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•HOBAB beloved, the Kenite, has been usually identified with Jethro (q.v.), Exodus 18:5, 27; comp. Numbers 10:29, 30. In Judges 4:11, the word rendered “father-in-law” means properly any male relative by marriage (comp. Genesis 19:14, “son-in-law,” A.V.), and should be rendered “brother-in-law,” as in the R.V. His descendants followed Israel to Canaan (Numbers 10:29), and at first pitched their tents near Jericho, but afterwards settled in the south in the borders of Arad (Judges 1:8-11, 16).
•HOBAH hiding-place, a place to the north of Damascus, to which Abraham pursued Chedorlaomer and his confederates (Genesis 14:15).
•HODIJAH majesty of Jehovah. (1.) One of the Levites who assisted Ezra in expounding the law (Nehemiah 8:7; 9:5). (2.) Nehemiah 10:18, a Levite who sealed the covenant.
•HOGLAH partridge, one of the daughters of Zelophehad the Gileadite, to whom portions were assigned by Moses (Numbers 26:33; 27:1; 36:11).
•HOHAM Jehovah impels, the king of Hebron who joined the league against Gibeon. He and his allies were defeated (Joshua 10:3, 5, 16-27).
•HOLD a fortress, the name given to David’s lurking-places (1 Samuel 22:4, 5; 24:22).
•HOLINESS in the highest sense belongs to God (Isaiah 6:3; Revelation 15:4), and to Christians as consecrated to God’s service, and in so far as they are conformed in all things to the will of God (Romans 6:19, 22; Ephesians 1:4; Titus 1:8; 1 Peter 1:15). Personal holiness is a work of gradual development. It is carried on under many hindrances, hence the frequent admonitions to watchfulness, prayer, and perseverance (1 Corinthians 1:30; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Ephesians 4:23, 24). (See SANCTIFICATION.)
His personality is proved (1) from the fact that the attributes of personality, as intelligence and volition, are ascribed to him (John 14:17, 26; 15:26; 1 Corinthians 2:10, 11; 12:11). He reproves, helps, glorifies,