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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.)

HOLY GHOST the third Person of the adorable Trinity.

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,