HARHUR har'-hur (charchur, "free-born" or "fever"; "Hasour): One of the Nethinim whose descendants came from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:51; Nehemiah 7:53; 1 Esdras 5:31). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HARHUR'". "International Standard Bible Encycl

HARIM ha'-rim (charim): A family name. (1) A non-priestly family that returned from captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:32; Nehemiah 7:35); mentioned among those who married foreign wives (Ezra 10:31); also mentioned among those who renewed the covenant (Nehemiah 10:27). (2) A priestly family returning with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:39; Nehemiah 7:42; 12

HARHAIAH har-ha'-ya (charhayah, "Yah protects"): A goldsmith, whose son, Uzziel, helped to repair the walls of Jerusalem under Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 3:8). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HARHAIAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HARHAS har'-has (charchas, "splendor"): Grandfather of Shallum, husband of Huldah (2 Kings 22:14). Name given as "Hasrah" in paralle passage (2 Chronicles 34:22). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HARHAS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915

HAREPH ha'-ref (chareph, "scornful"): A chief of Judah, one of the sons of Caleb and father of Beth-gader (1 Chronicles 2:51). A quite similar name, Hariph, occurs in Nehemiah 7:24; 10:19, but it is probably that of another individual. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor

HARETH ha'-reth (chhareth, in pause). See HERETH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HARETH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HARDLY; HARDNESS See HARD. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HARDLY; HARDNESS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HARE har ('arnebheth (Leviticus 11:6; Deuteronomy 14:7); compare Arabic 'arnab, "hare"): This animal is mentioned only in the lists of unclean animals in Leviticus and Deuteronomy, Where it occurs along with the camel, the coney and the swine. The camel, the hare and the coney are unclean, `because they chew the cud but part not the hoof,' the swi

HARDEN har'-d'-n (chazaq, qashah; skleruno): (1) "Harden" occurs most frequently in the phrase "to harden the heart," or "the neck." This hardening of men's hearts is attributed both to God and to men themselves, e.g. with reference to the hearts of Pharaoh and the Egyptians; the Hiphil of chazaq, "to make strong," is frequently used in this conne

HARD SAYINGS; HARD SENTENCES sa'-ingz;, sen'-ten-siz: In Daniel 5:12 the King James Version (Aramaic 'aqiahan), the Revised Version (British and American) "dark sentences," of enigmatic utterances which preternatural wisdom was needed to interpret; in John 6:60 (skleros .... ho logos), of sayings (Christ's words at Capernaum about eating His flesh

HARD; HARDINESS; HARDDINESS; HARDLY hard, har'-di-nes, hard'-nes, hard'-li (qasheh, pala'; skleros) : The senses in which hard is used may be distinguished as: (1) "Firm," "stiff," opposite to soft: Job 41:24, yatsaq, "to be firm," "his heart .... as hard as a piece of the nether millstone," the Revised Version (British and American) "firm"; Eze

HARBONA; HARBONAH har-bo'-na (charebhona' charebhonah): One of the seven eunuchs who served Ahasuerus and to whom was given the command to bring Queen Esther before the king (Esther 1:10). It was he who suggested that Haman be hanged upon the self-same gallows that he had erected for Mordecai (Esther 7:9). Jewish tradition has it that Harbona had

HARBOUR har'-ber. Used figuratively of God in Joel 3:16 the King James Version margin, (Hebrew) "place of repair, or, harbour" (the King James Version "hope," the Revised Version (British and American) "refuge"). See HAVEN; SHIPS AND BOATS, I, II, (1), II, 3. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M

HARAN (2) ha'-ran (charan; Charhran): The city where Terah settled on his departure from Ur (Genesis 11:31); whence Abram set out on his pilgrimage of faith to Canaan (Genesis 12:1). It was probably "the city of Nahor" to which Abraham's servant came to find a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24:10). Hither came Jacob when he fled from Esau's anger (Genesi

HARARITE ha'-ra-rit (ha-harari, or ha-'arari): Literally, "mountaineer," more particularly an inhabitant of the hill country of Judah. Thus used of two heroes: (1) Shammah, the son of Agee (2 Samuel 23:11,33). The parallel passage, 1 Chronicles 11:34, has "Shage" in place of "Shammah." (2) Ahiam, the son of Sharar the Ararite" (2 Samuel 23:33).

HARADAH ha-ra'-da, har'-a-da (charadhah, "fearful"): A desert station of the Israelites between Mt. Shepher and Makheloth (Numbers 33:24:25). See WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HARADAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

HARAN (1) ha'-ran (haran): (1) Son of Terah, younger brother of Abraham and Nahor, and father of Lot (Genesis 11:27). He had two daughters, Milcah and Iscah (Genesis 11:29). (2) A Gershonite, of the family of Shimei (1 Chronicles 23:9). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Edit

HAR-MAGEDON har-ma-ged'-on (Harmagedon from Hebrew har meghiddo, "Mount of Megiddo"; the King James Version Armageddon): This name is found only in Revelation 16:16. It is described as the rallying-place of the kings of the whole world who, led by the unclean spirits issuing from the mouth of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet, assemble h

HARA ha'-ra (hara'; Septuagint omits): A place named in 1 Chronicles 5:26 along with Halah, Habor and the river of Gozan, whither the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh were carried by Tiglath-pileser. In 2 Kings 17:6; 18:11, Hara is omitted, and in both, "and in the cities of the Medes" is added. Septuagint renders ore Medon,

HAPPINESS hap'-i-nes. See BLESSEDNESS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HAPPINESS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.