BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2756
cha.riph — Hariph
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.19 § Hariph = "a plucking off" 1) head of a family of exiles returning with Zerubbabel 2) a head of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2741
cha.ru.phi — Haruphite
Someone descended from Haruph(?), only mentioned at 1Ch.12.5 § Haruphite = "native of Haruph" an inhabitant of Hariph
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3139
yo.rah — Jorah
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.18; also called Hariph at Neh.7.24; Also named: cha.riph (חָרִיף "Hariph" H2756H) § Jorah = "he instructs" the head or ancestor of a family who returned from Babylon with Ezra
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Autumnal rain. (1.) Neh. 7:24. (2.) 10:19.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
