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•HENOCH See ENOCH.
•HEPHER a well or stream. (1.) A royal city of the Canaanites taken by Joshua (12:17).
(2.) The youngest son of Gilead (Numbers 26:32; 27:1).
(3.) The second son of Asher (1 Chronicles 4:6).
(4.) One of David’s heroes (1 Chronicles 11:36).
•HEPHZIBAH my delight is in her. (1.) The wife of Hezekiah and mother of king Manasseh (2 Kings 21:1).
(2.) A symbolical name of Zion, as representing the Lord’s favour toward her (Isaiah 62:4).
•HERB (1.) Hebrews ‘eseb, any green plant; herbage (Genesis 1:11, 12, 29, 30; 2:5; 3:18, etc.); comprehending vegetables and all green herbage (Amos 7:1, 2).
(2.) Yarak, green; any green thing; foliage of trees (2 Kings 19:26; Psalm 37:2); a plant; herb (Deuteronomy 11:10).
(3.) Or, meaning “light” In Isaiah 26:19 it means “green herbs;” in 2 Kings 4:39 probably the fruit of some plant.
(4.) Merorim, plural, “bitter herbs,” eaten by the Israelites at the Passover (Exodus 12:8; Numbers 9:11). They were bitter plants of various sorts, and referred symbolically to the oppression in Egypt.