HELIODORUS he-li-o-do'-rus (Heliodoros): Treasurer of the Syrian king Seleucus IV, Philopator (187-175 BC), the immediate predecessor of Antiochus Epiphanes who carried out to its utmost extremity the Hellenizing policy begun by Seleucus and the "sons of Tobias." Greatly in want of money to pay the tribute due to the Romans as one of the results o

HELIOPOLIS he-li-op'-o-lis. See ON. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HELIOPOLIS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HELEZ he'-lez (chelets "vigor"; Septuagint Selles, Chelles): (1) 2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:27; 27:10. One of David's mighty men; according to 1 Chronicles 27:10, he belonged to the sons of Ephraim and was at the head of the 7th course in David's organization of the kingdom. (2) Septuagint Chelles, 1 Chronicles 2:39. A man of Judah of the cl

HELI he'-li (Helei for `eli): (1) The father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, in Luke's account of the genealogy of Jesus (Luke 3:23). (2) An ancestor of Ezra (2 Esdras 1:2). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HELI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclope

HELEM he'-lem: (1) helem; Septuagint Codex Vaticanus, Balaam, omitting "son," Codex Alexandrinus, huios Elam, "son of Elam" (1 Chronicles 7:35). A great-grandson of Asher, called Hotham in 1 Chronicles 7:32. The form "Elam" appears as the name of a Levite in 1 Esdras 8:33. (2) chelem, "strength," regarded by Septuagint as a common noun (Zechariah

HELEPH he'-lef (cheleph): A place on the southern border of Naphtali (Joshua 19:33); unidentified. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HELEPH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HELED he'-led (cheledh, 1 Chronicles 11:30). See HELDAI. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HELED'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HELEK he'-lek chelekh): Son of Gilead the Manassite (Numbers 26:30; Joshua 17:2). Patronymic, Helekites (Numbers 26:30). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HELEK'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HELEB he'-leb chelebh, 2 Samuel 23:29). See HELDAI. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HELEB'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HELCHIAH hel-ki'-a. See HELKIAS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HELCHIAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HELDAI hel'-da-i (chelday): (1) A captain of the temple-service, appointed for the 12th month (1 Chronicles 27:15). Same as Heled (cheledh) in parallel list (compare 1 Chronicles 11:30), and is probably also to be identified with Heleb, son of Baanah the Metophathite, one of David's heroic leaders (2 Samuel 23:29). (2) One of a company of Jews wh

HELBAH hel'-ba (chelbah): A place in the territory assigned to Asher (Judges 1:31). It may be identical with Mahalliba of Sennacherib's prism inscription. The site, however, has not been recovered. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HELBAH'". "International

HELBON hel'-bon (chelbon; Chelbon, Chebron): A district from which Tyre received supplies of wine through the Damascus market (Ezekiel 27:18); universally admitted to be the modern Halbun, a village at the head of a fruitful valley of the same name among the chalk slopes on the eastern side of Anti-Lebanon, 13 miles North-Northwest of Damascus, wh

HELAH he'-la (chel'ah): A wife of Ashhur, father of Tekoa (1 Chronicles 4:5,7). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HELAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HELAM he'-lam (chelam, 2 Samuel 10:16; in 16:17 with the he of locale; Septuagint Hailam): A place near which David is said to have defeated the Aramean world under Hadarezer (2 Samuel 10:16). Its site is unknown. Cornill and others introduce it into the text of Ezekiel 47:16 from the Septuagint Heliam). This would place it between the territories

HEIGHT; HEIGHTS hit, The English terms represent a large number of Hebrew words (gobhah, marom, qomah, rum, etc.). A chief thing to notice is that in the Revised Version (British and American) "height" and "heights" are frequently substituted for other words in the King James Version, as "coast" (Joshua 12:23), "region" (1 Kings 4:11), "borders" (J

HEIR ar: 1. The Word "Heir": In the New Testament "heir" is the invariable translation of kleronomos (15 times), the technical equivalent in Greek, and of the compound sunkleronomos, "co-heir," in Romans 8:17; Ephesians 3:6; Hebrews 11:9; 1 Peter 3:7 (in Galatians 4:30; Hebrews 1:14, contrast the King James Version and the Revised Version (Britis

HEGEMONIDES heg-e-mon'-i-dez, hej-e-mo-ni'-dez (Hegemonides): The Syrian officer placed in command of the district extending from Ptolemais to the Gerrenians (2 Macc 13:24). It is not easy to see how in the King James Version and even in Swete's revised text the word can be taken as a mere appellative along with strategon, the two being rendered "

HEIFER hef'-er (parah, in Numbers 19 (see following article) and Hosea 4:16; `eghlah, elsewhere in the Old Testament; damalis, in Hebrews 9:13):For the "heifer of three years old" in the King James Version, the Revised Version margin of Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:34, see EGLATH-SHELISHIYAH. A young cow (contrast BULLOCK). The `eghlah figures specific

HEIFER, RED In Numbers 19 a rite is described in which the ashes of a "red heifer" and of certain objects are mixed with running water to obtain the so-called "water for impurity." (Such is the correct translation of the American Standard Revised Version in Numbers 19:9,13,10,21; 31:23. In these passages, the King James Version and the English Revi