HUKKOK (pi3n). — A place near Tabor on the
west of Naphtali, Jos 11»^. It is the present village y^ih'ik (but see Dillm. Josun, ad luc), near the edge of the plateau to the N.W. of the be.-v ot Galilee, between Tabor and Ilannathon, marking the border of Zebulun and Naplitali, Jos 19".
LlTERATCRR.— .^irp vol. i. sh. vi. ; Gviilrin, GnliUf, i. 854 fl. ; Eobiiison, BRI"i iii. 81 (. ; Asher, ISrnj. of Tudi-la, ii. 421, where R. Parcbi locates the tomb of the prophet llabakkuk at IciAilit. C. R. CONDER.
HUKOK (pf>n) of 1 Ch 6™ [Heb.«] is a textual error for Helkath (which see) of Jos 21".
HOL (Sin). — The eponym of an Aramaean tribe (Gn lO''") whose location is quite uncertain. The various atlemjits that have been made to establish its identity will be found in Dillmaim, who does not consider that any of them has been successful.
HDLDAH (iTi^n 'weasel' (?); for bearing of this name on Totem tjieory, see Gray, Heb. Prop. Names, 90, 101, 103). — A prophetess who lived during the reign of Josiah. AH we know concerning her ia recorded in 2 K 22"-* (reproduced almost verbatim in 2Ch 34---^). She is described as the wife of Shallum ' the keeper of the wardrobe,' who dwelt in the second quarter (mishneh) of the city. See CoLLEOE. In spite of our scanty information, she must have had a well-recognized standing as a
Srophetess, for it was to H. tliat the messengers of osiah betook themselves when they were sent to 'inquire of the Lord.' The king's alarm at the contents of the book found in the temple by Hilkiah was only partially allayed by the answer of H., which was in many points far from reassur- ing, although .losiah on account of his personal piety was to escape the worst of the coming evils.
J. A. Selbie. HUMILITY ("ijs;, TairemoKltpoaivri ; on the s|>ecial Christian -sense of the latter and on its relation to irpaimis, see Trench, NT Syn.' 142 8'.).— In one
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aspect the whole Bible may be viewed as a revel.a- tion of the character of God, and the divine love of humility is a feature of that chiiriuter whiuli is tracealjie throu<,'liout. In Ps 18" 113" the virtue of humility is attributed to God Iliiuself, who humbleth Himself to behold the thin;,'8 that are in heaven and earth ; and recent advances in our knowled^'e, both of the infinitely great in heaven and of tlie infinitely little on earth, have deepened our wonder at God s providence, at the contrast of His greatness and His minute care for the least of His works (cf. Mt 10="- **). Hut, after all, our words ' great ' and ' little ' can have no direct significance to Him who is absolute and eternal ; and, w Idle in men diirerent qualities often stand out sharply distinct, in the transparent simplicity of the divine character we at once see through the humility to the love which underlies it ; so that on both grounds it seems unnatural to us to dwell vipon 'the great God's great humbleness,' in distinction from the love that moved Him to create, and to deign to take notice of that wliich He created.
But when we turn to consider the Bible record of God's dealings with the moral natures of men, ) there is scarcely any divine characteristic so marked as that wliich is expressed in tlie words, 'Surely he scorneth the scomers, but he giveth grace to the lowly' (Pr 3" = Ja 4"), and 'Tims Baith the high and lofty One that inliabiteth eter- nity, whose name is Holy : I dwell in the high and holy place, with hira also that is of a contrite and liumole spirit, to revive the spirit of tlie humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones' (Is 57'°). From Babel (Gn W) to Nebuchad- nezzar (Dn 4*'-''), from the song of Hannah (1 S 2") to the Magnificat (Lk 1°'), the lessons of history and the insight of the prophet have taught that ' pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall ' (Pr 16'"), while ' ble.ssed are the meek : lor they shall inherit the earth' (I's 37" = Mt 5'). Especially is the duty of humility enforced in Ps and Pr and in some of the Prophets. For though God is known to bless the humble, yet the sense of His special favour is a])t to beget pride, and therefore the Deuteronomistand Ezckiel are led to insist on the utter absence of merit in Israel ; and to explain thatGod's choice of Hispeo]ile was not determined by any good qualities in them on which they should pride tliemselves (Dt7'ii"" 9*-' 26» 32'", Ezk 16, where Jerus. is char^'ed with having used God's gifts to minister to her own vanity, cf. Ro 11"'**); while Amos protests that other races besides the children of Israel are equally the objects of God's providence, 9'""".
So far, the Bible idea might not seem to be very far removed from the familiar conception of Hero- dotus and the Greek tragedians, that God looks askance a-s with envy on human presumption, and even on innocent success. Yet the Bible at least dwells rather on God's love of the lowly than on His hatred of the proud, and there is no sign of His displeasure at mere prosperity. But our sense of the contrast between the Greek idea and that of the Bible will bo deepened if we consider the relations of humility to other virtues.