Vine's Expository Dictionary

Ha * For HA (Mar 15:29, RV) see AH

Habitation "a habitation" (from oiketer, "an inhabitant," and oikos, "a dwelling"), is used in Jud 1:6, of the heavenly region appointed by God as the dwelling …

Hades "the region of departed spirits of the lost" (but including the blessed dead in periods preceding the ascension of Christ). It has been thought by some th…

Hail (Noun) akin to chalao, "to let loose, let fall," is always used as an instrument of Divine judgment, and is found in the NT in Rev 8:7, Rev 11:19, Rev 16:2…

Hail (Verb) "to rejoice," is used in the imperative mood, (a) as a salutation, only in the Gospels; in this respect it is rendered simply "hail," in mockery of …

Hair denotes the "hair," whether of beast, as of the camel's "hair" which formed the raiment of John the Baptist, Mat 3:4, Mar 1:6; or of man. Regarding the lat…

Hale (Verb) "to drag, haul," is rendered "haling" in Act 8:3, of taking to trial or punishment. See DRAG. an intensive form of No. 1, lit., "to pull down" (kata…

Half Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H2677Original Word: hasîUsage Notes: "half; halfway; middle." This word appears about 123 times and in …

Half dead from hemi, "half," and thnesko, "to die," is used in Luk 10:30.

Half-shekel * For HALF-SHEKEL see SHEKEL

Hall "a court," most frequently the place where a governor dispensed justice, is rendered "hall" in Mar 15:16, Luk 22:55, AV (RV, "court"). See COURT, FOLD, PAL…

Hallelujah signifies "Praise ye Jah." It occurs as a short doxology in the Psalms, usually at the beginning, e.g., Ps. 111; 112, or the end, e.g., Ps. 104; 105,…

Hallow "to make holy" (from hagios, "holy"), signifies to set apart for God, to sanctify, to make a person or thing the opposite of koinos, "common;" it is tran…

Halt "lame," is translated "halt" in Mat 18:8, Mar 9:45, Joh 5:3; in Act 14:8, "cripple;" in Luk 14:21, AV, "halt," RV, "lame;" elsewhere, "lame," Mat 11:5, Mat…

Hand Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H3027Original Word: yadUsage Notes: "hand; side; border; alongside; hand-measure; portion; arm (rest); monument; manhood (m…

Hand (at hand) "near, nigh," frequently rendered "at hand," is used (a) of place, e.g., of the Lord's sepulchre, Joh 19:42, "nigh at hand;" (b) of time, e.g., M…

Hand (lead by the) lit., "a hand-leader" (cheir, "the hand," ago, "to lead"), is used as a noun (plural) in Act 13:11, "some to lead him by the hand." "to lead …

Hand (take in) "to put the hand to" (epi, "to," cheir, "the hand"), is rendered "have taken in hand" in Luk 1:1. See TAKE.

Hand (with one's own) a noun (autos, "self," cheir, "the hand"), is used in the plural in Act 27:19, "with their own hands."

Handed down an adjective, denoting "handed down from one's fathers," is used in 1Pe 1:18, RV, for AV, "received by tradition from your fathers" (from pater, "a …

Handkerchief a Latin word, sudarium (from sudor, "sweat"), denotes (a) "a cloth for wiping the face," etc., Luk 19:20, Act 19:12; (b) "a headcovering for the de…

Handle Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H8610Original Word: tapasUsage Notes: "to catch, seize, lay hold of, grasp, play." This verb is found in both biblical an…

Handmaid and Handmaiden * For HANDMAID and HANDMAIDEN see under BONDMAN

Hands (lay hands on) * For LAY HANDS ON (krateo in Mat 18:28, Mat 21:46; piazo in Joh 8:20), see HOLD and APPREHEND.

Hands (made by, not made with) "made by hand," of human handiwork (cheir, and poieo, "to make"), is said of the temple in Jerusalem, Mar 14:58; temples in gener…

Handwriting * For HANDWRITING see BOND

Hang is used (a) transitively in Act 5:30, Act 10:39; in the Passive Voice, in Mat 18:6, of a millstone about a neck, and in Luk 23:39, of the malefactors; (b) …

Haply (if, lest) denotes "if therefore," "if accordingly" (i.e., if in these circumstances), e.g., Mar 11:13, of Christ and the fig tree (not "if perchance," bu…

Happen lit., "to go or come together" (sun, "with," baino, "to go"), signifies "to happen together," of things or events, Mar 10:32, Luk 24:14, Act 3:10, 1Co 10…

Happy, Happier "blessed, happy," is rendered "happy" in the RV, in two places only, as in the AV, Act 26:2, Rom 14:22 (where "blessed" would have done); also th…

Hard, Harden, Hardening, Hardness from skello, "to dry," signifies "trying, exacting:" See AUSTERE. primarily means "hard to satisfy with food" (dus, a prefix l…

Hardly the adverbial form of HARD, A, No. 2, is used in Mat 19:23, Mar 10:23, Luk 18:24 of the danger of riches. "with labor, pain, trouble" (akin to mogos, "to…

Hardship (to suffer) "to suffer evil," is translated "suffer hardship" in three places in the RV, 2Ti 2:3 (in some mss.; see No. 2), AV, "endure hardness;" 2Ti …

Harlot "a prostitute, harlot" (from pernemi, "to sell"), is used (a) literally, in Mat 1:21-32, of those who were the objects of the mercy shown by Christ; in L…

Harm "evil," is rendered "harm" in Act 16:28, Act 28:5. See EVIL. "evil," generally of a more malignant sort than No. 1, is translated "harm" in Act 28:21. See …

Harmless lit., "unmixed, with absence of foreign mixture" (from a, negative, and kerannumi, "to mix"), "pure," is used metaphorically in the NT of what is guile…

Harp whence Eng., "guitar," denotes "a lyre" or "harp;" it is described by Josephus as an instrument of ten strings, played by a plectrum (a smaller instrument …

Harper denotes "one who plays and sings to the lyre" (from kithara, "a lyre," and aoidos, "a singer"), Rev 14:2, Rev 18:22.

Harvest akin to therizo, "to reap," is used (a) of "the act of harvesting," Joh 4:35; (b) "the time of harvest," figuratively, Mat 13:30, Mat 13:39, Mar 4:29; (…

Haste, with Haste, Hastily denotes (a) "haste, speed," accompanied by "with," Mar 6:25, Luk 1:39; (b) "zeal, diligence, earnestness:" see BUSINESS, CARE, CAREFU…

Hasten Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H4116Original Word: maharUsage Notes: "to hasten; make haste." This verb, along with various derivatives, is common to bo…

Hasten (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H4116Original Word: maharUsage Notes: "to hasten, make haste." This verb and various derivatives are common to both …

Hate (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H8130Original Word: sane’Usage Notes: "to hate, set against." This verb appears in Ugaritic, Moabi…

Hate, Hateful, Hater, Hatred "to hate," is used especially (a) of malicious and unjustifiable feelings towards others, whether towards the innocent or by mutual…

Haughty "showing oneself above others" (huper, "over," phainomai, "to appear"), though often denoting preeminent, is always used in the NT in the evil sense of …

Have * (Note: The following are distinct from the word when it is auxiliary to the tenses of other verbs.) the usual verb for "to have," is used with the follow…

Have Compassion (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H7355Original Word: rahamUsage Notes: "to have compassion, be merciful, pity." The word…

Haven is mentioned in Act 27:8, "Fair Havens," and Act 27:12; for the first of these see FAIR. The first mention in the Bible is in Gen 49:13 (se RV marg.).

Havoc "to destroy, ravage, lay waste," is used of the persecution inflicted by Saul of Tarsus on the church in Jerusalem, Act 9:21, and Gal 1:23, RV, "made havo…

Hay * For HAY see GRASS