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Smith's Bible Dictionary
Hezion
(vision), a king of Aram (Syria), father of Tabrimon and grandfather of Ben-hadad I. (1 Kings
15:18) He is probably identical with Rezon, the contemporary of Solomon, in (1 Kings 11:23) (B.C.
before 928.)
Hezir
(Swine).
•A priest in the time of David, leader of the seventeenth monthly course in the service. (1 Chronicles
24:15) (B.C. 1014.)
•One of the heads of the people (lay-men) who sealed the solemn covenant with Nehemiah.
(Nehemiah 10:20) (B.C. 410.)
Hezrai
(enclosed), one of the thirty heroes of David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:35) (B.C. 1046.) In the
parallel list, (1 Chronicles 11:37) the name appears as HEZRO.
Hezron
(surrounded by a wall).
•A son of Reuben. (Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14)
•A son of Pharez. (Genesis 46:12; Ruth 4:18)
Hezronites
(descendants of Hezron), The.
•Descendants of Hezron the son of Reuben. (Numbers 26:6)
•A branch of the tribe of Judah, descendants of Hezron the son of Pharez. (Numbers 26:21)
Hiddai
(for the rejoicing of Jehovah), one of the thirty-seven heroes of David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:30)
(B.C. 1046.)
Hiddekel
(rapid), one of the rivers of Eden, the river which “goeth eastward to Assyria,” (Genesis 2:14)
and which Daniel calls “the great river,” (Daniel 10:4) seems to have been rightly identified by the
LXX. with the Tigris. Dekel is clearly an equivalent of Digla or Dighath, a name borne by the Tigris
in all ages. The name now in use among the inhabitants of Mesopotamia is Dijleh .
Hiel
(God liveth), a native of Bethel, who rebuilt Jericho in the reign of Ahab, (1 Kings 16:34) (B.C.
after 915), and in whom was fulfilled the curse pronounced by Joshua, (Joshua 6:26) five hundred
years before.
Hierapolis
(holy city), a city of Phrygia, situated above the junction of the rivers Lycus and Maeander,
near Colossae and Laodicea mentioned only in (Colossians 4:13) as the seat of a church probably
founded by Epaphras.
Higgaion
(meditation), a word which occurs three times in the book of Psalms— (Psalms 9:16; 19:14;
92:3) (margin). The word has two meanings, one of a general character, implying thought; reflection,
and another, in (Psalms 9:16) and Psal 92:3 Of a technical nature, the precise meaning of which
cannot at this distance of time be determined. (Canon Cook says that it probably means an interlude
giving musical expression to the feelings suggested by the preceding words.—ED.)
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