Higgaion,
HIGGA'ION, a term occurring three times, Ps 9:16; Ps 19:14 (translated "meditation"), and Ps 92:3 (translated "solemn sound"). It probably was originally a musical term which acquired the additional …
High Place
An eminence, natural or artificial, where worship by sacrifice or offerings was made (1 Kings 13:32; 2 Kings 17:29). The first altar after the Flood was built on a mountain (Gen. 8:20). Abraham also …
High Places
HIGH' PLACES. The notion of heaven as the dwelling-place of God led naturally to the thought that the higher one rose above the level ground the nearer one came to God. This deduction lay at the base…
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 first the following chara…
High Priest
Aaron was the first who was solemnly set apart to this office (Ex. 29:7; 30:23; Lev. 8:12). He wore a peculiar dress, which on his death passed to his successor in office (Ex. 29:29, 30). Besides tho…
Highway
A raised road for public use. Such roads were not found in Palestine; hence the force of the language used to describe the return of the captives and the advent of the Messiah (Isa. 11:16; 35:8; 40:3…
Highways.
HIGH'WAYS. At the present time there are no roads in Palestine except the remains of those the Romans made. But inasmuch as the ancient Jews used carts and chariots, there must have been roads in tha…
Hilen
(place of caves), the name of city of Judah allotted with its suburbs to the priests. (1 Chronicles 6:58)
Hilkiah
Portion of Jehovah. (1.) 1 Chr. 6:54. (2.) 1 Chr. 26:11. (3.) The father of Eliakim (2 Kings 18:18, 26, 37). (4.) The father of Gemariah (Jer. 29:3). (5.) The father of the prophet Jeremiah (1:1). (6…
Hill
(1.) Heb. gib’eah, a curved or rounded hill, such as are common to Palestine (Ps. 65:12; 72:3; 114:4, 6). (2.) Heb. har, properly a mountain range rather than an individual eminence (Ex. 24:4, 12, 13…
Hill Of Evil Counsel
On the south of the Valley of Hinnom. It is so called from a tradition that the house of the high priest Caiaphas, when the rulers of the Jews resolved to put Christ to death, stood here.
Hill Of Zion
HILL OF ZION. See Zion, Jerusalem.
Hill, Hills
HILL, HILLS. There is some confusion in the use of "hill" and "mountain" in the A.V. Thus the "hill country" of Luke 1:39 is the "mountain of Judah," Josh 20:7. Again, precisely the same elevation is…
Hill-country
HILL-COUNTRY. See Hill.
Hillel
Praising, a Pirathonite, father of the judge Abdon (Judg. 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 sense than gibeah, me…
Hin.
HIN. See Measures.
Hind.
HIND. See Hart.
Hinge
(Heb. tsir), that on which a door revolves. “Doors in the East turn rather on pivots than on what we term hinges. In Syria, and especially in the Hauran, there are many ancient doors, consisting of s…
Hinges
HING'ES. The translation of two Hebrew words. The hinges of Prov 26:14; were probably the pivots inserted in sockets, both above and below, upon which Oriental doors are even now hung. The hinges of …
Hinnom,
HIN'NOM, a valley to the south and west of Jerusalem, called also "the valley of the son," or "children, of Hinnom," or "valley of the children of groaning," a deep and narrow ravine with steep, rock…
Hippopotamus
[Behemoth]
Hirah
(a noble race), an Adullamite, the friend of Judah. (Genesis 38:1,12) and see Genesis38:20
Hiram
High-born. (1.) Generally “Huram,” one of the sons of Bela (1 Chr. 8:5). (2.) Also “Huram” and “Horam,” king of Tyre. He entered into an alliance with David, and assisted him in building his palace b…
Hiram, Or Huram
(noble).
Hireling,
HIRE'LING, one who is employed on hire for a limited time, as a day or year, Job 14:6. By the Levitical law such a one was to be paid his wages daily. Lev 19:13. "The years of a hireling" were years …
Hiss.
HISS. To hiss at one is used as an expression of insult and contempt, 1 Kgs 9:8; Jer 19:8; Eze 27:36; Mic 6:16. and also denotes "to call by whistling." Isa 5:26; Isa 7:18; Zech 10:8.
History.
IV. History. — The Jerusalem of our Lord and of his apostles is buried from 20 to 80 feet beneath the ruins and rubbish of centuries; the "City of David" lies still deeper below the surface of modern…
Hittite
one who is broken; who fears
Hittites,
HIT'TITES, the posterity of Heth, the second son of Canaan. Their settlements were at first in the southern part of Judaea, near Hebron, Gen 23:3, and later, when the spies enter the land, they find …