Dict: smith - HOR

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HOR - H>@ - (mountain), Mount. The mountain on which Aaron died. kjv@Numbers:20:25-27) It was "on the boundary line," kjv@Numbers:20:23) or "at the edge," ch. kjv@Numbers:33:37) of the land of Edom. It was the halting-place of the people next after Kadesh, ch. kjv@Numbers:20:22 kjv@Numbers:33:37) and they quitted it for Zalmonah, ch. kjv@Numbers:33:41) in the road to the Red Sea. ch. kjv@Numbers:21:4) It was during the encampment at Kadesh that Aaron was gathered to his fathers. Mount Hor is situated on the eastern side of the great valley of the Arabah , the highest and most conspicuous of the whole range of the sandstone mountains of Edom, having close beneath it on its: eastern side the mysterious; city of Petra. It is now the Jebel Nebi
- Harim "the mountain of the prophet Aaron." Its height Isaiah:4800 feet above the Mediterranean; that is to say, about 1700 feet above the town of Petra, 4800 above the level of the Arabah, and more than 6000 above the Dead Sea. The mountain is marked far and near by its double top, which rises like a huge castellated building from a lower base, and is surmounted by a circular dome of the tomb of Aaron, a distinct white spot on the dark red surface of the mountain. The chief interest of Mount Hor consists in the prospect from its summit, the last view of Aaron
that view which was to him what Pisgah was to his brother. A mountain, entirely distinct from the preceding, named in kjv@Numbers:34:7-8) only, as one of the marks of the northern boundary of the land which the children of Israel were about to conquer. This Mount Hor is the great chain of Lebanon itself.

HORAM - H>@ - (mountainous), king of Gezer at the time of the conquest of the southwestern part of Palestine. kjv@Joshua:10:33)

HOREB - H>@ - (desert). SINAI, OR SINAI

HOREM - H>@ - (sacred), one of the fortified places in the territory of Naphtali; named with Iron and Migdalel. kjv@Joshua:19:38) Van Deuteronomy Velde suggests Hurah as the site of Horem.

HORHAGIDGAD - H>@ - (conspicous mountain), the name of the desert station where the Israelites encamped, kjv@Numbers:33:32) probably the same as Gudgodah. (10:7)

HORI - H>@ - (cave-dweller). A Horite, son of Lotan the son of Seir. kjv@Genesis:36:22; kjv@1Chronicles:1:39; kjv@Genesis:36:30) A man of Simeon, father of Shaphat. kjv@Numbers:13:5)

HORIM - H>@ - and Ho’rites (descendants of Hori), the aboriginal inhabitants of Mount Seir, kjv@Genesis:14:6) and probably allied to the Emim and Raphaim. The name Horite appears to have been derived from their habits as "cave-dwellers" Their excavated dwellings are still found in hundreds in the sandstone cliffs and mountains of Edom, and especially in Petra.

HORMAH - H>@ - (a place laid waste), or ZEPHATH, kjv@Judges:1:17) was the chief town of a king of a Canaanitish tribe on the south of Palestine, which was reduced by Joshua, and became a city of the territory of Judah, kjv@Joshua:15:30; kjv@1Samuel:30:30) but apparently belonged to Simeon. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:30)

HORN - H>@ - The word "horn" is often used metaphorically to signify strength and honor, because horns are the chief weapons and ornaments of the animals which possess them; hence they are also used as a type of victory. Of strength the horn of the unicorn was the most frequent representative, (33:17) etc., but not always; comp. (Kings:22:11) where probably horns of iron, worn defiantly and symbolically on the head, are intended. Among the Druses upon Mount Lebanon the married women wear silver horns on their heads. In the sense of honor, the word horn stands for the abstract "my horn," kjv@Job:16:16) "all the horn of Israel," ( kjv@1Samuel:2:3) and so for the supreme authority. It also stands for the concrete , whence it comes to mean king, kingdom. kjv@Daniel:8:2) etc.; kjv@Zechariah:1:18 Out of either or both of these last two metaphors sprang the idea of representing gods with horns.

HORNET - H>@ - The hornet bears a general resemblance to the common wasp, only it is larger. It is exceedingly fierce and voracious, especially in hot climates and its sting is frequently dangerous. In Scripture the hornet is referred to only by the means which Jehovah employed for the extirpation of the Canaanites. kjv@Exodus:23:28 kjv@Exodus:7:20; kjv@Joshua:24:12) Wisd. 12:8. (It is said that the Phaselitae, a Phoenician people, were driven from their locality by hornets; and other examples are given in Paxton’s "Illustrations of Scripture," 1:303.
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HORONAIM - H>@ - (two caverns), a town of Moab, possibly a sanctuary, named with Zoar and Luhith. kjv@Isaiah:15:5; kjv@Jeremiah:48:3-5 kjv@Jeremiah:48:34)

HORONITE - H>@ - (native of Horonaim), The, the designation of Sanballat. kjv@Nehemiah:2:10 kjv@Nehemiah:2:19 kjv@Nehemiah:13:28) It is derived by Gesenius from Horonaim.

HORSE - H>@ - The most striking feature in the biblical notices of the horse is the exclusive application of it to warlike operations; in no instance is that useful animal employed for the purposes of ordinary locomotion or agriculture, if we except kjv@Isaiah:28:28) The animated description of the horse in kjv@Job:39:19-25) applies solely to the war-horse. The Hebrews in the patriarchal age, as a pastoral race, did not stand in need of the services Of the horse, and for a long period after their settlement in Canaan they dispensed with it, partly in consequence of the hilly nature of the country, which only admitted of the use of chariots in certain localities, kjv@Judges:1:19) and partly in consequence to the prohibition in (17:16) which would be held to apply at all periods. David first established a force of cavalry and chariots, (2 Samuel kjv@8:4) but the great supply of horses was subsequently effected by Solomon through his connection with Egypt. (Kings:4:26) Solomon also established a very active trade in horses, which were brought by dealers out of Egypt and resold, at a profit, to the Hittites. With regard to the trappings and management of the horse we have little information. The bridle was placed over the horse’s nose, kjv@Isaiah:30:28) and a bit or curb is also mentioned. ( kjv@2Kings:19:28; kjv@Psalms:32:9; kjv@Proverbs:26:3; kjv@Isaiah:37:29) In the Authorized Version it is incorrectly given "bridle," with the exception of kjv@Psalms:32:1) ... Saddles were not used until a late period. The horses were not shod, and therefore hoofs are hard "as flint," kjv@Isaiah:5:28) were regarded as a great merit. The chariot-horses were covered with embroidered trappings kjv@Ezekiel:27:20) Horses and chariots were used also in idolatrous processions, as noticed in regard to the sun. ( kjv@2Kings:23:11)

HORSELEECH - H>@ - Heb. ’alukah , occurs once only, viz. kjv@Proverbs:30:16) There is little doubt that ’alukah denotes some species of leech, or rather is the generic term for any blood-sucking annelid.