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- HabakkukHabakkuk, known among the Hebrews as Khabakkuk (meaning: embracer) — one of the thirteen so-called minor prophets, of…
- HacaliahHacaliah , otherwise Sachaliah (adornment of God) (Неем. Неем I, 1, Неем X, 1) — father of Nehemiah.
- HachaliahHachaliah (perhaps, adornment of the Lord) (Неем. Неем X, 1) — father of Nehemiah, who undoubtedly came from some…
- HachilahHachilah (darkness) (I Цар. 1Цар XXIII, 19, 1Цар XXVI, 1) — the name of a hill to the south of Jeshimon and near the…
- HachmoniteHachmonite (wise) (I Пар. 1Пар XI, 11) — one of the mighty men, the chief warriors of David. In II Samuel (II Цар.
- HadadHadad (terrible, mighty) (Быт. Быт XXXVI, 35, 36) — son of Bedad, king of Edom, who reigned after Husham. He smote the…
- HadadezerHadadezer (help of Hadad) (II Цар. 2Цар VIII, 3, 2Цар X, 16) — so named, apparently, after the Syrian deity Hadad — a…
- HadadrimmonHadadrimmon (Зах. Зах XII, 11) — from comparison of the said passage with the words of the Second Book of Chronicles…
- HadarHadar (heights, greatness) (Быт. Быт XXXVI, 39, I Пар. 1Пар I, 50, 51) — the last of the Edomite kings, son of Ishmael…
- HadassahHadassah (myrtle) (Есф. Эсф II, 7) — the original name of Esther, wife of the Persian king Artaxerxes, before her…
- HadesHades (Hebrew: sheol) (Быт. Быт XXXVII, 35, Числ. Чис XVI, 30, 33, Пс. Пс XV, 10 и др.) — etymologically from the…
- HadoramHadoram (Hador is high) (Быт. Быт X, 27, I Пар. 1Пар I, 21) — the fifth son of Joktan, son of Eber.
- HagarHagar (flight) (Быт. Быт XVI, 1) — an Egyptian woman who lived in Abram's household as a maidservant, or slave-wife.
- HagaritesHagarites (I Пар. 1Пар V, 10, Псал. Пс LXXXII, 7, Вар. Вар III, 23) — the descendants of Ishmael, son of Hagar…
- Haggai; The Book of the Prophet HaggaiHaggai (festive) and The Book of the Prophet Haggai (Агг. Агг I, 1, 3, 12) — one of the twelve minor prophets, whose…
- HaggedolimHaggedolim (son of the great ones) (Неем. Неем XI, 14) — a proper name, specifically the father of one Zabdiel, chief…
- HaggithHaggith (festive, triumphant) (II Цар. 2Цар III, 4) — one of the wives of David, the mother of Adonijah. Nothing…
- HagriHagri (wandering) (I Пар. 1Пар XI, 8) — the father of Mibhar, one of the brave and chief warriors of David. In the…
- HairHair (Числ. Чис VI, 5) — among the Hebrews it was customary to cut hair as frequently as among other peoples, but they…
- HakkatanHakkatan (small, the younger) (I Ездр. 1Ездр VIII, 12) — father of Johanan, one of the descendants of Azgad. In II Езд…
- HakkosHakkos (I Мак. 1Мак VIII, 17) — the father of John and grandfather of Eupolemus, mentioned in the cited passage.
- HakkozHakkoz (thorn, thorny shrub) — the names of three persons:
- Half of the ManahathitesHalf of the Manahathites (rest) (I Пар. 1Пар II, 52) — perhaps the name of a locality in the tribe of Benjamin…
- HalicarnassusHalicarnassus — a well-known city in the Asia Minor region of Caria, on the shore of the Archipelago, mentioned in the…
- HallelujahHallelujah (Откр. Откр XIX, 1) — the Hebrew word Hallel, meaning praise God.
- HalloheshHallohesh (soothsayer, enchanter) (см. Неем. Неем III, 12, Неем X, 24) — father of Shallum, the head of half the…
- Ham (place)Ham (noise, noisy assembly) (Быт. Быт XIV, 5) — the name of a place, evidently the chief city of the Zuzim, once…
- HamanHaman (glorious, renowned) — the name of two persons:
- HammedathaHammedatha (a Persian name) (Есф. Эсф III, 1) — the father of Haman, the courtier at the court of Artaxerxes, a Agagite…
- HammiphkadHammiphkad (appointed place) (Неем. Неем III, 31) — one of the gates of Jerusalem, otherwise called the Judgment Gate…
- Hamon-GogHamon-Gog (multitude, burial of Gog) — this name is given in the prophet Ezekiel (Иез.
- HamonahHamonah (multitude, burial-city) — a name given in the prophecy of Ezekiel (Иез.
- HananiasHananias (good, merciful) (II Пар. 2Пар XVI, 7, III Цар. 3Цар XVI, 1–7) — a seer who, during the reign of Asa, king of…
- Hanging on a TreeHanging on a tree (Втор. Втор XXI, 22) apparently served more as a mark of disgrace and dishonor for executed criminals…
- HanunHanun (given as a gift) (II Цар. 2Цар X, 1–4, I Пар. 1Пар XIX, 2–4) — son of Nahash, king of the Ammonites, a…
- HapizzezHapizzez (dispersing) (I Пар. 1Пар XXIV, 15) — head of a priestly family who received the eighteenth lot in the…
- HarakkahimHarakkahim (maker of ointments) (Неем. Неем III, 8) — the father of Hananiah, a silversmith, who participated in the…
- HaranHaran (mountaineer) — the name of the following persons:
- Haran (Levite)Haran (mountaineer) (I Пар. 1Пар XXIII, 9) — a Levite, son of Shimei, who served in the Lord's house in the rotation…
- HarariteHararite , also Gararite (mountaineer) (II Цар. 2Цар XXIII, 33) — one of David's mighty warriors, Ahiam, so named after…
- HarariteHararite (mountain dweller, highland man):
- HarlotHarlot (Быт. Быт XXXVIII, 15) — this word, generally applied to a dissolute woman, is used in Holy Scripture to denote…
- HarmiHarmi (bony, boned) (I Пар. 1Пар IV, 19) — a son of Mered by Hodiah, mentioned in the genealogy of the descendants of…
- HaroditeHarodite (descended from Harod):
- HaroehHaroeh (seer) (I Пар. 1Пар II, 52) — son of Shobal, evidently the same person as Reaiah in chapter IV (1Пар v. 2).
- Harp (kinnor)Harp — the national stringed instrument of the Hebrews, undoubtedly one of the earliest musical instruments with which…
- HarperHarper (Быт. Быт IV, 21) — a person who plays the harp. See Harp.
- HarrowHarrow (Ис. Ис XXVIII, 24, Иов. Иов XXXIX,10) — it is not known what form the harrow took in antiquity in the East.
- HarumHarum (exalted) (I Пар. 1Пар IV, 8) — a name occurring in the genealogy of the descendants of Judah.
- HasenuahHasenuah (the prickly, the sharp) (I Пар. 1Пар IX, 7) — of the sons of Benjamin, one of the ancestors of Sallu.
- HashemHashem (from Arabic: radiant, luminous ) (I Пар. 1Пар XI, 34), Hashem the Gizonite , named probably after his place of…
- HassopherethHassophereth (scribe, writing) (I Ездр. 1Ездр II, 55, Неем. Неем VII, 57) — from the sons of Solomon's servants, an…
- HathachHathach (an ancient Persian word) (Есф. Эсф IV, 5–10) — one of the eunuchs of Artaxerxes, appointed by him for the…
- HazaelHazael (vision of God) — the name of the following persons:
- HazerothHazeroth (settlements) (Числ. Чис XI, 35, Чис XII, 16, Чис XXIII, 17) — a station of the Hebrews in the desert during…
- HazorHazor (settlement, castle) (Нав. Нав XI, 1) — a city of the tribe of Naphtali, the capital of the Canaanites, in which…
- HazorHazor (enclosed place, village) — the name of two cities:
- Hazor-hadattahHazor-hadattah (new Hazor) (Нав. Нав XV, 25) — a city of the tribe of Judah, near Idumea, probably the same as Hazor.
- HazzelelponiHazzelelponi (shadow over me) — a daughter of Etam, mentioned in the First Book of Chronicles (I Пар. 1Пар IV, 3)…
- HazzorphiahHazzorphiah (goldsmith) (Неем. Неем III, 31) — father of Malchijah, who appears to have been a goldsmith, one of those…
- Headdresses among the HebrewsHeaddresses among the Hebrews. It is very difficult to determine the forms which Hebrew headdresses took, for on the…
- Heads of ClansHeads of clans. The word head in its general sense serves as a symbol of all that is exalted and elevated; thus, for…
- HeathHeath (Иер. Иер XVII, 6) — a wild plant proper to steppes and deserts.
- HegaiHegai (venerable) (Есф. Эсф II, 8) — one of the eunuchs of king Artaxerxes, to whose care Esther, the ward of Mordecai…
- HelemHelem (blow, stroke). See (I Пар. 1Пар VII).
- HemamHemam (noisy multitude) (Быт. Быт XXXVI, 22) — a son of Lotan, son of Seir, in the land of Edom. In I Пар. 1Пар I, 39…
- HerculesHercules (II Мак. 2Мак IV, 19, 20) — the celebrated mythological hero of Greece, son of Jupiter and Alcmene, especially…
- Herod AntipasHerod Antipas (Мф. Мф XIV, 1, 3, 6) — son of Herod the Great, also called Sosipater, who governed Galilee and Perea, a…
- HeroopolisHeroopolis — a city of Lower Egypt, situated, according to Strabo and Pliny, to the east of the Nile, between the Nile…
- HielHiel (God is life) (III Цар. 3Цар XVI, 24) — a Bethelite who rebuilt Jericho in the days of Ahab, thereby violating the…
- High PlacesHigh places (I Пар. 1Пар IX, 12), or elevated spots on hills and mountains, were frequently chosen as sites for the…
- High Places of BaalHigh places of Baal (Числ. Чис XXII, 41, в книге Нав. Нав XIII, 17: Бамоф-Ваал) — taken to be one and the same as the…
- High PriestHigh Priest . See Bishop .
- HillelHillel (praise) (Суд. Суд XII, 13–15) — a Pirathonite, the father of Abdon, who was a judge over Israel for eight years.
- HinHin (Исх. Исх XXIX, 40, Исх XXX, 24) — a liquid measure among the Hebrews, equal to twelve of our cups or glasses.
- HodaviahHodaviah (praise the Lord) — the names of three persons mentioned in Scripture:
- Hodaviah (son of Elioenai)Hodaviah (I Пар. 1Пар III, 24) — one of the sons of Elioenai, mentioned in the genealogy of the descendants of David.
- HodevahHodevah (the glory of God) (Неем. Неем VII, 43) — one of the Levites who lived in the days of Zerubbabel. In II Esdras…
- HodiahHodiah: a) (I Пар. 1Пар IV, 19) one of the wives of Ezrah, named in the genealogy of Judah;
- HohamHoham (the Lord of a multitude of people) (Нав. Нав X, 3) — the king of Hebron, one of the five kings who opposed…
- HoramHoram (elevated, high) (Нав. Нав X, 33) — the king of Gezer. When the Israelites were conquering the south-west part of…
- HoshaiahHoshaiah (the help, the deliverance of God) — the name of two persons:
- HoshamaHoshama (God hears) (I Пар. 1Пар III, 18) — a son of Jeconiah, the penultimate king of Judah.
- HospitalityHospitality (Быт. Быт XVIII, 1 и далее, Втор. Втор X, 17–19, Евр. Евр XIII, и пр.)
- HyacinthHyacinth. A word occurring in the Apocalypse as the name of a color (Откр.
- HyenaHyena (Сирах Сир XIII, 22) (variegated, spotted) — a nocturnal beast of prey resembling a wolf in appearance, size, and…
- HyrcanusHyrcanus (II Мак. 2Мак III, 11) — the son of Tobias, who, upon the arrival of Heliodorus in Jerusalem, had deposited a…