- HAZOR-HADATTAH New Hazor, a city in the south of Judah (Joshua
15:25). It is probably identified with the ruins of el-Hazzarah, near Beit
Jebrin. - HEAD-BANDS (Hebrews kishshurim), properly girdles or belts for the
waist (Isaiah 3:20, R.V., “sashes;” Jeremiah 2:32, rendered “attire”, i.e., a
girdle round the waist). - HEAD-DRESS Not in common use among the Hebrews. It is first
mentioned in Exodus 28:40 (A.V., “bonnets;” R.V., “head-tires”). It was
used especially for purposes of ornament (Job 29:14; Isaiah 3:23; 62:3).
The Hebrew word here used, tsaniph, properly means a turban, folds of
linen wound round the head. The Hebrew word peer, used in Isaiah 61:3,
there rendered “beauty” (A.V.) and “garland” (R.V.), is a head-dress or
turban worn by females (Isaiah 3: 20, “bonnets”), priests (Exodus 39:28),
a bridegroom (Isaiah 61:10, “ornament;” R.V., “garland”). Ezekiel 16:10
and Jonah 2:5 are to be understood of the turban wrapped round the head.
The Hebrew shebisim (Isaiah 3:18), in the Authorized Version rendered
“cauls,” and marg. “networks,” denotes probably a kind of netted
head-dress. The “horn” (Hebrews keren) mentioned in 1 Samuel 2:1 is the
head-dress called by the Druses of Mount Lebanon the tantura. - HEAP When Joshua took the city of Ai (Joshua 8), he burned it and
“made it an heap [Hebrews tel] for ever” (8:28). The ruins of this city
were for a long time sought for in vain. It has been at length, however,
identified with the mound which simply bears the name of “Tel.” “There
are many Tels in modern Palestine, that land of Tels, each Tel with some
other name attached to it to mark the former site. But the site of Ai has no
other name ‘unto this day.’ It is simply et-Tel, ‘the heap’ par excellence.” - HEART According to the Bible, the heart is the centre not only of
spiritual activity, but of all the operations of human life. “Heart” and
“soul” are often used interchangeably (Deuteronomy 6:5; 26:16; comp.
Matthew 22:37; Mark 12:30, 33), but this is not generally the case.
The heart is the “home of the personal life,” and hence a man is designated,
according to his heart, wise (1 Kings 3:12, etc.), pure (Psalm 24:4;
Matthew 5:8, etc.), upright and righteous (Genesis 20:5, 6; Psalm 11:2;
78:72), pious and good (Luke 8:15), etc. In these and such passages the
word “soul” could not be substituted for “heart.”