282 names
,חבקוקἀμβακούκ, HABBAKUK, the Name of a Prophet, Hab. i. 1. He that embraces; from the Word חבקchabak: otherwise, Wrestler; from the Word נאבקnebac, to wrestle.
,חביהHABAIAH, Chief of one of the sacerdotal Families, Nehem. vii. 63. Secret, or hidden of the Lord; from the Word חבהchabab: otherwise, Love or Affection of the Lord; from חבב chabab, Affection, and יהjab, the Lord.
,חבורHABOR, the Name of the River Chaboras, 2 Kings xvii. 6. Companion, Associate, Enchanter.
,חבצניהχαβασειμ, HABAZZINIAH, Father of Jeremiah, Jerem. xxxv. 3. The Debt of the Buckler of the Lord; from the Word חוב chob, a Debtor, and צנהtsanab, a Buckler, and יהjab, the Lord: otherwise, Friendship, Secret, or Love of the Buckler of the Lord; from חבה chabab, secret, &c. or from חבבchabab, to love.
,הקטןἀκατὰν, HACCATAN, or Eccetan, Father of Johanan, Ezr. viii. 12. Little, or very little; from the Word קטוןcaton.
,חכליהHACHALIAH, Father of Nehemiah the Tirshatha, Nehem. x. 1. Who waits for the Lord; from חכהchakah: otherwise, the Hook of the Lord; from חחcach, a Hook, and יהjah, the Lord.
,חכילהἀχαλία, HACHILAH, a Hill, 1 Sam. xxiii. 19. My Hope is in her; from ,חכהto wait, to hope: otherwise, Hook in her; from חחcach: otherwise, in his Palace; from the same Word, חחcach. ,חכמוניἀχαμανὶ, HACHMONI, Father of Jashobeam, or of Jebiel, 1 Chron. ix. 11. xxvii. 32. Wise, or very wise; from חכםchacam: otherwise, Hook of the Account; from cach, a Hook, and מניnumber, Account: otherwise, Expectation of a Present; from חכהchachach, Expectation, and מנחהmincha, a Present.
,חדדἀδὰδ, HADAD, Son of Ishmael, 1 Chron. i. 30. The same who is call’d Hadar, Gen. xxv. 15. Sharpned; from חדדchadad: otherwise, Joy; from חדהchadah, to rejoice.
,הדדHADAD, Son of Bedad, the fourth King of Edom, Gen. xxxvi. 36. Noise, Clamour, Cry of Mariners: otherwise, Nipple, or Friendship; from the Word דדdod, or dud.
,אדדHADAD, the Name of an Idumean, 1 Kings xi. 17. Death, or Vapour; from the Word אידed.
,הדר־עזרHADADEZER, Son of Robab King of Zobab, 2 Sam. viii. 3. Some Copies have Adadezer. Beauty of Assistance; from הדרadar, Beauty, and עזרezer, Assistance.
,עדיןHADAN, or Adin, ,עדןvoluptuous, delicious.
,הדרHADAR, or Hadad, 1 Chron. i. 46. The eighth King of Edom, Gen. xxxvi. 39. Glory, Beauty, Splendor: otherwise, Habitation; from דורdur, according to its Chaldaick Etymology, or from the Word דרdor.
,חדשהHADASHA, a City, Josh. xv. 37. Renewing, or the first day of the Month. According to the Syriack and Hebrew, a Ram.
HADASSAH, Esther.
,חדידἀδωδ, HADID, a City, Nehem. xi. 34. See Hadad. ,חדליHADLAI, Father of Amasa, 2 Chron. xxviii. 12. My Rest, my Defence, or my Defect; from חדלchadal.
HADORAM, Son of Joktan, Gen. x. 27. See Adoram.
,חדרךἑδράχ, HADRACH, a City or Country, Zech. xi. 1. Point, or Joy of Tenderness; from חדד chadad, Point, and חדהchadah, Joy, and רכך racac, to be tender: otherwise, your Chamber; from חדרkeder, a Chamber, and the Pronoun ךec, yours: or, according to the Syriack and Hebrew, Unity, and the Novelty of Tenderness.
,חגבHAGAB, one of the chief of the Nethinims, Ezr. ii. 46. Grashopper; from the Word חגב chagab.
,חגבהHAGABAH, one of the chief of the Nethinims, Ezr. ii. 45. From the same.
,הגרHAGAR, Abraham’s Servant, Gen. xvi. 1. Stranger, or that fears; from the Word גרger, or גורgur: or that ruminates; from the Word גרה gerah.
,הגראיםἀγαρηνοι, HAGARIMS, or Hagarenes, in the Vulgate Agarei, of the Family of Agar, 1 Chron. v. 10. From the same Root.
,חגיἀγγάιος, HAGGAI, or Aggeus, the Name of a Prophet, Hag. i. 1. Feast, Solemnity; from חגג chagag, to dance, to turn round, to celebrate a Festival.
,הגריἀγηρι, HAGGERI, a Man’s Name, 1 Chron. xi. 33. From the same as Agar.
,חגיἀγγις, HAGGI, Son of Gad, Gen. xlvi. 16. Also the Haggites of the Family of Haggi, Numb. xxvi. 15. From the same.
,חגיהHAGGIAH, Son of Merari, 1 Chron. vi. 30. The Feast, or the Solemnity of the Lord; from חגגchagag, Feast, Rejoicing, and יהjah, the Lord: otherwise, the Wheel of the Lord. ,חגיתἀγγις, HAGGITH, Mother of Adonijah the Son of David, 2 Sam. iii. 4. Rejoicing; from the same Root as Haggai. Ἁγιόγραφα, HAGIOGRAPHA, sacred Writings. ,עיγαι, HAI, or Ai, a City, Gen. xii. 8. Josh. vii. 2. Otherwise, Aiath, Isai. x. 28. Mass, Heap; from the Word עיbi. ,עיןHAIN, a City. Fountain.
HAIR. ,הקוץHAKKOZ, one of the Children of Joasib, 1 Chron. xxiv. 10. Thorn, or Summer; from קוץ cotz, Trouble, Watching: otherwise, End, or Extremity; from קץkets, or ketsa.
,קרחיםHAKORCHIM, the Name of a Place, 1 Chron. xii. 6. Bald, icy.
,חקופאἀκυφά, HAKUPHA, one of the Chief of the Nethinims, Ezr. ii. 51. The Command, or Decree of the Mouth; from חקkok, Statute, Decree, and פהpe, Mouth. ,חלהἐλαα, HALAH, the Name of a River, 2 Kings xvii. 6. Infirmity, or Pain of the Jaw; from the Word חלהchalah, Infirmity: otherwise, Principle of Humility and Tenderness; from the Word תחלהthekilah, the Beginning. This Word is not Hebrew, for it is the Name of a River of Media, or of Colchis. ,חלחולHALHUL, a City, Josh. xv. 58. Trouble; from the Word חלחcalah, or חילkil: otherwise, Beginning of Sorrow, or of Impurity; from תחלה thekilah, Principle, Beginning, and חלהcalah, Trouble, and from חללchalal, impure, profane: otherwise, the Pain of Child-birth; from the Word חולhal, to bring forth: or Expectation of Pain; from the Word חוללcholel, to wait with Pain and Impatience.
,חליHALI, a City, Josh. xix. 25. Infirmity: otherwise, Prayer; from חלחchalah: otherwise, Bracelet; from חליהchelia.
Ἁλικαρνασσός, HALICARNASSUS, a City of Caria, 1 Macc. xv. 25. Head of the Sea, that is, a Passage of the Sea; from two Greek Words, ἁλς, which signifies the Sea, and κεφάλαι, which signifies the Head.
ἁλιάετος, ,עזנינהHALIÆTUS, a Sea-Eagle, Levit. xi. 13. The Hebrew Word hazninah may denote the black Eagle.
HALLELUIAH, see Allelujah. ,עלמהHALMA, a Virgin.
,חלוחשHALOHESH, Father of Shallum; Nehem. iii. 12. Enchanter; from the Word לחש lachash: otherwise, one that keeps Silence; from חשהchashah.
HALTING.
,חםHAM, or Cham, Son of Noah, Gen. v. 3. Hot, Heat, or brown. The Land of Ham is Egypt.
,המןHAMAN, the Name of a Prince, Esth. iii. 1. Noise, Tumult; from חמהhamah: otherwise, he that prepares; from מנהmanah. This Name is not Hebrew, and therefore its Etymology is not to be look’d for in that Language.
,חמתHAMATH, a City, 2 Kings xiv. 25. Anger, Heat; from חםkam, probably because there were Baths of hot Waters: otherwise, Wall; from חמהchomah.
,חמתיἀμαθι, HAMATHITES, Hamathæus, Son of Canaan, Gen. x. 18. Vessel, Bottle; from חמתchemeth: otherwise, Wall; from חמהchomah: otherwise, Heat of Anger; from חמםchamam.
,המדתאHAMMEDATHA, Father of Haman, Esth. iii. 1. He that troubles the Law; from הום hum, to trouble, and דתdath, the Law: otherwise, Measure; from מדדmadad. This is a Persian Name, whose Etymology cannot easily be had from the Hebrew. ,חמוןHAMMON, a City, Josh. xix. 28. His Anger, his Heat, his Sun. ,חמת־דארἀμαθδωρ, HAMMOTH-DOR, a City, Josh. xix. 35. xxi. 32. Anger, or Heat of Generation; from חםcham, Heat, and the Word דורdor, Age, Generation.
,עמונהor ,המונהπολυάνδριον, HA- MONAH, a City, Ezek. xxxix. 16. A Multitude, Tumult, or that reckons; from ,חמןand עמוןhamon, Truth, according to the Syriack.
,חמורHAMOR, Father of Shechem, Gen. xxxiii. 19. An Ass, or Clay, or Wine; all from the same Word, according to different Readings.
,חמואלHAMUEL, Son of Mishma, 1 Chron. iv. 26. Heat, or Anger of God; from חםHeat, &c. and from אלel, God: otherwise, Father-in-law; from חמהchamah: otherwise, God is his Father.
,חמולἰεμοὴλ, HAMUL, Son of Pharez, Gen. xlvi. 12. Pious, pitiful; from חמלchamal, to forgive.
,חמיטלHAMUTAL, Mother of Zedekiah Son of Josiah, 2 Kings xxiii. 31. The Shadow of his Heat; from חםcham, Heat, and טללtilel, the Shadow; or deriving it from טלtal, Dew, the Heat of the Dew.
,חנמאלHANAMEEL, Son of Shallum, Jerem. xxvii. 17. xxxii. 7. The Grace which comes from God, or Pity, or Gift of God; from חןken, or חנן chanan, and the Prepositon מmem, from, and אל el, God.
,חנןHANAN, Son of Maachah, 1 Chron. xi. 43. Favourable, liberal, pious, or merciful; from חן ken, or חנןkenan. ,חנגאלHANANEEL, the Name of a Tower, Nehem. iii. 1. Grace, Mercy, Gift of God; from חן ken, or חנןhanan, and אלel, God.
,חנניἀνανεὶ, HANANI, Father of Jehu the Prophet, 1 Kings xvi. 7. My Grace, my Mercy: otherwise, he has shew’d me Mercy.
,חנניהHANANIAH, Jerem. xxxvii. 12. Grace, Mercy, Gift of the Lord; from חןken, or חנןkanan, and יהjah, the Lord.
,חנתוןHANNATHON, a City, Josh. xix. 14. Grace, Mercy, or Gift; from ken, or kanan: otherwise, nathon, Gift; from the Word nathan, to give: otherwise, Encampment; from חנהcanah.
,חנםθάνεις, HANES, a City, Isa. xxx. 4. Temptation, or Standard of Grace; from נוה nazah, Standard: and Temptation, or Flight of Grace; from נוםnus, Flight, and חןken, Grace. ,חניאלHANIEL, Son of Ulla, 1 Chron. vii. 39. Grace, Mercy, Gift, or Rest of God; from חןken, &c. and אלel, God.
,חנהHANNAH, the Wife of Elkanah, 1 Sam. i. 2. Gracious, merciful: or he that gives; from חנן kanan.
HANNEKEL, a City, Josh. xix. 33.
,חניאלHANNIEL, Son of Ephod, Numb. xxxiv. 23. See Haniel.
,חנוןἀννῶν, HANUN, Son of Nahash, 2 Sam. x. 1. Gracious, merciful, or he that rests; see Hanan.
,חפריםἀφαρέμ, HAPHARIM, a City, Josh. xix. 19. They that dig, examine, or confound; from the Word חפרkaphar.
,הראHARA, a City of the Assyrians, 1 Chron. v. 26. Mountain; from the Word הרbar: otherwise, ready to bring forth; from הרהharah: otherwise, Demonstration.
,חרדהχαραδαὶ, HARADAH, one of the Encampments or Stations of the Israelites, Numb. xxxiii. 24. From הרדhared, Astonishment, Fear.
HARAKKAHIM, Father of Hananiah, Nehem. iii. 8.
,חרןἀράν, HARAN, Gen. xi. 32. The same as Charræ, a City of Mesopotamia. See Charan.
,הרןHARAN, Son of Terah, Gen. xi. 26. Mountain, or mountainous Country; from הר bar: otherwise, which is inclosed; from הרה harah: otherwise, Song, Cry; from רנןranan.
,הרריHARARITE, of the City Harar, 2 Sam. xxiii. 33. Country of Hills, or Rocks; from הררherer. The Septuagint read Arodi. ,חרבונהγαρεβωνὰ, HARBONAH, the Name of an Eunuch, Esth. i. 10. His Destruction, or his Sword, or his Dryness; from חרבcarab or careb, Destruction, Sword, and the Pronoun וo, his, or hers: otherwise, the Anger of him that builds, or that understands; from חרהkarah, Anger, and בינהbinah, Understanding, or בנהbanah, to build. This being a Persian Name, its Etymology is not easily found in the Hebrew Tongue.
HARD. ,ארנבתHARE, an Animal. Heb. Arnebeth.
,חרדHARED, the Name of a Fountain, Judg. vii. 1. Astonishment, Fear.
,חרתχάρεβ, HARETH, the Name of a Forest, 1 Sam. xxii. 5. To engrave: otherwise, Liberty; from חריםkorim, Freemen.
,חרהיהἀραγίας, HARHOHIAH, Father of Uzziel, Nehem. iii. 8. Heat, or Anger of the Lord; from חרהcharab, Heat, and יהjah, the Lord. ,חרחורἀρὴρ, HARHUR, the Name of a Man, Ezr. ii. 51. Burnt, fry’d; from חררcharar: otherwise, Anger, or Heat of Whiteness; from חרהcharab, Anger or Heat, and חורchur, Whiteness, Hole or Cavern, and the Word חריםkorim, Freemen.
,חריםχαρὶμ, HARIM, Head of the third sacerdotal Family, 1 Chron. xxiv. 8. Destroy’d, anathematized; from חרםcharam, Anathema.
,חרףHARIPH, Son of Hur, 1 Chron. ii. 51. Nehem. vii. 24. Winter, Affront, Youth; from חרף karaph, or koreph; or, according to the Syriack, sharp, pointed, subtle, ingenious.
,חרריHARITE, Vulgate, Ararites, a People, 1 Chron. xi. 34. Who is of the Mountains; from הר bar, a Mountain.
,חרנפרἀρναφεὶ, HARNEPHER, Son of Zophab, 1 Chron. vii. 36. The Anger of the Bull; from חרהcharah, Anger, and פרphar, a Bull: otherwise, the Anger which grows and increases; from פרהpharah, to grow, to increase: otherwise, the Liberty of the Bull, according to the Syriack and Hebrew.
,חרדיἀραρὶ, HAROD, or Harodi, a City, 2 Sam. xxiii. 25. Astonish’d, surprized; from חרד charad: otherwise, Abundance of Heat and Anger; from חרהcharab, Heat and Anger, and the Word דיdi, Plenty or Sufficiency.
HARODITE, 2 Sam. xxiii. 25. See Harod above.
,חרשתἀριστὼθ, HAROSHETH, a City, Judg. iv. 2. Agriculture, Silence, Deafness, or Vessel of Earth; from the Word חרשcha rash, or cheresh: or a Forest, according to the Syriack.
,כנרHARP, Heb. Cinnor, an Instrument of Musick.
,חרשאHARSHA, one of the Chief of the Nethinims, Ezr. ii. 52.
,הרוםἀρίμ, HARUM, Father of Abarbel, 1 Chron. iv. 8. Exalted, great; from the Word רום rum: otherwise, he that rejects or drives away; from רמהramah.
,חרומףHARUMAPH, Son of Jedaiah, Nehem. iii. 10. Destruction, or Anathema of the Mouth; from חרםkaram, Destruction, Anathema, and פהpe, Mouth: or, according to the Syriack, the Anger of the Covering.
,חרופיHARUPHITE, Descendant from Haruph, or Hariph, 1 Chron. xii. 5. See Hariph above.
,חרוץHARUZ, Father of Meshullemeth, 2 Kings xxi. 19. Cut, or pure, or trod down, or careful; from חרץcharatz.
,חסדיהHASADIAH, Son of Zerubbabel, 1 Chron. iii. 20. Mercy of the Lord; from חסד kesed, Mercy, Goodness, and יהjah, the Lord.
,הסנאהσανεά, HASENUAH, Father of Hodaviah, 1 Chron. ix. 7. Bush; from סנהsenah: otherwise, Enemy, according to the Syriack.
,חשביהἀβαβία, HASHABIAH, Son of Amaziah, 1 Chron. vi. 45. Reckoning, or Account of the Lord; from חשבchashab, and יהjah, the Lord.
,חשבנהHASHABNAH, a Man’s Name, Nehem. x. 25. Account, Thought, Haste of the Intelligent, or of him that builds; from חשבchosheb, and חושcush, to hasten. See the next Word.
,חשבניהHASHABNIAH, a Man’s Name, Nehem. ix. 5. Account, Intelligence, or Silence, (see Hashabnah) and from jah, the Lord: otherwise, Haste of the Son of the Lord; from חוש chush, to hasten, בןben, a Son, and יהjah, the Lord.
,חשברנהἀσυβδανά, HASH- BADANA, a Man’s Name, Nehem. viii. 4. Who makes Haste; from the Word חושcush: otherwise, he that thinks, or reckons judiciously; from חשב chosheb, and דינהdinah, Judgment: otherwise, he that conceals his Judgment; from חשהchashab, to keep Silence, and דיןdin, Judgment, and the Pronoun הah, his.
,חשםἀσίν, HASHEM, one of the principal Heads of the Jews, who return’d to Jerusalem. Their Silence, or their Eagerness; from חשה cashab, to keep Silence, or from the Word חושcush, to make Haste, and the Pronoun םam, theirs.
,חשםHASHEM, a Man’s Name, 1 Chron. xi. 34. Name, or Fame; from שםshem, a Name: otherwise, placed or put; from שוםshum, to place.
,חשמנהἀσεμονά, HASHMONAH, one of the Stations of the Israelites in the Wilderness. Diligence, or Enumeration; from חושchush, to hasten, and מניmeni, Reckoning: otherwise, Embassy, or Present; from חשמןcashman.
,חשובHASHUB, Son of Pahath-Moab, Nehem. iii. 11. Reckon’d, esteem’d, labour’d with Care; from the Word חשבchashab: otherwise, Artifice, or Art; from the same Root.
,חשבהHASHUBAH, Son of Zerubbabel; Vulgate, Hasaban, 1 Chron. iii. 20: Enumeration, Estimation, Thought, Industry; from the Word חשבchashab.
,חשםἀσήμ, HASHUM, a Man’s Name; Ezr. x. 33. Their Silence, their Haste; from חשה chashab; or from חושcush, to hasten; and the Pronoun םam, theirs. ,חסרהἀσήρ, HASRAH, Father of Tekoah; 2 Chron. xxxiv. 22. Defect, Want; from חסר chasar, to want.
,חשובHASSHUB, Son of Azricam; 1 Chron. ix. 14. Estimated, reckon’d, work’d with Care; from חשבchashab: otherwise, Artifice or Art; from the same Word:
,חסנאהHASSENAAH, a Man’s Name; Nehem. iii. 3. Bush; from the Word סנהsenah: or, according to the Syriac, Enemy.
,חשיפאἀσυφάθ, HASUPHA, one of the Chief of the Families of the Nethinims, Ezr. ii. 43. Spoil’d exhausted; from חשףchashaph.
,התךHATACH, the Name of an Eunuch, Esth. iv. 5. He that strikes. This Name is foreign to the holy Language, and therefore its Etymology cannot be derived from thence.
,חתתἀθέθ, HATHATH, Son of Othniel, 1 Chron. iv. 13. Breaking, Bruising, or Astonishment. The Septuagint read Athet.
HATING.
,חטיפאHATIPHA, one of the Heads of the Families of the Nethinims, Ezr. ii. 54. Pillage, Rapine; from חטףchataph: otherwise, the Remains of Sin; from חטאchatah, Sin.
,חטיטאHATITA, one of the Descendants of the Porters of the Temple, Ezr. ii. 42. The Declensions of Sin; from the Word חטאcata, Sin, and נטה natah, to decline.
,חטילHATTIL, one of the Chief of the Families of the Nethinims, Ezr. ii. 57. The Cry of Sin; from חטאcata, Sin, and ילילjalil, to cry.
,חטושHATTUSH, Son of Shemaiah, 1 Chron. iii. 22. He that forsakes Sin; from חטאchata, to sin, and טושtush, to fly away.
,חוילהἐνειλά, HAVILAH, the Name of one of the Sons of Cush, Gen. x. 7. Also a Son of Joktan, Gen. x. 29. Also a Land, or Country, Gen. ii. 11. That suffers Pain; from חוללkolel; otherwise, that brings forth; from חולchul: otherwise, that speaks, or declares to her; from חוהkivah, and the Pronoun להlah, to her.
,חותיאירαὐωθιαήρ, HAVOTH-JAIR, Villages, Deut. iii. 14. The Villages that enlighten, or that shew forth Light; from the Word חיות chavoth, a Village, and אורor, Light, and from the Word חוהkivah, to shew forth, These Places were the Portion of Jair, and his Children.
,חורןHAVRAN, a Place, Ezek. xlvii. 17. A Hole, hollow, Whiteness; from the Word חור chor, or hor, according to different Readings: otherwise, Liberty.
,חואלHAZAEL, King of Syria, 1 Kings xix. 17. That sees God; from חזהchazah, to see, אלel, God.
HAZAR-ADDAR, a Village, Numb. xxxiv. 4.
גדה- ,חצרHAZAR-GADDA, the Name of a Town, Josh. xv. 27. The Court of the Goat; from חצרchatzar, a Court, and גדיgedi, a Goat: otherwise, the Dwelling of Happiness: otherwise, according to the Syriack and Hebrew, the Court of his Incision, or of his Slit; from צדד tzadad, a Slit.
שועל- ,חצרHAZAR-SHUAL, a City, 1 Chron. iv. 28. Josh. xix. 3. Town, or Village, or Court, or Dwelling of the Fox; from חצר chatzar, a Court, and שועלshual, a Fox.
מות- ,חצרἀσαρμώθ, HAZAR-MAVETH, Son of Joktan, Gen. x. 26. Court, or Entry, or Dwelling of Death; from חצרcatzar, a Court, and מותmaveth, Death: or Hay of Death; from חצירchatzir, Hay.
סוסים- ,חצרHAZAR-SUSIM, a City, 1 Chron. iv. 31. Court of Horses; from חצרchatzar, a Court, and סוסsus, a Horse.
HAZAZEL, see Azazel.
,חזיהὀζία, HAZAIAH, Son of Adaiah, Nehem. xi. 5. Who sees the Lord; from חזהchazah, to see, and יהjah, the Lord.
,חצללפוניHAZELELPONI, Daughter of Etam, 1 Chron. iv. 3. Shade, and Sorrow of Countenance: otherwise, Submersion of the Face: from צללtzalal, to make sorrowful, and Shadow, and from פניםpanim, the Face.
,חצריםἀσηρώθ, HAZERIM, a City, Deut. ii. 23. Villages, Hamlets: otherwise, Hazeroth, Courts, Entries, Porches; from the Word חצר chatzer: otherwise, Arrows lifted up; from חצץ chatzatz, an Arrow or Dart, and רמםramam, lifted up. ,חצרותαὐλόν, HAZEROTH, the Name of a Wilderness, Deut. i. 1. Villages, Hamlets: otherwise, Court, or Porch; from חצרchatzar.
,חזיאלHAZIEL, Son of Shimei, 1 Chron. xxiii. 9. Who sees God; from חזהchazah, to see, and אלel, God.
תמר- ,חצצוןHAZEZON-TAMAR, the Name of a Village, Gen. xiv. 7. call’d otherwise Engedi, 2 Chron. xx. 2. Sand, or Flint, or Stone of change: from חצץchatzatz, Sand, &c. and מורmur, Change: otherwise, Division of the Palm; from חצהchatzah, to divide: or from the Word חץchetz, an Arrow or Dart, and תמר thamar, a Palm.
,חזוHAZO, Son of Nabor, Gen. xxii. 22. Prophet, or Seer.
,חצרHAZOR, in the Vulgate Asar, Josh. xix. 36. Court, or Hay; from the Word חצרchatzer, a Court, or חצירchatzir, Hay.
HEAD.
HEARING.
,עברHEBER, Son of Salab, Gen. x. 24. One that passes, or a Passage: otherwise, Anger, Wrath. ,חברHEBER, Son of Beriah, Gen. xlvi. 17. Companion, Associate, Enchanter: otherwise, Wound, Scar, Swelling; from חבורהchaburah.
,עבריἑβραῖος, HEBREW, descended from Heber the Son of Salah, Gen. xli. 12. See Heber above.
,חברוןχεβρών, HEBRON, a City of the Amorites, Gen. xiii. 18. Society, Friendship, Enchantment.
,עברנהHEBRONA, the Place of one of the Encampments of the Israelites, Numb. xxxiii. 34. Which passes, or is in Anger. See Heber.
,חברניχεβωνί, HEBRONITE, Descendant of Hebron, Numb. xxvi. 58. Friend, Ally, Enchanter.
HEDER, a Place.
HEDGE-HOG, an Animal.
,הגאHEGAI, or Hegse, the Name of an Eunuch, Esth. ii. 8. Meditation, Word, taking away, Separation, Groaning; from חגהbagah. This Name is Persian, and therefore its true Etymology is not to be found in the Hebrew Tongue.
חילםor ,חלאםχαλααμά, HELAM, a City. ‘Tis written Chelam, 2 Sam. x. 16, 17. Their Army, or their Trouble, their Strength; from חיל bail, or kail, an Army, Trouble, Strength, and the Pronoun םam, theirs: otherwise, Expectation; from חוללcholel: otherwise, Dream; from חלם chalam, to dose, to dream. ,חלבהHELBAH, a City, Judg. i. 31. Milk, or Fatness; from the Word חלבchalab: otherwise, he has dwelt in her; from the Word חולchul, to abide, and the Preposition בbeth, in, and the Pronoun הah, her.
,חלקתἑλκάθ, HELCATH, a City, Josh. xix. 25. Portion, Inheritance, Division; from חלק calac: otherwise, Softening, or Flattery; from the same Word.
חלדיor ,חלדהHELDAI, 1 Chron. xxvii. 15. A Man of the Race of Othniel. The World, &c. ,חלאהἑλαά, HELEAH, Wife of Asher, 1 Chron. xiv. 5. Infirmity; from חלהchalah: otherwise, Scum, Rust; from חלאchale.
HELEB, Son of Baanu, 2 Sam. xxiii. 29.
,חלקHELEK, Son of Gilead, Numb. xxvi. 30. Portion, Lightness, Slippery.
,חלקיχελενί, HELEKITES, Descendants of Helek, Numb. xxvi. 30. From the same Root.
,חלםHELEM, a Man’s Name, Zech. vi. 14. He that dreams or cures: otherwise, their Expectation, or their Trouble; from חוללcholel, or חילchil, and the Pronoun םam, theirs.
,חלםHELEM, Brother to Shamar, 1 Chron. vii. 35. Bruising.
HELENA, a Woman’s Name. Joseph.
,חלףμεελέφ, HELEPH, a City, Josh. xix. 33. Passage, Change; or to trace, to cleave, to pierce, to cut.
,חלץHELEZ, one of David’s thirty valiant Captains, 2 Sam. xxiii. 26. Armed, or spoiled and discomfited.
HELI, see Eli.
Ἡλιόδωρος, HELIODORUS, Lieutenant- General of the Armies of Seleucus King of Syria, 2 Macc. iii. 8. Gift of the Sun; a Greek Word, compounded of two others, of ἥλιος, the Sun; and the Word δώρον, a Gift. ,אֹןἡλιόπολις, HELIOPOLIS, in Hebrew On, or Aven, a City of Egypt, Gen. xli. 50. Ezek. xxx. 17. Heliopolis is compounded of two Greek Words; of ἥλιος, the Sun, and πόλις, a City. The Hebrew Word On signifies Force, Riches, Iniquity.
,חלקתHELKATH, a City, Josh. xxi. 31. xix. 29. Portion, Division, Partition, or that which is softned, made sweet; from the Word חלקchalack, to soften, to slip.
,חלקיἑλκέ, HELKAI, one of the Priests, or Levites, who return’d from Babylon to Jerusalem; Nehem. xii. 15. My Portion.
HELL. Ἑλλάς, HELLAS, Greece; 1 Macc. viii. 9.
Ἑλληνίσται, HELLENISTS; from Ἕλλην, a Greek.
,חלוןἀλάμ, HELON, Father of Eliab, Numb. i. 9. Or the Name of a City, the same mention’d Jerem. xlviii. 21. Window: otherwise, Profanation; from the Word חללchalal: otherwise, Sickness or Infirmity; from חלתchalah.
,חימםHEMAN, Son of Lotan, Gen. xxxvi. 22. 1 Chron. i. 39. Their Trouble, or their Tumult; from the Word המהhamah, Trouble, and the Pronoun םam, theirs.
,הימןHEMAN, Son of Mahol, 1 Kings iv. 31. Much, or in great number: otherwise, Tumult; from המהhamah, Trouble: or, according to the Syriack, faithful: otherwise, Faith, Trust, Confidence, Credit; from the Word האמיןamen.
,חמרןἀβαδά, HEMDAN, Son of Dishon, Gen. xxxvi. 26. He is call’d ,חמרןAmram, 1 Chron. i. 41. where there is found a רresh, instead of a ד daleth. Desire, or Heat of Judgment; from the Word חםcham or chum, Heat, and from חמד chemed, Desire, Lust, and דיןdin, Judgment.
,עמונהκαραφά, or καφαραμμωνά, HE- MONA, a City, Josh. xviii. 24. In the Vulgate, Emona. Popular, or of our People; from the Word עםham, a People, and the Pronoun נוnu, ours.
,חןHEN, in the Vulgate Hem, a Man’s Name, Zech. vi. 14. Grace; from the Word חןken: and Pity; from חנןchanan: otherwise, Quiet, or Rest; from חנהchanah.
,הנעHENA, an Idol, 2 Kings xviii. 34. Motion, Trouble. This Idol is thought to be the Anais of the Persians: otherwise, Nanæa, Venus, the Star of Venus, or Lucifer. Its Root is not properly Hebrew. ,חנדדἀννάδά, HENADAD, Father of Bavai, Nehem. iii. 18. Grace, Mercy of the Well-beloved; from חןchen, or חנןchanan, and from דוד dod, beloved.
HEPHA, a Town’s Name.
,חפרHEPHER, Son of Asher, 1 Chron. iv. 6. Also a part of the Land of Promise, Josh. xii. 17. He that seeks, or treads under: otherwise, Disgrace, and Confusion; from חפרchaphar.
,חפריHEPHERITES, Descendants from Hepher, Numb. xxvi. 32. The same Root.
,הפתחἐφφαθά, HEPHETHACH, in the Vulgate Ephphetha, an Expression which signifies to open: otherwise, open thou, in the Imperative. See Mark vii. 34.
,חפציבהἐψιβά, HEPHZIBAH, the Mother of Manasseh, 2 Kings xxi. 1. My Will in her; from the Word חפץchaphatz, to will, and the Preposition בoeth, in, and the Pronoun הah, her. See Isaiah xlii. 4.
Ἡρακλῆς, HERCULES, in Greek, Heracles, 2 Macc. iv. 19. The Glory of Juno, or of her that governs; from the Word ἥρα, Juno, and κλέος, Glory.
,חרסἄρες, HERES, the Name of a Mountain, Judg. i. 35. Sun: otherwise, an earthen Vessel; from the Word חרשcheresh.
Αἵρεσις, HERESY. Ἑρμαφροδίτης, HERMAPHODITE, of Mercury and Venus.
Ἑρμῆς, HERMES, a Friend of St. Paul’s, Rom. xvi. 14. A Greek Word, signifying Mercury, or Gain, or Refuge.
Ἑρμογένης, HERMOGENES, an Adversary of St. Paul’s, 2 Tim. i. 15. A Greek Word, signifying born of Mercury, or Generation of Lucre, or Refuge of Generation; from the Word ἑρμῆς, Mercury, and γένεσις, Generation.
,חרמוןHERMON, a Mountain, Deut. iii. 8. Anathema, Destruction.
,חרמוניםHERMONIIM, the Mountains of Hermon, Psal. xli. 7. Ἑρμόπολις, HERMOPOLIS, the City of Mercury.
Ἡρώδης, HEROD, a King of the Jews. According to the Greek, the Glory of the Skin; from the Word ἥρος, Favour, Glory, and δέρας, the Skin: or rather, Son of the Hero: or, according to the Syriack, a Dragon in the Fire.
Ἡρωδιανοί, HERODIANS, Courtiers, or Subjects of Herod, or Officers commission’d by him for levying the Tributes, Matth. xxii. 16. From the same Root.
Ἡρῳδιάς, HERODIAS, the Wife of Herod, Matth. xiv. 3. Ἡρῳδίων, HERODION, a Cousin of St. Paul’s, Rom. xvi. 11. Song of Juno; from ἥρα, Juno, and ἡρωϊκῶν, an heroick Song: or rather, the Conqueror of Heroes.
HERODIUS.
HEROON, a City.
,חצרἀσώρ, HESER, a City, 1 Kings ix. 15. Village: otherwise, Court, or Hay.
,חשבוןHESHBON, a City of the Moabites, Numb. xxi. 30. Invention, Industry, or Thought; from the Word חשבchashab: otherwise, he that hastens to understand, or to build; from the Word חושchush, and from בינהbinah, to understand, or בנהbanah, to build.
,חשמוןHESHMON, a City, Josh. xv. 27. Number, or Account ready, or abridg’d; from חוש cush, Haste, and מניmeni, Enumeration: or Silence of Number, or of the Portion; from חשה chashah, Silence, and מנהmanah, Portion.
,חצריἀσαρέ, HESRAI, one of David’s thirty valiant Captains, 2 Sam. xxiii. 35. the same who is call’d Hezro, 1 Chron. xi. 36. The Court, the Habitation, or the Hay; from the Word חצר chatzar, Court, or Entry, and from חצירchatzir, Hay.
HESRON, see Hezron.
,חתκὲθ, HETH, the Name of a Man and People, Gen. xxiii. 3. Trembling, or Fear; from the Word חתcath, or חתתchathath: or, according to the Syriack, Descent.
,חתלוןἀιθαλὼμ, HETHLON, a City at the northern Confines of Judea, Ezek. xlvii. 15. Fearful Dwelling; from the Word חתcath, to bruise, or fear, and מלוןmalon, Lodging, Habitation; or from the Word לןlun, to lodge, to pass the Night: otherwise, his Covering; from חתל cathal, to cover, to wrap up, and the Pronoun ן an, his.
,חזקיהHEZEKIAH, King of Judah, Son of Abaz, 2 Kings xviii. 1. Strength of the Lord; from the Word חזקchazac, Strength, and יהjah, the Lord: otherwise, taken and supported by the Lord; from the same Words.
,חזיוןἀζιών, HEZION, Father of Gabrimon, 1 Kings xv. 18. Vision, or Prophecy; from the Verb חזהchazah, to see, to prophesy.
,חזירχηζείρ, HEZIR, one of the Heads of the twenty-four Classes of the Levites, 1 Sam. xxiv. 15. Hog: or, according to the Syriack, converted, or return’d.
,חצרוHEZRO, the same as Hesrai before; 1 Chron. xi. 36.
,חצרוןHEZRON, Son of Reuben, Gen. xlvi. 9. The Dart of Joy; from חץkets, a Dart, and from רנןranan, a Cry of Joy: otherwise, Division of the Song; from חצהcatzab, to divide, and ranan: otherwise, Court; from חצרcatzar: otherwise, Hay; from חצירcatzir. Also a City, Josh. xv. 13.
,חצרוניHEZRONITES, the Posterity of Hezron, Numb. xxvi. 6.
,חריHIDDAI, a Man’s Name, 2 Sam. xxiii. 30. otherwise, Hurai, 1 Chron. xi. 32. Praise, or Cry; from the Word הודhod, Praise, and from הדדhedad, Cry: otherwise, to sharpen; from the Word חדדchadad.
HIDING.
,חיאלχιήλ, HIEL, he that rebuilt Jericho, 1 Kings xvi. 34. God lives, or the Life of God; from the Word חיהchajah, to live, and אלel, God. Ἱεράπολις, HIERAPOLIS, a City, Coloss. iv. 13. Holy City; from the two Greek Words, ἱερὸν, holy, and πόλις, a City.
Ἱερώνυμος, HIERONYMUS, a Man’s Name, 2 Macc. xii. 2. Holy Name; from the Greek Word ἱερὰ, holy, and ὄνομα, a Name.
HIERUSALEM, see Jerusalem. ,במותHIGH-PLACES.
HILEN, a City. See Holon.
,חלקיהor ,חלקיהוχελκίας, HILKIAH, Father of Eliakim, 2 Kings xviii. 18. ‘Tis variously written in the Hebrew: Isa. xxii. 20. God is my Portion; from the Word חלקתchelcath, and יה jah, the Lord.
,חללHILLEL, Father of Abdon, Judg. xii. 12. He that praises; from the Word הלולhillul: otherwise, Folly; from the Word הללhalal: otherwise, Lucifer; from היללhelel.
,היןHIN, an Hebrew Measure of Things liquid, Ezek. iv. 11.
HIND.
HINDERING.
,הנםHINNOM, a Valley, Josh. xv. 8. There they are; from the Adverb הןhen, there, and the Pronoun םam, they: otherwise, their Riches; from the Word ,הוןRiches, and the Pronoun םam, theirs.
HIPPOPOTAMUS. Ἵππος, HIPPOS, a City. Joseph. An Horse.
Ἱππικὸς, HIPPICOS, a Tower. Belonging to an Horse.
,חירםχειράμ, HIRAM, King of Tyre, 2 Sam. v. 11. otherwise Huram, according to the Hebrew; see afterwards. Elevation, or Exaltation of Life; from the Word חיהchajah, Life, and רוםrum, Elevation.
,חורםHIRAM, or Huram, according to the Hebrew, King of Tyre, 2 Chron. ii. 3. Their Whiteness; from the Word חורcur, Whiteness, and the Pronoun םam, theirs: otherwise, their Hole, or their Liberty; from the same Word, and the Pronoun םam, theirs: otherwise, he that destroys, or anathematizes; from the Word חרםcharam.
,חירהεἰράς, HIRAS, the Name of an Adullamite, Gen. xxxviii. 1. Liberty, or Anger; from the Word חררchorar, to deliver, or חרהcharah, to be angry.
Ἱρκανὸς, HIRCANUS, the Name of a Man, Hircanian, 2 Macc. iii. 11. The Taker of the City; from the Word קנהcanah, Possessor, and עירhir, a City. But this is rather a Surname borrow’d from the Greeks. His proper Hebrew Name was John: He was call’d Hircanian upon the occasion of some Event, which to us is unknown.
Ἱρκανεῖον, HIRCANION, a Castle. Joseph.
שמש- ,עירHIR-SHEMESH, a City, Josh. xix. 41. The City of the Sun; from עיר hir, a City, and שמשshemesh, the Sun.
HISSING.
,חתיםχεττίμ, HITTITES, or Hethim, Descendants from Heth the Son of Canaan, Gen. x. 15. Who is broken, or fears: or, according to the Syriack, who descends.
,חויεὐαῖος, HIVI, Son of Canaan, Gen. x. 17. My Life; from חוהchevah, Life, and the Pronoun יi, my.
,עויםἐβαῖα, HIVITES, or Hevim, a People, Deut. ii. 23. Wicked, bad, or Wickedness; from עוהhavah, Iniquity.
,חזקיHIZKI, Son of Elpaal, 1 Chron. viii. 17. Strong, or that takes; from חזקchazak, to seize, to take.
,חבבHOBAB, the Son of Reuel, Numb. x. 29. Favour’d and belov’d; from the Word חבב chabab, to love.
,חובהχωβάλ, HOBAH, a Country, Gen. xiv. 15. Love, Friendship; from the Word חבבchabab: otherwise, Secrecy; from the Word חבהchabab: otherwise, Debtor; from the Word חובchub.
,הודHOD, Son of Zophab, 1 Chron. vii. 37. Praise, Glory. ,הודיהHODAIAH, Sister of Naham, 1 Chron. iv. 9. The Lord is my Praise, or Praise, or Confession of the Lord; from הודhod, to praise, and יהjah, the Lord.
,הודויהᾠδουία, HODAVIAH, Odeviah, or Odoia, Nehem. x. 13. 1 Chron. v. 24. The Lord is my Praise, Praise, or Confession of the Lord; from the Word הודhod, to praise, and יה jah, the Lord.
HODIJAH, a Man’s Name, Nehem. viii. 7. From the same.
HODOVIAH, see Hodaviah above. ,חרשχόδες, HODESH, Wife of Shabaraim, 1 Chron. viii. 9. Month; from חרשchodesh, Month, or Novelty; from חרשchadash.
,חרשיHODSHI, the Name of a Place, 2 Sam. xxiv. 6. Renewing, or the first Day of the Month: or, according to the Syriack, a Present, or a new Present. ,חגלהHOGLAH, Daughter of Zelophehad, Numb. xxvi. 33. His Festival, or his Dance; from the Word חגגchagag, and the Pronoun הah, his.
,הוהםἐλὰμ, HOHAM, King of Hebron, Josh. x. 3. Woe to them; from הויhoi, and the Pronoun םam; them: otherwise, he that troubles and disquiets; from the Word הוםhum.
HOLINESS. Ὁλόκαυστον, HOLOCAUST, intirely burnt; from ὅλος, the whole, and καίω, to burn. חרנה- ,חלפὁλοφέρνης, HOLOFERNES, Lieutenant-General of Nebuchadnezzar’s Army, Judith ii. 5. Strong and courageous Captain; from the Hebrew Word חילchail, strong, and phernes, Captain, according to the Syriack. This is a Persian Name, and therefore it is difficult to find its Root in the Hebrew. One might also explain it by he that breaks Anger, or the Officer of the Serpent of the Devil.
,חלוןχλαν, HOLON, a City, Josh. xv. 51. In the Vulgate Olon. A Window: otherwise, Profanation; from the Word חלchol: otherwise, Trouble; from the Word חלהchalah.
,חמםἔμαμ, HOMAM, Son of Lotan, 1 Chron. i. 39. Their Tumult, or their Noise; from המהamah, a Tumult or Noise, and the Pronoun ם am, theirs.
HOMONÆUS, a Place. Joseph.
HOPE.
,חפניHOPHNI, Son of the High-priest Eli, 1 Sam. i. 3. He that covers; from the Word חפף chaphaph: otherwise, my Fist; from the Word חפן chophen.
,הפרעἀφρῆ, HOPHRAH, King of Egypt, Jerem. xliv. 30. An Egyptian Name, whose Etymology it would be in vain to seek for in the Hebrew Tongue.
,הרHOR, a Mountain, Numb. xx. 22. Who conceives, or shews.
,חורםἐλὰμ, HORAM, King of Gezer, Josh. x. 33. Their Mountains, or who conceives them or shews them; from the Word חרchor, and the Pronoun םam, theirs, them. The Septuagint read a לlamed instead of a רresh. ,חרבχωρὴβ, HOREB, a Mountain or Rock, Exod. iii. 1. xvii. 6. Desart, Solitude, Destruction; Dryness, the Sword.
,חרםὥραμ, HOREM, a City, Josh. xix. 38. Destruction, Anathema, Nets, Snares; a Thing devoted or consecrated to God.
,חריχορρὶ, HORI, Son of Lotham, Gen. xxxvi. 22. Prince, Free-man, or who is in a Passion: from חרהcharah.
,חוריםχορραῖοι, HORITES, a People, Gen. xiv. 6. Princes, Heroes, or Free-men: otherwise, who are in a Passion; from חרהcharah.
,חרמהῥαμὰ, HORMAH, a City, Josh. xix. 29. Which is lifted up; from the Word רמםramam, or רוםrum: otherwise, to reject; from the Word רמה ramah.
,חרמהἑρμὰ, HORMAH, the Name of a Place, Numb. xxi. 3. The same as Hormah; Josh. xv. 30. and as Beth-alarma, or as Arma; for the Vulgate takes them for two different Cities; Josh. xix. 4. Destruction, Anathema. See Horem before.
HORN. ,חרןHORON, a City.
,חרניἀρωνὶ, HORONITE, of the City Horon, Nehem. ii. 10. Anger, or Fury; from the Word חרהcharah: otherwise Liberty, according to the Syriack.
,חרניםἀρωνὶμ, HORONAIM, two Towns or Cities of the Moabites, Isai. xv. 5. Anger, Rages; from חרהkarah: otherwise, Hole, Care; from חור cur. Liberty, according to the Syriack.
,חסהὡσὰ, HOSAH, a Man’s Name, 1 Chron. xxvi. 10. He that relies on, or he that protects.
,חוזיὁρῶντες, HOSAI, a Prophet, 2 Chron. xxxiii. 19. Seeing; from חזהchazah, to see.
נא- ,הושיעὡσαννὰ, HOSANNA, a Cry of Joy, Matth. xxi. 9. Hebrew, Hoshiah-na, Save me, I pray; from the Word ישעjashab, to save, and from נאna, I pray you: otherwise, save me presently.
,הושעὡσηὲ, HOSEA, the Prophet, Son of Elah, 2 Kings xv. 30. Saviour, or Safety; from the Word ישעjasha.
,הושעיהἀσαίας, HOSHAIAH, a Man’s Name, Nehem. xii. 32. The Lord is my Saviour, or let the Lord save, or Salvation of the Lord; from ישעjasha, Saviour, and יהjah, the Lord.
,הושמעσωβαμὰ, HOSHAMA, Son of Jeconiah, Son of Joakim, 1 Chron. iii. 18. Who is heard, who hears, or who obeys; from the Word שמע Shamah.
,חותםHOTHAM, Son of Heber, 1 Chron. vii. 32. Seal, or Enclosure.
,הותירHOTHIR, Son of Heman, 1 Chr. xxv. 4. Excellent, or Posterity, or that which remains; from יתרjathar.
,חקקהἰακὼλ, HUKOK, or Hukkok, a City, Josh. xix. 34. Engraving; from the Word חקק chakak: otherwise, Statutes, Laws; from חק chok. ,חולἁλ, HUL, Son of Aram, Gen. x. 23. Pain, Infirmity, bringing forth Children, Sand, or Expectation; from the Word חוללcholal, or חולchol.
,חלדהHULDAH, the Prophetess, 2 Kings xxii. 14. The World.
HUMLAH, a City, Josh. xv. 54.
,חמטאHUMTAH, a City, Josh. xv. 54. Lizard, or Snail; from חמטchomet.
,חופםὁλὰμ, HUPHAM, Son of Benjamin, Numb. xxvi. 39. Their Bed, their Covering, from the Word חפףchaphaph, and the Pronoun םam, theirs. 680An E T Y M O L O G I C A L D I C T I O N A R Y ; o r HUPHAMITES, Descendants of Hupham, Numb. xxvi. 39.
HUPPAH, one of the Heads of the twenty-four Sacerdotal Families, 1 Chron. xxiv. 13. A Bed: otherwise, Covering; from the Word chaphaph: or else, his Shore, or his Harbour; from the Word chopb, and the Pronoun ab, his.
HUPPIM, Son of Machir, 1 Chron. vii. 15. See the next.
HUPPIM, Son of Hur, 1 Chron. vii. 12. Their Bed, or their Covering; from the Word chaphaph, or chapha, and the Pronoun am, theirs: or Sea-shore; from chuf, and jam, the Sea.
HUR, Son of Judah, 1 Chron. iv. 1. Liberty; from the Word chorim: otherwise, Whiteness, Hole, Cavern; from the Word chur.
HURAI, one of the thirty valiant Captains of David’s Army, call’d Haddai, 2 Sam. xxiii. 30. a daleth being put for a resh; derived from the same Root as Hur.
HURAM, Son of Balak, 1 Chron. viii. 5. Their Liberty, their Whiteness, their Hole, or their Cavern; from the Word chur, and the Pronoun am, theirs. See Hur.
HURI, Father of Shaphat, Numb. xiii. 6. Who is in Anger; from charab: otherwise, Liberty, Hole, Cavern; see Hur before.
HUSHAH, a Man’s Name, 1 Chron. iv. 4. Who holds his Tongue; from cashab: otherwise, who hastens; from cush: otherwise, sensual; from the same Word.
HUSHAI, the Friend of David, 2 Sam. xv. 32. See the next.
HUSHAM, the third King of Edom, Gen. xxxvi. 34. Their Haste, or their Sensuality; from the Word chush: otherwise, their Silence; from chashab, and am, theirs.
HUSHATH, a City. 2 Sam. xxi. 18. See Husham before.
HUSHATHITE, an Inhabitant of Hushath, 1 Chron. xxvii. 11.
HUSHIM, Son of Aber, 1 Chron. vii. 12. That hold their Tongue: or that make Haste; from chashab, to keep Silence; or from chush, to make Haste.
HUSHIM, the second Wife of Shaharaim, 1 Chron. viii. 8. See Husham before.
HYÆNA.
HYADES, a Constellation of Stars that portended Rain, Job ix. 9. From ὑετὸς, Rain.
HYMENÆUS, the Name of an Apostate from the Faith of Jesus Christ, 2 Tim. ii. 17. A Greek Word, signifying nuptial, or Marriage, or the God of Marriage.
HYMN, a Devout Song.
HYPOCRITE, an Actor, a Dissembler.
HYSSOP, an Herb. Heb. Esob. I.