HAGGITES hag'-its. See HAGGI. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HAGGITES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HAGGI hag'-i (chaggi, "festive"): The second son of Gad (Genesis 46:16; Numbers 26:15). The latter refers to his descendants as Haggites, of whom nothing else is known. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HAGGI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".

HAGGIAH ha-gi'-a (chaggiyah, "feast of Yah"): Named in 1 Chronicles 6:30 as among the descendants of Levi. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HAGGIAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HAGGAI hag'-a-i, hag'-a-i (chaggay, an adjective formed from chagh, "feast"): 1. Name: The word "Haggai" may mean "festal," the prophet having been born perhaps on a festival day; compare the Roman name "Festus." Hebrew proper names were sometimes formed in this manner, e.g. Barzillai, "a man of iron," from barzel, "iron." Haggai may, however, be

HAGGERI hag'-e-ri. See HAGRI. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HAGGERI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HAGERITE ha'-ger-it (haghri). See HAGRITES. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HAGERITE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HAGGADA ha-ga'-da See TALMUD. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HAGGADA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HAGAR ha'-gar (haghar, "emigration," "flight"; Hagar, Agar): An Egyptian woman, the handmaid or slave of Sarai; a present, perhaps, from Pharaoh when Abram dissembled to him in Egypt (Genesis 12:16). Mention is made of her in two passages (Genesis 16; 21:8-21). 1. The Scornful Handmaid and Her Flight: In the first narrative (Genesis 16) it is re

HAGARENES; HAGARITES ha'-gar-enz, ha'-gar-its. See HAGRITES. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HAGARENES; HAGARITES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HAGABA ha-ga'-ba, hag'-a-ba (chaghabha'): Same as the following (Nehemiah 7:48). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HAGABA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HAGABAH ha-ga'-ba, hag'-a-ba (chaghabhah, "locust"): Like Hagab, an ancestor of some of the Nethinim who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:45); spelled Hagaba in the parallel passage (Nehemiah 7:48). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HAGABAH'".

HAGAB ha'-gab (chaghabh, "locust"): Ancestor of some of the Nethinim who returned from the Babylonian captivity with Zerubbabel and Nehemiah. The name occurs second after Hagabah in Ezra 2:46, but is omitted entirely from the parallel list of Nehemiah 7:48. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A

HADLAI had'-li, had'-la-i (chadhlay, "resting"): An Ephraimite (2 Chronicles 28:12), father of Amasa, who was one of the heads of the tribe in the time of Pekah, king of Israel. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HADLAI'". "International Standard Bible Ency

HADORAM ha-do'-ram (hadhoram): (1) Son of Joktan and apparently 6th in descent from Noah (Genesis 10:27 parallel 1 Chronicles 1:21). (2) Son of Tou, king of Hamath, sent by his father with presents to King David (1 Chronicles 18:10). In 2 Samuel 8:9,10, written probably incorrectly "Joram," "son of Toi." (3) Rehoboam's superintendent of the forc

HADRACH ha'-drak, had'-rak (chadhrakh): "The land of Hadrach" is mentioned only once in Scripture (Zechariah 9:1), and there it is grouped with Damascus, Hamath, Tyre and Sidon. It may be safely identified with the "Hatarikka" of the Assyrian inscriptions, against which Assur-dan III made expeditions in his 1st (772 BC), 8th and 18th years. It als

HADID ha'-did (chadhidh): A city in Benjamin (Nehemiah 11:33) named with Lod and Ono (Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 7:37), probably identical with Adida Septuagint Hadida) of 1 Macc 12:38; 13:13, "over against the plain," which was fortified by Simon Maccabeus. It is represented by the modern el-Chaditheh, about 3 miles Northeast of Lydda. Copyright Stateme

HADATTAH ha-dat'-a (chadhattah, "new"): See HAZOR. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HADATTAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HADES ha'-dez (Haides, haides, "not to be seen"): Hades, Greek originally Haidou, in genitive, "the house of Hades," then, as nominative, designation of the abode of the dead itself. The word occurs in the New Testament in Matthew 11:23 (parallel Luke 10:15); Matthew 16:18; Luke 16:23; Acts 2:27,31; Revelation 1:18; 6:8; 20:13 f. It is also found

HADASHAH ha-da'-sha, had'-a-sha (chadhashah, "new"): A town in the Shephelah of Judah, named with Zenan and Migdal-gad (Joshua 15:37). According to the Mishna (`Erubhin, v. 6), it was the smallest town in Judah. It is not identified. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor.

HADASSAH ha-das'-a (hadhaqqah, "myrtle"): The Hebrew name (Esther 2:7) formerly borne by ESTHER (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HADASSAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.