Smith's Bible Dictionary

(ass-driver), the third of the seven chamberlains or eunuchs who served King Ahasuerus. (Esther 1:10) (B.C. 483-475.) Harbonah ( ...

(hill of Megiddo), (Revelation 16:16) in the Revised Version for Armageddon. The change is chiefly Har, hill, in place of Ar, ci ...

(lofty), father of Aharhel, in one of the most obscure genealogies of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:8) Harumaph (slit-nosed) father or ...

Hashem (fat). The sons of Hashem the Gizonite are named amongst the members of David’s guard in (1 Chronicles 11:34) (B.C. befor ...

(exploring). Bene-Hatita (i.e. sons of Hatita) were among the “porters” (i.e. the gate-keepers) who returned from the captivity ...

(whom God sees), a king of Damascus who reigned from about B.C. 886 to B.C. 840. He appears to have been previously a person in ...

Hazerim (villages). The Avim, or more accurately the Avvim, are said to have lived “in the villages (Authorized Version ’Hazerim ...

possibly a pan or brazier of charcoal. From this we see that the significance of the Hebrew words translated hearth is not the s ...

been reduced. It is one of the earliest of known languages, and some suppose that it was the original language of man. Hebrews, ...

Genesis23:19 About a mile from the town, up the valley, is one of the largest oak trees in Palestine. This, say some, is the ver ...

still bearing the ancient name Helbon, and still celebrated as producing the finest grapes in the country. Heldai (worldly). •Th ...

“hell.” But in many cases this translation misleads the reader. In the New Testament “hell” is the translation of two words, Had ...

the common ground or dwarf hemlock, a bitter, poisonous plant. The Hebrew rosh is rendered “hemlock” in two passages, (Hosea 10: ...

on them, there is no doubt. (Genesis 47:6,17; Exodus 9:4,20) So the plague of hail was sent to smite especially the cattle, (Psa ...

Herod (hero-like). This family though of Idumean origin and thus alien by race, was Jewish in faith. I. HEROD THE GREAT was the ...

grandson of Herod the Great. He was brought up at Rome, and was thrown into prison by Tiberius, where he remained till the acces ...

Heth (terror), the forefather of the nation of the Hittites. In the genealogical tables of (Genesis 10:15) and 1Chr 1:13 Heth is ...

Hezion (vision), a king of Aram (Syria), father of Tabrimon and grandfather of Ben-hadad I. (1 Kings 15:18) He is probably ident ...

The first distinct separation of Aaron to the office of the priesthood, which previously belonged to the first-born was that rec ...

been done to a great extent in the Epistle to the Hebrews. It would also embrace all the moral and spiritual teaching supposed t ...