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Harod

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2033

הֲרוֹרִי

ha.ro.ri — Harod

Harorite = "the mountaineer" the title given to Shammoth, one of the warriors of David's guard Another spelling of en cha.rod (עֵין חֲרֹד "Harod" H5878)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8048

שַׁמָּה

sham.mah — Shammah

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.13; son of: Reuel (H7467); brother of: Nahath (H5184), Zerah (H2226) and Mizzah (H4199) § Shammah = "astonishment" 1) son of Reuel, grandson of Esau, and a chief of Edom 2) the 3rd son of Jesse and a brother of David 3) son of Agee the Hararite and one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors 4) the Harodite, one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors 5) another Hararite, one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2043

הֲרָרִי

ha.ra.ri — Hararite

Someone descended from Harar or Harod (cf. 2Sa.23.11, 25), first mentioned at 2Sa.23.11 § Hararite = "mountain dweller" adj 1) a resident in or descendant of Harar; perhaps only a mountain dweller 2) Agee, a Hararite, one of David's heroes 3) Shammah, the Hararite, one of David's heroes 4) Sharar, the Hararite, the father of Ahiam, one of David's heroes

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2733

חֲרֹדִי

cha.ro.di — Harodite

Group of en cha.rod (עֵין חֲרֹד "Harod" H5878) § Harodite , of Harod "trembling" a resident or descendant of Harod otherwise unknown; two of David's 37 guards, Shammah and Elika, called Harodites

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8054

שַׁמּוֹת

sham.mot — Shammoth

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.25; also called Shammoth at 1Ch.11.27; Another name of sham.mah (שַׁמָּה "Shammah" H8048H) § Shammoth = "desolations" the Harodite, one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors

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Historical dictionary entry

Palpitation, a fountain near which Gideon and his army encamped on the morning of the day when they encountered and routed the Midianites (Judg. 7). It was south of the hill Moreh. The present ‘Ain Jalud (“Goliath’s Fountain”), south of Jezreel and nearly opposite Shunem, is probably the fountain here referred to (7:4, 5).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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