HA'MAN, [h] (tumult or
trouble), a de-
scendant of king Agag, the Amalekite:
his ambition and vanity were gratified
by his being made prime-minister to
Ahasuerus; but his malignity against
the Jews, in seeking their destruction,
providentially wrought his speedy ruin,
Est. 3. 9.
HA'MATH, [h] (anger, or a
wall), a city
on the river Orontes, in Syria, Judg. 3:
3; 2 Sam. 8:9; 2 Kings 18:34. "The
entering in of Hamath," is a narrow pass
leading from Canaan to Syria, through
the valley between Libanus and Anti-
libanus. "Hamath the great," Amos 6:
2, is supposed to denote Antioch. Ha-
math is still a place of importance, called
Hamah, in the Pachalik of Damascus.
HA'MATHITE, [h], the population of
Hamath, a family of the Canaanites in
the north of the country, Gen. 10:18.
HAMMER, an instrument of force, espec-
cially to drive nails, Judg. 4:21; 1 Kings
6:7. God's word is compared to a ham-
mer, for its power on the mind of man,
Jer. 23:29. Babylon, as an oppressive
domination, is called the hammer of the
earth, 50:23.
HAM'ONAH, [h] (the multitude), a
new
name for the city of Hamon-Gog, Ezek.
39:16.
HA'MON-GOG, [h] (the multitude of
Gog), the prophetic name for the place
of a great slaughter of the church's
enemies, Ezek. 39:11-15.
HA'MOR, [h] (an ass, clay, or
wine), a
Hivite prince of Shechem, Gen. 33:
19; 34:2.
HAMU'TAL, [h] (the shadow of his
heart),
wife of king Josiah, and mother of Je-
hoahaz and Zedekiah, kings of Judah,
2 Kings 23:31.
HANAME'EL, [h] (the grace that comes
from God), a son of the uncle of Jeremiah,
Jer. 32:7, 8.
HANANE'EL, [h] (the grace of God),
a
tower at Jerusalem, Neh. 12:39.
HAN'ANI, [h] (giving or
gracious), the
name of a prophet who reproved king
Asa, 2 Chron. 16:7-10.
HANANI, a Levite chief musician, 1
Chron. 25:4, 23.
HANANI, an eminently pious man,
whom Nehemiah appointed as one of
the governors of Jerusalem, Neh. 12:2.
HANANIAH, a general in the army of
king Uzziah, 2 Chron. 26:11.
HANANIAH, a false prophet, whose de-
ceitful teaching deluded the people,
confirming them in their rebellion against
God, and in their contempt for the minis-
try of Jeremiah. He died in his iniquity
the same year, according to the word of
the prophet of God, Jer. 28:1-17.
HANANIAH, a ruler of the palace, one
that feared God above many, appointed
by Nehemiah to the charge of the city
of Jerusalem, Neh. 7:2; 3:8-30.
HARAN (called CHARRAN, Acts 7:2),
a place in Mesopotamia, where Abra-
ham's father died, so named in memory
of his late brother Haran, Gen. 11:28-31.
It is now called Harran, inhabited by a
few Arabs.
HARBO'NA, [h] (destruction,
sword, or dryness), the chamberlain of king Ahasue-
rus, appointed to see the execution of
Haman, Esth. 1:10; 7:9.
HARD, firm, not soft, Job 41:24: dif-
ficult, Gen. 18:14: oppressive, Exod.
1:4: powerful, 2 Sam. 3:39: sorrowful,
Prov. 13:15.
HARD, near, Acts 18:7: laboriously,
Jon. 1:13.
HARDEN, to make unfeeling, Deut. 15:
7: to become bold in irreligion, Psal.
95:8.
HARDENED, did harden, 2 Kings 17:
14. God hardened the heart of Pharaoh
and others by leaving them to cherish
their wicked propensities, Exod. 7:3;
8:15; Deut. 2:30; 1 Sam. 6:6.
HARDER, more hard, Jer. 5:3: more
difficult, Prov. 18:19.
HARDLY, severely, Gen. 16:6: diffi-
cultly, Exod. 13:15; Matt. 19:23.
HARDNESS, solidity, Job 38:38:
insensibility, Mark 3:5; Rom. 2:5.
HARE, a small animal resembling the
rabbit, Lev. 11:6.
HARLOT, a prostitute, Gen. 38:
15: a hostess or inn-keeper, Josh. 2:1:
a corrupter of the gospel, Rom. 17:5.
HARNESS, a soldier's accoutrements,
1 Kings 22:34.
HARNESS, to fix horses in traces put-
ting on their furniture, Jer. 46:4.
HARNESSED, dressed and arranged in
marching order, Exod. 13:18.
HA'ROD, [h] (astonishment), a town
situ-
ated near mount Gilboa, Judg. 7:1; 2
Sam. 23:25.
HAR'OSHETH, [h] (agriculture), a
city
of Canaan, in the north of Galilee, near
lake Merom, where many heathens re-
sided, memorable for the overthrow of
Sisera, under Barak, Judg. 4:2, 13, 16.
HARP, a stringed, and perhaps the
earliest invented musical instrument,
Gen. 4:21; 31:27. This kind of in-
strument was made in various forms, pro-
bably resembling those of Egypt; and
it was much used in sacred services, 2
Sam. 6:5; 1 Chron. 25:3; Rev. 5:8.
Hanging the harp on the willows, denoted
the extreme grief of the Jews in Baby-
lon, Psal. 137:2.
HARPED, tuned by the harp, 1 Cor.
14:7.
HARPERS, those who play music on
the harp, Rev. 14:2.
List: Music.
HARROWS, timber frames with iron
teeth to break the clods of the ground
when ploughed: to this servitude David
is believed to have reduced the Ammon-
ites, 2 Sam. 12:31.
HART, the stag or male of an elegant
species of antelope, common in the Levan-
tine countries, Deut. 13:15; 1 Kings 4:
23.
HAVING, possessing, Matt. 7:29; 2
Cor. 4:13: being afflicted with, Luke
8:43: enjoying, Rom. 12:6.
HAVOCK, waste or destruction, Acts
8:3.
HAVOTH-JA'IR, [h] (the villages that
enlighten), hamlets near mount Gilboa,
Num. 32:41; Deut. 3:14.
HAU'RAN, [h] (liberty), a province
near
Damascus, reaching southward toward
Galilee, Ezek. 47:16. Hauran now
includes several provinces, among which
are Trachonitus and Iturea: it was called
by the Romans Auranitis.
HAWK, a large bird of prey, remark-
able for the swiftness of its flight, Lev.
11:16; Job 39:26.
HAY, dried grass, as winter food for
cattle, 1 Cor. 3:12. Hay, as rendered
Prov. 27:25; Isa. 15:6, is believed to
mean the first springings of the grass.
HAZ'AEL, [h] (that sees God), the com-
mander-in-chief of the Syrian army under
king Benhadad, 1 Kings 19:15. Elijah
anointed him to be king of Syria; and
to obtain the throne he murdered his
master, when he assumed the govern-
ment, and became a scourge to Israel
for fifty years, 2 Kings 8:9-15; 13:
3-24.
HA'ZARM'AVETH, [h] (the court or entry of death), a son of Joktan, and
founder of a tribe in Arabia Felix, Gen.
10:26-36.
HAZEL, a tree, supposed by some to
be the almond-nut tree, Gen. 30:7.
HAZE'ROTH, [h] (villagers), some ham-
lets in Arabia Petrea, called also Haze-
rim, Num. 11:35; 12:16; Deut. 2:23.
HA'ZOR, [h] (court or hay), the
chief
city of the petty kingdoms in the north
of Galilee in the time of Joshua, Josh.
11:10, 11, 13.
HAZOR, a city of Judah, called also
Hezron, Josh. 15:25; 1 Kings 9:15.
HE, the man before named, Exod. 4:
16; Acts 10:21, 42.
HEADBAND, a fillet, an ornamental
bandage around the head, as worn by
women, Isa. 3:20.
HEADSTONE, the crowning stone of a
building, Zech. 4:7. Christ, as the
author of eternal salvation to all be-
lievers, is the headstone of the church
of God, Psal. 118:22; Matt. 21:42;
Eph. 2:20.
HEADLONG, with the head foremost,
Luke 4:29; Acts 1:18: rashly, Job 5:13.
HEART, the seat of animal
life; the
centre of the affections and passions,
Matt. 15:18, 19. An
evil heart, is a mind alienated from God, Heb. 3:12:
a good, honest, pure, and clean heart, is
a mind that is renewed, penitent [repentant], and obedient, through the grace of the
Spirit
of God. A stony heart, is a mind that is
senseless to divine things, Ezek. 11:19.
Infidelity depraves the heart, but it is
purified by a divine faith, Acts 15:9.
HEATHEN, people destitute of the true knowledge of God--Gentiles or
pagans:
such the Jews were accustomed to deno-
minate all nations besides themselves,
who were favoured with the oracles of
God, Lev. 26:33, 38, 45; Rom. 9:4.
Greeks and Romans, advanced in civili-
sation, called all other nations barba-
rians, as the Jews called them Gentiles:
but Christianity is designed for all na-
tions without distinction; and Paul was
especially commissioned as the apostle
of Christ to the heathen, Gal. 1:16; 2:9;
3:8; Rom. 10:12; Col. 3:11. Still, it
is computed that there are, at least
600,000,000 of the present population of
our globe in the condition of
heathen,
without the knowledge of God, as He is
revealed in the gospel of Christ: these
perishing multitudes are chiefly in Asia,
central Africa, south America, and
northern Europe.
HEATHEN MAN, a pagan, a man desti-
tute of the true knowledge of God, Matt.
18:17.
HEAVE, to lift up, as an offering in
the worship of God, Num. 15:29.
HEAVED, lifted up, as an offering in the
worship of God, Exod. 29:27; Num.
18:30.
HEAVE-OFFERING, a special present
to the priests, of corn, fruit, and meat,
and which was first offered to God, by
the priest heaving it up towards heaven,
Exod. 29:27, 28; Num. 15:19-21;
18:24-29.
HEBREWS, EPISTLE TO THE: this in-
valuable book was written by Paul to
the Jewish Christians in Palestine, to
establish their belief in the gospel of
Christ. It is regarded as the necessary
supplement to the Epistle to the Romans,
which is the principal exhibition of the
gospel dispensation addressed to the
Gentiles. While the author of the He-
brews throughout the epistle admits, in
its fullest sense, the divinity of the
mission and institutions of Moses, he
proves from numerous prophecies and
testimonies of the Old Testament Scrip-
tures, that Jesus was in His official cha-
racter the promised Messiah, the Son
of God--the Lord of angels--and con-
stituted, by the oath of God, a high-
priest infinitely superior to Aaron. This
epistle shows, that the Levitical dispen-
sation was a prefiguration of Christi-
anity: it is, therefore, an inspired com-
mentary on the ordinances and laws of
Moses, exhibiting a nobler tabernacle--
a better priesthood--the only perfect
atonement for sin--and eternal salvation
for all who come unto God by Christ.
List: Commentary.
HELL: this is a Saxon word, used in
different acceptations in the Scriptures.
The Hebrew word of the Old Testament
is שאול, Sheol, and the
Greek of the New
Testament is ΄Αδης, Hades. Hell
signifies
the prison of wicked spirits in torment,
both angels and human souls, 2 Pet.
2:4;
Matt. 23:33; 25:41: it [sometimes] signifies also
the grave, Prov. 15:10; Jon. 2:2; Acts
2:27-31. Hades is translated grave, 1
Cor. 15:55. There is also another Greek
word, Γεεννα, Gehenna, many times
trans-
lated Hell, particularly Matt. 5:22-29;
10:28; 18:9; 23:15, 33; Jam. 3:6.
Gehenna is compounded of two Hebrew
words, גיא Ge, and הנם Hinnom, or val-
ley of Hinnom, which was a place near
Jerusalem where children were cruelly
sacrificed to Moloch, 2 Chron. 33:
6; Ezek. 23:37-39. This place was
called Tophet, from toph, a drum, by
which the cries of the murdered infants
were drowned, and it presented the most
fit emblem of the state of torment, while
its name furnished a suitable title for
Hell. See HINNOM.
HELL, God's prepared place for Satan and
the
lost.
Literal and everlasting fire.
Tract: Hell.
HEROD THE GREAT, Matt.
2:12-16,
son of Antipater, an Idumean nobleman.
Some say his father was a Jew; others
that he was only a proselyte to Israel;
and others, that he was a heathen, and
guardian of the temple of Apollo at
Askelon; that, having been made cap-
tive by the Idumeans, he turned Jew.
Antipater's talents and ambition pro-
cured from Julius Cæsar his appoint-
ment as procurator of Judea, B.C. 47.
Herod, while young, governed Galilee,
which he cleared of banditti, and was
appointed to succeed his father, being
recommended by Hyrcanus, the high-
priest, to Antony, the Roman triumvir.
After much bloodshed, and while at
Rome, he was declared king of Judea,
and Augustus Cæsar, B.C. 30, confirmed
his authority, which he maintained with
great ability, but with horrid deeds of
cruelty and blood. He built several
cities in Judea: and to secure the alle-
giance of the Jews, he rebuilt their
temple with extraordinary magnificence,
Mark 13:1, 2; John 2:20. Herod
murdered his wife Marianne, and his
sons Alexander and Aristobulus: but
his character may be learned from his
atrocious policy with respect to the chil-
dren of Bethlehem. He died at the age
of seventy, soon after their murder,
Matt. 2:16-22. Herod left his kingdom
to his son Archelaus; Gaulonitis, Tra-
chonitis, and Balanea, to his son Philip;
and Galilee, with Perea, to his son He-
rod, Matt. 2:22; Luke 3:1.
HEZ'RON, [h] (dart of joy, or
division of
the sun), a son of Reuben, and head of a
family, Gen. 46:9; Num. 26:6.
HEZRON, son of Pharez, grandson of
Judah, Gen. 46:12.
HID, did hide or conceal, Gen. 3:8-10;
Exod. 2:2, 12.
HID, hidden or concealed, Job 3:21:
not revealed, Eph. 3:9.
HID'DEKEL, [h] (a sharp voice or
sound),
a river of Eden; and, as some suppose,
the Tigris, called Hiddekel in Daniel,
Gen. 2:14; Dan. 10:4.
HIDDEN, concealed, Deut. 30:11:
preserved as precious, Psal. 83:[3];
Isa. 45:3: profound, as the wise pur-
poses of God, 1 Cor. 3:7.
HIDE, the skin of a beast, as of a bul-
lock, Lev. 8:17.
HIDE, to conceal, Gen. 18:17: to
preserve in safety, Psal. 17:8.
HIDING, concealing, Job 31:33: pro-
tecting or preserving, Psal. 32:2.
HI'EL, [h] (the life of God), a
Bethelite,
the second founder of the city of Jeri-
cho, 1 Kings 16:34.
HIERAP'OLIS, [g] (holy city), a
city
of Phrygia, near Colosse, where some
persons had received the gospel by the
ministry of the apostles, Col. 4:13.
HIGGAI'ON, [h] (meditation), a note
of
emphasis, Psal. 9:16.
HIGH, lofty, as high walls, Deut. 3:5,
or a lofty temple, 1 Kings 9:8: elevated,
as the stars of heaven, Job 22:12:
dignified, as nobles, Psal. 49:2: power-
ful for delivering, Exod. 14:8: famous,
John 19:31.