Bible Dictionary and Concordance


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husbandman / husbandmenA farmer or other worker of the soil; a farm labourer. (See Matt 21:33-41; Mark 12:1-9)
husbandryCare, cultivation, and breeding of crops and animals. The farmer or gardener who works with animals and/or plants is the husbandman; one who has a close physical and emotional connection with the land. Tilling, planting, nurturing, and harvesting.
husk / husksSkin, peeling, covering, crust, chaff, a pod; the outer shell of grain; the outer covering is separated from the grain or fruit; the seed or meat is on the inside. DTP Christ in the last days will separate the husks (chaff) from the grain; the religious people of Jesus' day are often thought as the chaff, having no eternal value, fit only to be gathered up to be burned.
hymn / hymnsSong, chant, tune; a song of praise to God. DTP After the disciples had finished the last supper they closed with a hymn (Matt 26:30); a hymn or a song of praise can often bring the whole man (body, soul and spirit) before God in worship and adoration. (See Neh 12:27; singing.)
hypocrisy / hypocrisiesInsincerity, double standards, two-faced, deceitful, filling the role of an imposter. DTP Taking the truth of God and turning it into lies by words and actions; hypocrisy is prevalent in all levels of society and we must be aware that practitioners of hypocrisy and their teachings are all around us. (See Isa 29:13; 1 John 1:6.)
hypocrite / hypocritesFraud, deceiver, imposter, pretender, cheat, a person who speaks one way and lives another. DTP Many of the Pharisees and Sadducees were thought to be religious hypocrites; God often warn these kinds of people about the type of destruction that lay ahead for them, if they did not change their wicked and deceitful ways.
hyssopPlant that grows in Asia and North Africa; the branch and leaves were used by the Jews to sprinkle blood on the door post and lintels (Ex 12:22); it was used a picture of spiritual cleansing.