Reference

Bible dictionary

3,964 entries on the people, places and words of the Bible, each linked to the passages it cites.

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 3rd edition (1897). Public domain; text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. A nineteenth-century Protestant reference: its dates, archaeology and judgements reflect the scholarship of its time and are not Imago Dei's editorial position.

• Habakkuk

  Embrace, the eighth of the twelve minor prophets.

• Habakkuk, Prophecies of

  Were probably written about B.C.

• Habergeon

  An Old English word for breastplate.

• Habitation

  God is the habitation of his people, who find rest and safety in him (Ps.

• Habor

  The united stream, or, according to others, with beautiful banks, the name of a river in Assyria, and also of the district through which it

• Hachilah

  The darksome hill, one of the peaks of the long ridge of el-Kolah, running out of the Ziph plateau, "on the south of Jeshimon" (i.e., of the

• Hadad

  Adod, brave(?), the name of a Syrian god.

• Hadadezer

  Hadad is help;

• Hadad-rimmon

  (composed of the names of two Syrian idols), the name of a place in the valley of Megiddo.

• Hadar

  Adod, brave(?).

• Hadarezer

  Adod is his help, the name given to Hadadezer (2 Sam.

• Hadashah

  New, a city in the valley of Judah (Josh.

• Hadassah

  Myrtle, the Jewish name of Esther (q.v.), Esther 2:7.

• Hadattah

  New, one of the towns in the extreme south of Judah (Josh.

• Hades

  That which is out of sight, a Greek word used to denote the state or place of the dead.

• Hadid

  Pointed, a place in the tribe of Benjamin near Lydda, or Lod, and Ono (Ezra 2:33;

• Hadlai

  Resting, an Ephraimite;

• Hadoram

  Is exalted.

• Hadrach

  The name of a country (Zech.

• Haemorrhoids

  Or Emerods, bleeding piles known to the ancient Romans as mariscae, but more probably malignant boils of an infectious and fatal character.

• Haft

  A handle as of a dagger (Judg.

• Hagar

  Flight, or, according to others, stranger, an Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid (Gen.

• Hagarene

  Or Hagarite.

• Haggai

  Festive, one of the twelve so-called minor prophets.

• Haggai, Book of

  Consists of two brief, comprehensive chapters.

• Haggith

  Festive;

• Hagiographa

  The holy writings, a term which came early into use in the Christian church to denote the third division of the Old Testament scriptures, ca

• Hail!

  A salutation expressive of a wish for the welfare of the person addressed;

• Hail

  Frozen rain-drops;

• Hair

  (1.) The Egyptians let the hair of their head and beard grow only when they were in mourning, shaving it off at other times.

• Hakkoz

  The thorn, the head of one of the courses of the priests (1 Chr.

• Halah

  A district of Media to which captive Israelites were transported by the Assyrian kings (2 Kings 17:6;

• Halak

  Smooth;

• Halhul

  Full of hollows, a town in the highlands of Judah (Josh.

• Hall

  (Gr.

• Hallel

  Praise, the name given to the group of Psalms 113-118, which are preeminently psalms of praise.

• Hallelujah

  Praise ye Jehovah, frequently rendered "Praise ye the LORD," stands at the beginning of ten of the psalms (106, 111-113, 135, 146-150), henc

• Hallow

  To render sacred, to consecrate (Ex.

• Halt

  Lame on the feet (Gen.

• Ham

  Warm, hot, and hence the south;

• Haman

  (of Persian origin), magnificent, the name of the vizier (i.e., the prime minister) of the Persian king Ahasuerus (Esther 3:1, etc.).

• Hamath

  Fortress, the capital of one of the kingdoms of Upper Syria of the same name, on the Orontes, in the valley of Lebanon, at the northern boun

• Hamath-zobah

  Fortress of Zobah, (2 Chr.

• Hammath

  Warm springs, one of the "fenced cities" of Naphtali (Josh.

• Hammedatha

  Father of Haman, designated usually "the Agagite" (Esther 3:1, 10;

• Hammelech

  The king's, the father of Jerahmeel, mentioned in Jer.

• Hammer

  (1.) Heb.

• Hammoleketh

  The queen, the daughter of Machir and sister of Gilead (1 Chr.

• Hammon

  Warm springs.

• Hammoth-dor

  Warm springs, a Levitical city of Naphtali (Josh.

• Hamon

  See [259]BAAL-HAMON.

• Hamonah

  Multitude, a name figuratively assigned to the place in which the slaughter and burial of the forces of Gog were to take place (Ezek.

• Hamon-gog

  Multitude of Gog, the name of the valley in which the slaughtered forces of Gog are to be buried (Ezek.

• Hamor

  He-ass, a Hivite from whom Jacob purchased the plot of ground in which Joseph was afterwards buried (Gen.

• Hamul

  Spared, one of the sons of Pharez, son of Judah (1 Chr.

• Hamutal

  Kinsman of the dew, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, wife of king Josiah, and mother of king Jehoahaz (2 Kings 23:31), also of king Zedek

• Hanameel

  Whom God has graciously given, the cousin of Jeremiah, to whom he sold the field he possessed in Anathoth, before the siege of Jerusalem (Je

• Hanan

  Merciful.

• Hananeel

  God has graciously given, a tower in the wall of Jerusalem (Neh.

• Hanani

  God has gratified me, or is gracious.

• Hananiah

  Jehovah has given.

• Hand

  Called by Galen "the instrument of instruments." It is the symbol of human action (Ps.

• Handbreadth

  A measure of four fingers, equal to about four inches (Ex.

• Handkerchief

  Only once in Authorized Version (Acts 19:12).

• Handmaid

  Servant (Gen.

• Handwriting

  (Col.

• Hanes

  A place in Egypt mentioned only in Isa.

• Hanging

  (as a punishment), a mark of infamy inflicted on the dead bodies of criminals (Deut.

• Hannah

  Favour, grace, one of the wives of Elkanah the Levite, and the mother of Samuel (1 Sam.

• Hanniel

  Grace of God.

• Hanun

  Graciously given.

• Hara

  Mountainous land, a province of Assyria (1 Chr.

• Haradah

  Fright;

• Haran

  (1.) Heb.

• Harbona

  (a Persian word meaning "ass-driver"), one of the seven eunuchs or chamberlains of king Ahasuerus (Esther 1:10;

• Hare

  (Heb.

• Hareth

  Thicket, a wood in the mountains of Judah where David hid when pursued by Saul (1 Sam.

• Harhaiah

  Zeal of Jehovah, (Neh.

• Harhur

  Fever, one of the Nethinim (Ezra 2:51).

• Harim

  Flat-nosed.

• Hariph

  Autumnal rain.

• Harlot

  (1.) Heb.

• Harnepher

  A chief of the tribe of Asher (1 Chr.

• Harness

  (1.) Heb.

• Harod

  Palpitation, a fountain near which Gideon and his army encamped on the morning of the day when they encountered and routed the Midianites (J

• Harodite

  An epithet applied to two of David's heroes (2 Sam.

• Harosheth of the Gentiles

  (Judg.

• Harp

  (Heb.

• Harrow

  (Heb.

• Harsha

  Worker or enchanter, one of the Nethinim (Ezra 2:52;

• Hart

  (Heb.

• Harum

  Elevated, (1 Chr.

• Haruphite

  A native of Hariph;

• Haruz

  Eager, the father of Meshullemeth, the wife of king Manasseh (2 Kings 21:19) and mother of king Amon.

• Harvest

  The season for gathering grain or fruit.

• Hasadiah

  Favoured by Jehovah, one of the sons of Pedaiah (1 Chr.

• Hasenuah

  Bristling or hated, a Benjamite (1 Chr.

• Hashabiah

  Regarded by Jehovah.

• Hashabniah

  (1.) Neh.

• Hashbadana

  Consideration in judging, stood at Ezra's left hand when he read the law (Neh.

• Hashmonah

  Fatness, the thirtieth halting-place of the Israelites during their wanderings in the wilderness, not far from Mount Hor (Num.

• Hashub

  Intelligent.

• Hashubah

  Ibid., a descendant of David (1 Chr.

• Hashum

  Opulent.

• Hasrah

  Poverty, "keeper of the wardrobe," i.e., of the sacerdotal vestments (2 Chr.

• Hasupha

  Uncovered, one of the Nethinim (Ezra 2:43;

• Hat

  Chald.

• Hatach

  Verity, one of the eunuchs or chamberlains in the palace of Ahasuerus (Esther 4:5, 6, 9, 10).

• Hathath

  Terror, son of Othniel (1 Chr.

• Hatipha

  Captured, one of the Nethinim (Ezra 2:54).

• Hatita

  Exploration, one of the temple porters or janitors (Ezra 2:42).

• Hatred

  Among the works of the flesh (Gal.

• Hattush

  Assembled.

• Hauran

  Cave-land, mentioned only in Ezek.

• Haven

  A harbour (Ps.

• Havilah

  The sand region.

• Havoth-jair

  Hamlets of the enlightener a district in the east of Jordan.

• Hawk

  (Heb.

• Hay

  Properly so called, was not in use among the Hebrews;

• Hazael

  Whom God beholds, an officer of Ben-hadad II., king of Syria, who ultimately came to the throne, according to the word of the Lord to Elijah

• Hazar-addar

  Village of Addar, a place in the southern boundary of Palestine (Num.

• Hazar-enan

  Village of fountains, a place on the north-east frontier of Palestine (Num.

• Hazar-gaddah

  Village of fortune, a city on the south border of Judah (Josh.

• Hazar-hatticon

  Village of the midway, a place near Hamath in the confines of Hauran (Ezek.

• Hazar-maveth

  Court of death, the third son of Joktan, and a region in Arabia-Felix settled by him (Gen.

• Hazar-shual

  Village or enclosure of the jackal, a city on the south border of Judah (Josh.

• Hazar-susah

  Village of the horse, the same as Sansannah, one of Solomon's "chariot cities" (Josh.

• Hazel

  Heb.

• Hazerim

  Villages, probably the name of the temporary villages in which the nomad Avites resided (Deut.

• Hazeroth

  Fenced enclosures consisting of "a low wall of stones in which thick bundles of thorny acacia are inserted, the tangled branches and long ne

• Hazezon-tamar

  Pruning of the palm, the original name of the place afterwards called ENGEDI (q.v.), Gen.

• Hazo

  Vision, one of the sons of Nahor (Gen.

• Hazor

  Enclosed;

• Hazor-hadattah

  New Hazor, a city in the south of Judah (Josh.

• Head-bands

  (Heb.

• Head-dress

  Not in common use among the Hebrews.

• Heap

  When Joshua took the city of Ai (Josh.

• Heart

  According to the Bible, the heart is the centre not only of spiritual activity, but of all the operations of human life.

• Hearth

  Heb.

• He-ass

  Heb.

• Heath

  Heb.

• Heathen

  (Heb.

• Heaven

  (1.) Definitions.

• Heave offering

  Heb.

• Heber

  Passing over.

• Hebrew

  A name applied to the Israelites in Scripture only by one who is a foreigner (Gen.

• Hebrew language

  The language of the Hebrew nation, and that in which the Old Testament is written, with the exception of a few portions in Chaldee.

• Hebrew of the Hebrews

  One whose parents are both Hebrews (Phil.

• Hebrews

  (Acts 6:1) were the Hebrew-speaking Jews, as distinguished from those who spoke Greek.

• Hebrews, Epistle to

  (1.) Its canonicity.

• Hebron

  A community;

• Hegai

  Eunuch, had charge of the harem of Ahasuerus (Esther 2:8).

• Heifer

  Heb.

• Heir

  Under the patriarchs the property of a father was divided among the sons of his legitimate wives (Gen.

• Helah

  Rust, (1 Chr.

• 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.

• Helbah

  Fatness, a town of the tribe of Asher (Judg.

• Helbon

  Fat;

• Heldai

  Wordly.

• Heleb

  Fatness, one of David's warriors (2 Sam.

• Heled

  This world, (1 Chr.

• Helek

  A portion, (Josh.

• Helem

  A stroke, great-grandson of Asher (1 Chr.

• Heleph

  Exchange, a city on the north border of Naphtali (Josh.

• Helez

  Strong, or loin (?) (1.) One of Judah's posterity (1 Chr.

• Heli

  Elevation, father of Joseph in the line of our Lord's ancestry (Luke 3:23).

• Helkai

  Smooth-tongued, one of the chief priests in the time of Joiakim (Neh.

• Helkath

  Smoothness, a town of Asher, on the east border (Josh.

• Helkath-hazzurim

  Plot of the sharp blades, or the field of heroes, (2 Sam.

• Hell

  Derived from the Saxon helan, to cover;

• Helmet

  (Heb.

• Helon

  Strong, father of Eliab, who was "captain of the children of Zebulun" (Num.

• Help-meet

  (Heb.

• Helps

  (1 Cor.

• Hem

  Of a garment, the fringe of a garment.

• Heman

  Faithful.

• Hemath

  A Kenite (1 Chr.

• Hemlock

  (1.) Heb.

• Hen

  Common in later times among the Jews in Palestine (Matt.

• Hena

  One of the cities of Mesopotamia destroyed by sennacherib (2 Kings 18:34;

• Henadad

  Favour of Hadad, the name of a Levite after the Captivity (Ezra 3:9).

• Henoch

  See [271]ENOCH.

• Hepher

  A well or stream.

• Hephzibah

  My delight is in her.

• Herb

  (1.) Heb.

• Herd

  Gen.

• Herdsman

  In Egypt herdsmen were probably of the lowest caste.

• Heres

  Sun.

• Heresy

  From a Greek word signifying (1) a choice, (2) the opinion chosen, and (3) the sect holding the opinion.

• Hermas

  Mercury, a Roman Christian to whom Paul sends greetings (Rom.

• Hermes

  Mercury, a Roman Christian (Rom.

• Hermogenes

  Mercury-born, at one time Paul's fellow-labourer in Asia Minor, who, however, afterwards abandoned him, along with one Phygellus, probably o

• Hermon

  A peak, the eastern prolongation of the Anti-Lebanon range, reaching to the height of about 9,200 feet above the Mediterranean.

• Hermonites, the

  (Ps.

• Herod Agrippa I.

  Son of Aristobulus and Bernice, and grandson of Herod the Great.

• Herod Antipas

  Herod's son by Malthace (Matt.

• Herod Archelaus

  (Matt.

• Herod Arippa II.

  The son of Herod Agrippa I.

• Herodians

  A Jewish political party who sympathized with (Mark 3:6;

• Herodias

  (Matt.

• Herodion

  A Christian at Rome whom Paul salutes and calls his "kinsman" (Rom.

• Herod Philip I.

  (Mark 6:17), the son of Herod the Great by Mariamne, the daughter of Simon, the high priest.

• Herod Philip II.

  The son of Herod the Great and Cleopatra of Jerusalem.

• Herod the Great

  (Matt.

• Heron

  (Lev.

• Heshbon

  Intelligence, a city ruled over by Sihon, king of the Amorites (Josh.

• Heshmon

  Fatness, a town in the south of Judah (Josh.

• Heth

  Dread, a descendant of Canaan, and the ancestor of the Hittites (Gen.

• Hethlon

  Wrapped up, a place on the north border of Palestine.

• Hezekiah

  Whom Jehovah has strengthened.

• Hezion

  Vision, the father of Tabrimon, and grandfather of Ben-hadad, king of Syria (1 Kings 15:18).

• Hezir

  Swine or strong.

• Hezro

  A Carmelite, one of David's warriors (1 Chr.

• Hezron

  Enclosed.

• Hiddai

  Rejoicing of Jehovah, one of David's thirty-seven guards (2 Sam.

• Hiddekel

  Called by the Accadians id Idikla;

• 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 Isra

• Hierapolis

  Sacred city, a city of Phrygia, where was a Christian church under the care of Epaphras (Col.

• Higgaion

  In Ps.

• High place

  An eminence, natural or artificial, where worship by sacrifice or offerings was made (1 Kings 13:32;

• High priest

  Aaron was the first who was solemnly set apart to this office (Ex.

• Highway

  A raised road for public use.

• Hilkiah

  Portion of Jehovah.

• Hill

  (1.) Heb.

• Hillel

  Praising, a Pirathonite, father of the judge Abdon (Judg.

• Hill of Evil Counsel

  On the south of the Valley of Hinnom.

• Hind

  Heb.

• Hinge

  (Heb.

• Hinnom

  A deep, narrow ravine separating Mount Zion from the so-called "Hill of Evil Counsel." It took its name from "some ancient hero, the son of

• Hiram

  High-born.

• Hireling

  A labourer employed on hire for a limited time (Job 7:1;

• Hiss

  To express contempt (Job 27:23).

• Hittites

  Palestine and Syria appear to have been originally inhabited by three different tribes.

• Hivites

  One of the original tribes scattered over Palestine, from Hermon to Gibeon in the south.

• Hizkiah

  An ancestor of the prophet Zephaniah (1:1).

• Hizkijah

  (Neh.

• Hobab

  Beloved, the Kenite, has been usually identified with Jethro (q.v.), Ex.

• Hobah

  Hiding-place, a place to the north of Damascus, to which Abraham pursued Chedorlaomer and his confederates (Gen.

• Hodijah

  Majesty of Jehovah.

• Hoglah

  Partridge, one of the daughters of Zelophehad the Gileadite, to whom portions were assigned by Moses (Num.

• Hoham

  Jehovah impels, the king of Hebron who joined the league against Gibeon.

• Hold

  A fortress, the name given to David's lurking-places (1 Sam.

• Holiness

  In the highest sense belongs to God (Isa.

• Holy Ghost

  The third Person of the adorable Trinity.

• Holy of holies

  The second or interior portion of the tabernacle.

• Holy place

  One of the two portions into which the tabernacle was divided (Ex.

• Homer

  Heap, the largest of dry measures, containing about 8 bushels or 1 quarter English = 10 ephahs (Lev.

• Honey

  (1.) Heb.

• Hood

  (Heb.

• Hoof

  A cleft hoof as of neat cattle (Ex.

• Hook

  (1.) Heb.

• Hope

  One of the three main elements of Christian character (1 Cor.

• Hophni

  Pugilist or client, one of the two sons of Eli, the high priest (1 Sam.

• Hophra

  I.e., PHARAOH-HOPHRA (called Apries by the Greek historian Herodotus) king of Egypt (B.C.

• Hor

  Mountain.

• Horeb

  Desert or mountain of the dried-up ground, a general name for the whole mountain range of which Sinai was one of the summits (Ex.

• Horem

  Consecrated, one of the fenced cities of Naphtali (Josh.

• Horites

  Cave-men, a race of Troglodytes who dwelt in the limestone caves which abounded in Edom.

• Hormah

  Banning;

• Horn

  Trumpets were at first horns perforated at the tip, used for various purposes (Josh.

• Hornet

  Heb.

• Horonaim

  Two caverns, a city of Moab to the south of the Arnon, built, apparently, upon an eminence, and a place of some importance (Isa.

• Horonite

  The designation of Sanballat (Neh.

• Horse

  Always referred to in the Bible in connection with warlike operations, except Isa.

• Horse-gate

  A gate in the wall of Jerusalem, at the west end of the bridge, leading from Zion to the temple (Neh.

• Horse-leech

  Occurs only in Prov.

• Horseman

  Heb.

• Hosah

  Refuge.

• Hosanna

  Save now! or Save, we beseech, (Matt.

• Hose

  (Dan.

• Hosea

  Salvation, the son of Beeri, and author of the book of prophecies bearing his name.

• Hosea, Prophecies of

  This book stands first in order among the "Minor Prophets." "The probable cause of the location of Hosea may be the thoroughly national char

• Hoshea

  Salvation.

• Host

  An entertainer (Rom.

• Hostage

  A person delivered into the hands of another as a security for the performance of some promise, etc.

• Host of heaven

  The sun, moon, and stars are so designated (Gen.

• Hough

  To hamstring, i.e., sever the "tendon of Achilles" of the hinder legs of captured horses (Josh.

• Hour

  First found in Dan.

• House

  Till their sojourn in Egypt the Hebrews dwelt in tents.

• Hukkok

  Decreed, a town near Zebulun, not far from Jordan, on the border of Naphtali (Josh.

• Hul

  Circle, the second son of Aram (Gen.

• Huldah

  Weasel, a prophetess;

• Humiliation of Christ

  (Phil.

• Humility

  A prominent Christian grace (Rom.

• Hunting

  Mentioned first in Gen.

• Hur

  A hole, as of a viper, etc.

• Hurai

  Linen-worker, one of David's heroes, a native of the valley of Mount Gaash (1 Chr.

• Husband

  I.e., the "house-band," connecting and keeping together the whole family.

• Husbandman

  One whose business it is to cultivate the ground.

• Hushai

  Quick, "the Archite," "the king's friend" (1 Chr.

• Husk

  In Num.

• Hymn

  Occurs only Eph.

• Hypocrite

  One who puts on a mask and feigns himself to be what he is not;

• Hyssop

  (Heb.