Bible Names H-M

Helkai in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

hel'-ka-i, hel'-ki, hel-ka'-i (chelqay, perhaps an abbreviation for Helkiah, "Yah is my portion." Not in the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus; Codex L: Chelkias (Neh 12:15)): The head of a priestly house in the days of Joiakim....

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Helkath-hazzurim in Easton's Bible Dictionary

plot of the sharp blades, or the field of heroes, (2 Sam. 2:16). After the battle of Gilboa, so fatal to Saul and his house, David, as divinely directed, took up his residence in Hebron, and was there anointed king over Judah. Among the fugitives from Gilboa was Ish-bosheth, the only surviving son of Saul, whom Abner, Saul's uncle, took a...

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Henadad in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

hen'-a-dad (chenadhadh, "favor of Hadad"; Septuagint Henaad; Henadad; Henadab; Henalab (Ezr 3:9; Neh 3:18,24; 10:9)): One of the heads of the Levites in the post-exilic community....

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Helem in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(strength). 1. A descendant of Asher. 1Ch 7:35 2. A man mentioned only in Zec 6:14 Apparently the same as Heldai....

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Helkath-hazzurim in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

"the field of strong men" (Vulgate), "the field of swords" (Gesenius). The smooth ground near the pool of Gibeon, where Joab's men and Abner's men fought and slew one another, and so brought on a general engagement....

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Heman in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

he'-man (heman, "faithful"): The name of two men in the Old Testament. (1) A musician and seer, a Levite, son of Joel and grandson of the prophet Samuel; of the family of the Kohathites (1 Ch 6:33), appointed by David as one of the leaders of the temple- singing (1 Ch 15:17; 2 Ch 5:12). He had 14 sons (and 3 daughters) who assisted their father...

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Hemath in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(heat), a person or place named in the genealogical lists of Judah, as the origin of the Kenites, and the "father" of the house of Rechab. 1Ch 2:55 (B.C. 1445.)...

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