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HAAHASHTARI (the courier). 1 Ch. 4:6. as of God’s city, Jerusalem above, that is free. The
HABAIAH (Jehovah is protection). Ezr. 2:61. church is of God’s eternal counsel, heavenly, and is
HABAKKUK (love’s embrace). Hab. 1:1. never in Scripture called a mother” (Concise). [See
HABERGEON. (1) A jacket of armor to protect the Abraham, Isaac, Law, Seventh-day Adventism.]
chest and neck (2 Ch. 26:14; Ne. 4:16). (2) A linen coat HAGGAI (festive). A prophet who prophesied after
(Ex. 28:32). the captivity (Ezr. 5:1; 6:14; Hag. 1:1).
HABOR (united). 2 Ki. 17:6. HAGGERI (wanderer). 1 Ch. 11:38.
HACHALIAH (Jehovah is hidden). Ne. 1:1. HAGGI (festive). Ge. 46:16.
HACHILAH (drought). 1 Sa. 23:19. HAGGITH (festive). 2 Sa. 3:4.
HACHMONI (the wise). 1 Ch. 27:32. HAI (heap of ruins). This is the form in which Ai
HADAD (mighty). Ge. 36:35.28 appears in the first instances in the KJV (Ge. 12:8;
13:3). [See Ai.]
HADADEZER (mighty is the help). 2 Sa. 8:3. HAGIOGRAPHA. The third division of the O.T, the
HADADRIMMON (Hadad of Rommon). Ze. 12:11. other two being the Law and the Prophets. Sometimes
HADAR (powerful). Ge. 25:15. called the “Writings,” they comprise 11 books in the
HADAREZER (Hader is help). 2 Sa. 10:16. following order: Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of
HADASHAH (new). Jos. 15:37. Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther,
HADASSAH (myrtle). Es. 2:7. Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, 1 and 2 Chronicles (Compact).
HAIR. The Bible makes a clear distinction between
HADATTAH (new). Jos. 15:25. the man and the woman. They were created to fill two
HADES. A Greek word translated hell in the N.T. (Mt. different roles, and the distinction between the sexes is
11:23; 16:18; Lk. 10:15; 16:23; Ac. 2:27, 31; Re. 1:18; to be maintained in their appearance. Though there is
6:8; 20:13-14). It is the place of punishment for the room for variation as to exactly how long or short the
unsaved. The word means unseen, referring to the fact hair is to be, it is certain that the man’s hair is to be
that it is not visible to the living. Hades is translated shorter, while the woman’s hair is to be longer (1 Co.
“grave” only one time in 1 Co. 15:55. All other times it 11:1-16). Long hair is symbolic of the woman’s
is translated “hell.” As soon as an unsaved person dies submission to God-ordained authority. The only men
he goes to Hades (Lk. 16:23). Christ taught in this who had long hair in the Bible were (1) the Nazarite
passage that Hades is a place of fire and torment. [See (Nu. 6:1-12; Ju. 13:4-5; 16:4-31), and (2) the rebel, of
Death, Hell, Resurrection.] which Absolom is an example (2 Sa. 14:26; 15:1-12).
HADID (peak, sharp). Ezr. 2:33. [See Nazarite.]
HADLAI (lax). 2 Ch. 28:12. Did Jesus Wear Long Hair? Contrary to what we see
HADORAM (Hadar is high). Ge. 10:27. in artists’ portrayals, we know that the Lord Jesus Christ
HADRACH (periodical return). Ze. 9:1. did not have long hair for the following reasons: (1) The
HAFT. The handle of an instrument (Ju. 3:22). Lord Jesus Christ was not a Nazarite; He was a
HAGAR (wandering). The handmaid of Sarah, Nazarene, meaning He lived in Nazareth (Mt. 2:23). (2)
Christ would not have lived contrary to His own
Abraham’s wife. She bore Abraham a son, Ishmael (Ge. instructions in 1 Co. 11:14-15. (3) We know from
12:10-20; 16:1-16; 21:9-21). “An allegory is drawn from history that it was common in the days of Christ for men
the history of Hagar being cast out of Abraham’s home to have short hair. “Several pictures of busts of
(Ga. 4:21 - 5:1). Hagar answers to the covenant of law numerous Roman emperors during and after the time of
and to Jerusalem then in bondage; and Sarah to the Christ—General Pompey, the Emperor Trajan, Julius
covenant of promise and to Jerusalem above, which is Caesar, Caesar Augustus and King Herod Agrippa the
free. The conclusion as to the believer is, ‘so then, First of Judaea, a Jew by religion, who ruled shortly
brethren, we are not the children of the bondwoman, after the time of Christ—all show the men to have short
but of the free.’ The Christian is not under the law nor hair. These men set the example and the pace for men
in the flesh; but is free, under grace. Being the seed of during the time of Christ” (Philip Vollmer, The Modern
Abraham according to promise, that is, being ‘of Christ,’ Student’s Life of Christ, pp. 286). (4) Christ is a Priest,
or ‘Christ’s,’ the gospel and new covenant blessings have and the Jewish priests wore their hair short (Eze.
come to believers through Him, and they are reckoned

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