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 · H2641
chas.rah — Hasrah
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.22.14; father of: Tikvah (H8616); also called Hasrah at 2Ch.34.22; Another name of char.chas (חַרְחַס "Harhas" H2745) § Hasrah = "lack" grandfather of Shallum who was the husband of Huldah, the prophetess; also spelled 'Harhas'
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2745
char.chas — Harhas
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.22.14; father of: Tikvah (H8616); also called Hasrah at 2Ch.34.22; Also named: chas.rah (חַסְרָה "Hasrah" H2641) § Harhas = "very poor" grandfather of Shallum, the husband of Huldah, the prophetess
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Poverty, “keeper of the wardrobe,” i.e., of the sacerdotal vestments (2 Chr. 34:22); called Harhas 2 Kings 22:14. He was husband of the prophetess Huldah.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
