HAVVOTH-JAIR hav-oth-ja'-ir (chawwoth ya'ir "the encampments" or "tent villages of Jair"; the King James Version Havoth-Jair, ha-voth-ja'ir): The word chawwoth occurs only in this combination (Numbers 32:41; Deuteronomy 3:14; Judges 10:4), and is a legacy from the nomadic stage of Hebrew life. Jair had thirty sons who possessed thirty "cities," an

HAWK hok (nets; hierax, and glaux; Latin Accipiter nisus): A bird of prey of the genus accipiter. Large hawks were numerous in Palestine. The largest were 2 ft. long, have flat heads, hooked beaks, strong talons and eyes appearing the keenest and most comprehensive of any bird. They can sail the length or breadth of the Holy Land many times a day.

HAVOC hav'-ok: "Devastation," "to make havoc of" is the translation of lumainomai, "to stain," "to disgrace"; in the New Testament "to injure," "destroy" (Acts 8:3, "As for Saul he made havoc of the church," the Revised Version (British and American) "laid waste"; 1 Maccabees 7:7, "what havoc," the Revised Version (British and American) "all the h

HAVVAH hav'-a (chawwah): Hebrew spelling, rendered Eve, "mother of all living," Genesis 3:20 the Revised Version margin. See EVE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HAVVAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HAVENS, FAIR ha'-v'-nz. See FAIR HAVENS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HAVENS, FAIR'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HAVILAH hav'-i-la (chawilah; Heuila): (1) Son of Cush (Genesis 10:7; 1 Chronicles 1:9). (2) Son of Yoktan, descendant of Shem (Genesis 10:29; 1 Chronicles 1:23). (3) Mentioned with Shur as one of the limits of the territory of the Ishmaelites (Genesis 25:18); compare the same limits of the land of the Amalekites (1 Samuel 15:7), where, however,

HAVE hav: "To have" is to own or possess; its various uses may be resolved into this, its proper meaning. A few of the many changes in the Revised Version (British and American) are, for "a man that hath friends" (Proverbs 18:24), "maketh many friends," margin (Hebrew) "a man of friends"; for "all that I have" (Luke 15:31), "all that is mine"; fo

HAVEN ha'-v'-n (1) choph (Genesis 49:13, the Revised Version margin "beach"; Judges 5:17, the Revised Version margin "shore," the King James Version "seashore," the King James Version margin "port"); elsewhere "sea-shore" (Deuteronomy 1:7; Joshua 9:1; Jeremiah 47:7) or "sea coast" (Ezekiel 25:16); from root chaphaph, "to wash" or "to lave"; compar

HAUNT hont, hant: The verb in Old English was simply "to resort to," "frequent"; a place of dwelling or of business was a haunt. The noun occurs in 1 Samuel 23:22 as the translation of reghel, "foot," "See his place where his haunt is," the Revised Version margin, Hebrew `foot' "; the verb is the translation of yashabh, "to sit down," "to dwell" (

HAURAN ho'-ran (chawran; Septuagint Auranitis, also with aspirate): 1. Extent of Province in Ancient Times: A province of Eastern Palestine which, in Ezekiel 47:16,18, stretched from Da in the North to Gilead in the South, including all that lay between the Jordan and the desert. It thus covered the districts now known as el-Jedur, el-Jaulan, and

HATTIL hat'-il (chaTTil): A company of servants of Solomon appearing in the post-exilic literature (Ezra 2:57; Nehemiah 7:59). Same called "Agia" in 1 Esdras 5:34. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HATTIL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 191

HATTUSH hat'-ush (chaTTush): (1) Son of Shemaiah, a descendant of the kings of Judah, in the 5th generation from Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles 3:22). He returned with Zerubbabel and Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem (Ezra 8:2; Nehemiah 12:2). (There is some doubt as to whether the Hatrush of the lineage of David and the priest of the same name, mentioned

HATITA ha-ti'-ta, hat'-i-ta (chaTiTa'): Head of a family among the "children of the porters" who returned from exile (Ezra 2:42; Nehemiah 7:45; 1 Esdras 5:28, "Ateta"). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HATITA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia"

HATSI-HAMMENUCHOTH hat-si-ham-en-u'-koth: A marginal reading in 1 Chronicles 2:52 the King James Version. It disappears in the Revised Version (British and American), which reads in text, "half of the MENUHOTH" (which see) (Hebrew chatsi ha-menuchoth). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.

HATIPHA ha-ti'-fa, hat'-i-fa (chaTipha', "taken," "captive" (?)): The ancestral head of a family of Nethinim that returned from Babylon (Ezra 2:54; Nehemiah 7:56 = "Atipha," 1 Esdras 5:32). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HATIPHA'". "International Standa

HATHATH ha'-thath (chathath, "terror"): Son of Othniel and grandson of Kenaz (1 Chronicles 4:13). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HATHATH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HATHACH ha'-thak (hathakh; Septuagint Hachrathaios): One of the chamberlains of Ahasuerus, appointed to attend on Esther (Esther 4:5,6,9,10, the King James Version "Hatach"), through whom she learned from Mordecai of Haman's plot. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "En

HATCHET hach'-et (kashshil): Psalms 74:6 the Revised Version (British and American), "hatchet," the King James Version "axes." See AX. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HATCHET'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HATE; HATRED hat, ha'-tred (verb, sane', "oftenest," saTam, Genesis 27:41, etc.; noun, sin'ah; miseo): A feeling of strong antagonism and dislike, generally malevolent and prompting to injury (the opposite of love); sometimes born of moral resentment. Alike in the Old Testament and New Testament, hate of the malevolent sort is unsparingly condemne

HAT The original word (karbela', Aramaic) rendered "hat" in Daniel 3:21 the King James Version is very rare, appearing only here in the Old Testament. There is acknowledged difficulty in translating it, as well as the other words of the passage. "Hat" of the King James Version certainly fails to give its exact meaning. The hat as we know it, i.e. h