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(sacred), one of the fortified places in the territory of Naphtali; named with Iron and Migdalel.
(Joshua 19:38) Van Deuteronomy Velde suggests Hurah as the site of Horem.
Horhagidgad
(conspicous mountain), the name of the desert station where the Israelites encamped, (Numbers
33:32) probably the same as Gudgodah. (10:7)
Hori
(cave-dweller).
•A Horite, son of Lotan the son of Seir. (Genesis 36:22; 1 Chronicles 1:39; Genesis 36:30)
•A man of Simeon, father of Shaphat. (Numbers 13:5)
Horim
and Ho’rites (descendants of Hori), the aboriginal inhabitants of Mount Seir, (Genesis 14:6)
and probably allied to the Emim and Raphaim. The name Horite appears to have been derived from
their habits as “cave-dwellers” Their excavated dwellings are still found in hundreds in the sandstone
cliffs and mountains of Edom, and especially in Petra.
Hormah
(a place laid waste), or Zephath, (Judges 1:17) was the chief town of a king of a Canaanitish
tribe on the south of Palestine, which was reduced by Joshua, and became a city of the territory of
Judah, (Joshua 15:30; 1 Samuel 30:30) but apparently belonged to Simeon. (1 Chronicles 4:30)
Horn
The word “horn” is often used metaphorically to signify strength and honor, because horns are
the chief weapons and ornaments of the animals which possess them; hence they are also used as
a type of victory. Of strength the horn of the unicorn was the most frequent representative, (33:17)
etc., but not always; comp. (1 Kings 22:11) where probably horns of iron, worn defiantly and
symbolically on the head, are intended. Among the Druses upon Mount Lebanon the married women
wear silver horns on their heads. In the sense of honor, the word horn stands for the abstract “my
horn,” (Job 16:16) “all the horn of Israel,” (1 Samuel 2:3) and so for the supreme authority. It also
stands for the concrete, whence it comes to mean king, kingdom. (Daniel 8:2) etc.; Zech 1:18 Out
of either or both of these last two metaphors sprang the idea of representing gods with horns.
Hornet
The hornet bears a general resemblance to the common wasp, only it is larger. It is exceedingly
fierce and voracious, especially in hot climates and its sting is frequently dangerous. In Scripture
the hornet is referred to only by the means which Jehovah employed for the extirpation of the
Canaanites. (Exodus 23:28; 7:20; Joshua 24:12) Wisd. 12:8. (It is said that the Phaselitae, a
Phoenician people, were driven from their locality by hornets; and other examples are given in
Paxton’s “Illustrations of Scripture,” 1:303.—ED.)
Horonaim
(two caverns), a town of Moab, possibly a sanctuary, named with Zoar and Luhith. (Isaiah 15:5;
Jeremiah 48:3,5,34)
Horonite
(native of Horonaim), The, the designation of Sanballat. (Nehemiah 2:10,19; 13:28) It is derived
by Gesenius from Horonaim.
Horse
The most striking feature in the biblical notices of the horse is the exclusive application of it
to warlike operations; in no instance is that useful animal employed for the purposes of ordinary
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