Heman
And the singers the sons of Asaph [were] in their place,
according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman,
and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters [waited] at
every gate; they might not depart from their service; for
their brethren the Levites prepared for them....
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Also the Levites [which were] the singers, all of them of
Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their
brethren, [being] arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and
psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and
with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with
trumpets:)...
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Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the
service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun,
who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with
cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their
service was:...
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The name 'Heman' is a Jewish name, meaning 'Faithful'. It is
found sixteen times in the New International Version of the
Bible.[1]
The title of Psalm 88 ascribes it to a certain Heman. This
Psalm seems to have been written in a state of despair.
According to Martin Marty, a professor of church history at
the University of Chicago, Psalm 88 is...
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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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-1. A man noted for wisdom, to whom Solomon is compared
1Ki 4:31; 1Ch 2:6
-2. "The singer," a chief Levite, and musician
1Ch 6:33; 15:17,19; 16:41
The king's seer
1Ch 25:5
His sons and daughters temple musicians
1Ch 6:33; 25:1-6
"Maschil of," title of
Ps 88...
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(faithful)
1. Son of Zerah. 1Ch 2:6; 1Ki 4:31
2. Son of Joel and grandson of Samuel the prophet, a
Kohathite. He is called "the singer," rather the musician, 1Ch
6:33 and was the first of the three Levites to whom was
committed the vocal and instrumental music of the temple
service in the reign of David. 1Ch 15:16-22 The 88th Psalm is
ascrib...
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faithful. (1.) 1 Kings 4:31; 1 Chr. 2:6, a son of Zerah,
noted
for his wisdom. (2.) Grandson of Samuel (1 Chr. 6:33;
15:17), to
whom the 88th Psalm probably was inscribed. He was one
of the
"seers" named in 2 Chr. 29:14, 30, and took a leading
part in
the administration of the sacred services....
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1. 1 Chronicles 2:6; 1 Kings 4:31. Probably the same as 2;
though a Levite by birth he was reckoned in the family of
Zerah, of Judah, as dwelling among them.
2. Grandson of Samuel; a Kohathite (1 Chronicles
6:31-38; 1 Chronicles 6:44). Colleague of Asaph and Ethan or
Jeduthun ("the praise man") in arranging the vocal and
instrumental music o...
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their trouble; tumult; much; in great number...
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