HO'HAM, [h] (woe to them), a king of
Hebron, one of the four kings who united
with Adonizedek in besieging Gibeon,
Josh. 10:1, 3, 23.
HOISED, drawn up, as the sail of a
ship, Acts 27:40.
HOLD, a castle or fortification, Judg.
9:46-49.
HOLD, to keep fast, 2 Sam. 6:6: to
commemorate, as by a feast, Exod. 5:1:
to regard or account for praise or blame,
to maintain, as a custom or an opinion,
Mark 7:4-8.
HOLDEN, held or bound, Job 36:8;
Acts 2:24: sustained, Rom. 14:4.
HOLINESS, sanctity, moral purity, and
excellency: hence God, who
is infinite
in righteousness, purity, goodness, and
moral excellency, is celebrated as "glo-
rious in holiness," Exod. 15:[11]. Holi-
ness is that perfection in the nature of
God that renders Him supremely worthy
of the veneration, confidence, and love
of all His intelligent creatures, Psal. 60:
6; Rev. 4:8; 6:10. Holiness in godly
persons, is that spirit of moral purity
and sanctity, by which they are consti-
tuted partakers of the Divine nature,
2 Pet. 1:4; and this is derived to them
from God, by means of the doctrines and
promises of his gospel, under the disci-
pline of his providence, and sanctified by
the gracious influences of his Holy Spirit,
2 Cor. 3:3; Gal. 5:22; 1 Pet. 1:22; Heb.
12:10-14. Holiness in places and things
consists in their separation from common
use for sacred purposes, especially in the
ordinances of religious worship, Isa. 62:
9; Zech. 14:20, 21.
HOLINESS. List: Revival,
Holiness,
and the Man of God.
HOLLOW, the cavity, as of a bone, Gen.
32:25; or of the hand, Isa. 40:12.
HOLY PLACE: this was that
part of
the tabernacle and of the temple in
which the ark of the covenant was set
up, separated from the other part by the
vail or curtain, and into which the high-
priest alone entered once a year, on the
great day of atonement, Exod. 26:33;
Heb. 9:25.
HONEY, a luscious substance prepared
by bees, Judg. 14:8. Canaan, on
account
of its fertility, is called a "land flowing
with milk and honey," Exod. 3:8-17.
Bees were exceedingly numerous in
Palestine; and the swarms settling on
the rocks and in the hollow trunks of
trees, occasioned it to be said that the
Israelites should "suck honey out of the
rock," Deut. 32:13. Hence John fed
on locusts and wild honey, Matt. 3:4.
Honey being the sweetest and most deli-
cious thing known to the ancients, before
the art of preparing sugar was known,
things that are desirable, pleasant, and
delightful, are compared to honey, Prov.
24:13; as divine doctrine, Psal. 119:
103.
HONOURABLE, elevated to dignity; as
princes, by rank, Num. 22:15; by
office, as captains, 2 Kings 5:1; by
wealth, as merchants, Isa. 23:8: that
which is according to the will of God, as
lawful marriage, Heb. 13:4.
HONOURED, did honour or worship,
as Nebuchadnezzar, after his return to
reason, worshipped God, Dan. 4:34.
HONOURED, reverenced, as God would
be by impious Pharaoh in his punish-
ment, Exod. 14:4: distinguished with
favours, as Paul and his friends were by
the Maltese, after his apostolic mission
had been manifestly illustrated by his
healing the sick, Acts 28:10.
HOOD, a kind of bonnet, turban, or
head-dress, Isa. 3:23.
HOOF, the horny substance on the feet
of animals, Lev. 11:3-7; Isa. 5:28.
HOOK, anything bent, so as to catch:
those hooks used in the tabernacle to
hold the curtains and vail were made,
some of gold and some of silver, Exod.
26.; 27. "Pruning-hooks beaten into
spears," indicate war, Joel 3:10. "Spears
into pruning-hooks" denote general peace,
Isa. 2:4.
HOPE, to expect future good, Job 6:
11. Every human being on earth natu-
rally cherishes hope of some future relief
or benefit: but they who die in their
sins sink into despair; they cannot hope
for the mercy of God, Isa. 38:18.
Those who fear God, and believe His
gospel, are inspired with confidence,
that
the present trials will be beneficial, and
that they shall inherit immortality in eternal life, Lam. 3:24; Rom. 8:28-39.
HOR, a summit on the eastern range
of the mountains of Lebanon, Num.
34:7, 8.
HO'RAM, [h] (who conceives them), a
king
of Gezer, who was overcome by Joshua,
Josh. 10:33.
HO'REB, [h] (desert, solitude,
or the
sword), the western peak or summit of
mount Sinai, called the "mountain of
God," Exod. 3:2, 12; 18:5. Horeb is
famous for the manifestation of God to
Moses, Exod. 3:1, 6, 13; for the en-
campment of the Israelites, when they
received the law from Sinai, 28:6;
Deut. 1:6; 4:10-15; and for its being
the retreat of Elijah when threatened
by Jezebel, 1 Kings 19:8.
HOR'MAH, [h] (destruction or
devoted
to God), a district and city, first called
Zephath, Num. 21:3; Judg. 1:17.
HOSHEA, a pious chief of Judah in the
days of Nehemiah, Neh. 10:23.
HOSPITALITY, kindness to strangers,
especially in giving them entertainment,
Rom. 12:13. Abraham, Gen. 18:2, 3,
and Lot, 19:1, 2, are commended as
examples of hospitality to Christians,
Heb. 13:2.
HOST, one who entertains guests, Rom.
16:23: an innkeeper, Luke 10:35.
HOST, a great number in orderly array,
as the heavenly luminaries, Gen. 2:1;
as the angels of God, Luke 2:13; as an
army, Exod. 14:4, 24.
HOSTAGES, persons given as securities
to conquerors; as kings sometimes gave
their sons, or the sons of the nobles, as
pledges of their fidelity and of engage-
ments to pay the imposed taxes, 2 Kings
14:14.
HOSTS, multitudes in array, as the
Israelites, Exod. 12:41; and the angels
of God, Psal. 103:21. Hence that title
of the blessed God, LORD OF HOSTS.
HUMBLE, to bow down, as Pharaoh's
haughty spirit refused to do, in acknow-
ledgment of the glorious power of God,
Exod. 10:3; as a sinner
is required in
seeking the mercy of God, Jam. 4:10.
HUSBAND, a married man, Gen. 3:6;
Ruth 1:3: a protector, as God was to
Israel, Jer. 31:32; as Christ is to the [local] church, 2 Cor. 11:2.
HUSBANDMAN, a cultivator of land, a
farmer, Gen. 9:20.
HUSBANDRY, the cultivation of land,
2 Chron. 26:11: the [local] church is God's
husbandry, as he cultivates it, by train-
ing its members in holiness, 1 Cor. 3:9;
John 15:1.
HU'SHAI, [h] (their haste), a
faithful
friend of David, by whose wisdom the
sagacious counsel of Ahithophel was de-
feated, Absalom's rebellion overthrown,
and David restored to his throne, 2 Sam.
16:16; 17.
HU'SHAM, [h] (their haste or
sensuality),
a king of Edom, successor of Jobab,
Gen. 36:34.
HUSK, the skin of fruit or grain, Num.
6:4; 2 Kings 4:42; Luke 15:16.
HUZ'ZAB, [h] (molten), supposed to
be
the queen of Nineveh, Nah. 2:7.
HYMENE'US, [g] (nuptial, or the
god
of marriage), an apostate from the gospel,
whose pernicious sentiments, denying the
resurrection to life eternal, were de-
nounced by Paul, 1 Tim. 1:20; 2 Tim. 2:17.
HYMN, a sacred song, Matt. 26:30;
Eph. 5:19. Those used in the time of
our Saviour were taken from the book
of Psalms.
HYPOCRISY, deceitful profession of
virtue, Mark 12:14, 15; or religion,
Matt. 23:28.
HYPOCRITE, a false
character in reli-
gion or morals, Isa. 9:17. Such were
the unprincipled scribes and Pharisees,
Matt. 23:13, 14.
HYPOCRITICAL, deceitful in religion,
Psal. 35:16.
HYSSOP, a garden herb, whose deter-
sive and cleansing qualities are well
known, Exod. 12:22; Heb. 9:19; John
19:[29]. A species of hyssop grows wild
in the East, on the mountain-crags, or
even between stones, 1 Kings 4:33.