesronites.
HES'RON, HES'RONITES. See Hezron, Hezronites.
Hesron, Hezron
(enclosed), the son of Reuben, (Numbers 26:6) and ancestor of the Hezronites. (B.C. about 1700.)
Heth
Dread, a descendant of Canaan, and the ancestor of the Hittites (Gen. 10:18; Deut. 7:1), who dwelt in the vicinity of Hebron (Gen. 23:3, 7). The Hittites were a Hamitic race. They are called “the son…
Hethlon
Wrapped up, a place on the north border of Palestine. The “way of Hethlon” (Ezek. 47:15; 48:1) is probably the pass at the end of Lebanon from the Mediterranean to the great plain of Hamath (q.v.), o…
Hezeki
(strong), a Benjamite, one of the Bene-Elpaal, a descendant of Shaaraim. (1 Chronicles 8:17) (B.C. 598.)
Hezekiah
Whom Jehovah has strengthened. (1.) Son of Ahaz (2 Kings 18:1; 2 Chr. 29:1), whom he succeeded on the throne of the kingdom of Judah. He reigned twenty-nine years (B.C. 726-697). The history of this …
Hezer
Hezir, a bog; converted
Hezion
Vision, the father of Tabrimon, and grandfather of Ben-hadad, king of Syria (1 Kings 15:18).
Hezir
Swine or strong. (1.) The head of the seventeenth course of the priests (1 Chr. 24:15). (2.) Neh. 10:20, one who sealed Nehemiah’s covenant.
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.
Hezro
A Carmelite, one of David’s warriors (1 Chr. 11:37).
Hezron.
HEZ'RON. 1. A son of Reuben. Gen 46:9; Ex 6:14; 1 Chr 5:3. A son of Phares. Gen 46:12; Ruth 4:18; 1 Chr 2:9.
Hezronites
(descendants of Hezron), The.
Hezronites, The.
HEZ'RONITES, THE. 1, 2. Two families in Reuben and Judah, Num 26:6,Num 26:21.
Hiddai
Rejoicing of Jehovah, one of David’s thirty-seven guards (2 Sam. 23:30).
Hiddekel
Called by the Accadians id Idikla; i.e., “the river of Idikla”, the third of the four rivers of Paradise (Gen. 2:14). Gesenius interprets the word as meaning “the rapid Tigris.” The Tigris rises in t…
Hiel
Life of (i.e., from) God, a native of Bethel, who built (i.e., fortified) Jericho some seven hundred years after its destruction by the Israelites. There fell on him for such an act the imprecation o…
Hierapolis
Sacred city, a city of Phrygia, where was a Christian church under the care of Epaphras (Col. 4:12, 13). This church was founded at the same time as that of Colosse. It now bears the name of Pambuk-K…