HOLINESS ho'-li-nes (qadhosh, "holy," qodhesh, "holiness"; hagios, "holy"): I. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT MEANING OF THE TERM 1. The Holiness of God (1) Absoluteness and Majesty (2) Ethical Holiness 2. Holiness of Place, Time and Object 3. Holiness of Men (1) Ceremonial (2) Ethical and Spiritual II. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT: THE CHRISTIAN CONCEPTIO

HOLD hold: In the American Standard Revised Version frequently "stronghold" (Judges 9:49; 1 Samuel 22:4; 24:22; 2 Samuel 5:17; 23:14; 1 Chronicles 11:16; 12:16). See FORTIFICATION. In Revelation 18:2 for the King James Version "cage" (phulake) the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes, as in first clause, "hold," and in the margin "pr

HOLDING hol'-ding: Occurs with various shades of meaning: (1) as the translation of tamakh, "to acquire," it has the sense of taking, obtaining (Isaiah 33:15, the Revised Version (British and American) "that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe," the English Revised Version, as the King James Version, "holding"); (2) of kul, "to hold," "contain

HOISE hoiz: The older form of "hoist" (Old English, hoise), to raise, to lift, and is the translation of epairo, "to lift up": "they .... hoised up the mainsail to the wind" (Acts 27:40). the Revised Version (British and American) "and hoisting up the foresail to the wind"; Wycliff has "lefte up" Tyndale "hoysed up." Copyright Statement These file

HOHAM ho'-ham (hoham, "whom Yahweh impels(?)" Gesenius): An Amorite king of Hebron and one of the five kings of the Amorites who leagued for war on Gibeon because of its treaty of peace with Joshua. The five were defeated in the decisive battle of Beth-horon, shut up in the cave at Makkedah in which they had taken refuge, and after the battle were

HOGLAH hog'-la (choghlah, "partridge"): The third of five daughters of Zelophehad of the tribe of Manasseh (Numbers 26:33). Zelophehad leaving no male heir, it was made a statute that the inheritance in such cases should pass to the daughters, if such there were, as joint heirs, on condition, however, of marriage within the tribe (Numbers 27:1-11;

HODIAH; HODIJAH ho-di'-a, ho-di'-ja (hodhiyah, "splendor of Yah"): (1) A brother-in-law of Naham (1 Chronicles 4:19), and possibly for that reason reckoned a member of the tribe of Judah. the King James Version translate "his wife" is wrong. (2) One of the Levites who explained to the people the Law as read by Ezra (Nehemiah 8:7) and led their pr

HODEVAH ho-de'-va, ho'-de-va (hodhewah, hodheyah, "splendor of Yah"): A Levite and founder of a Levite family, seventy-four of whom returned from exile with Zerubbabel, 538 BC (Nehemiah 7:43). the American Revised Version, margin gives as another reading "Hodeiah." In Ezra 2:40 he is called Hodaviah, of which Hodevah and Hodeiah are slight textual

HODAVIAH hod-a-vi'-a (hodhawyah, or hodhawyahu; the Septuagint's Codex Alexandrinus, Hodouia): (1) One of the heads of the half-tribe of Manasseh on the East of the Jordan (1 Chronicles 5:24). (2) A Benjamite, the son of Hassenuah (1 Chronicles 9:7). (3) A Levite, who seems to have been the head of an important family in that tribe (Ezra 2:40).

HODESH ho'-desh (chodhesh, "new moon"): One of the wives of Shaharaim, a Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:9). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HODESH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HOD hod (hodh, "majesty," "splendor"; the Septuagint's Codex Alexadrinus, Hod; Codex Vaticanus, Oa): One of the sons of Zophah, a descendant of Asher (1 Chronicles 7:37). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HOD'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".

HODAIAH ho-da'-ya. See HODAVIAH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HODAIAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HOCK (`aqar, "to root out"): To hamstring, i.e. to render useless by cutting the tendons of the hock (in the King James Version and the English Revised Version "hough"). "In their selfwill they hocked an ox" (Genesis 49:6, the King James Version "digged down a wall"), in their destructiveness maiming those which they could not carry off: See also

HOBAIAH ho-ba'-ya (chobhayah, "whom Yahweh hides," i.e. "protects"): The head of a priestly family that returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. Because they could not trace their genealogy, they were not permitted to serve in the priestly office (Nehemiah 7:63). In the Qere of this passage and in the parallel list of Ezra 2:61, this name appears in

HOBAB ho'-bab (chobhabh, "beloved"; Septuagint Obab): This name occurs only twice (Numbers 10:29; Judges 4:11). It is not certain whether it denotes the father-in-law or the brother-in-law of Moses. The direct statement of Numbers 10:29 is that Hobab was "the son of Reuel" (the King James Version "Raguel"). This is probably the correct view and fi

HOBAH ho'-ba (chobhah): A place "on the left hand," i.e. to the North of "Damascus," to which Abraham pursued the defeated army of Chedorlaomer (Genesis 14:15). It is probably identical with the modern Choba, about 60 miles Northwest of Damascus. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. Gen

HOAR-FROST; HOARY hor'-frost. See FROST. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HOAR-FROST; HOARY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HOAR; HOARY hor, hor'-i. See COLOR (8); HAIR. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HOAR; HOARY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HIZKIAH hiz-ki'-a (chizqiyah; Septuagint Ezekia, "strength of Yah"): (1) A son of Neariah, a descendant of David (1 Chronicles 3:23, the King James Version "Hezekiah"). (2) An ancestor of the prophet Zephaniah (Zec 1:1). In the Revised Version (British and American) this word is here translated "Hezekiah." This name again appears in Nehemiah 10:1

HIZKI hiz'-ki (chizqi; Septuagint Azaki; the King James Version Hezeki): A son of Elpaal, a descendant of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:17). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HIZKI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.