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Lexicon :: Strong's H1968 - hêmān

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הֵימָן
Transliteration
hêmān
Pronunciation
hay-mawn'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from אָמַן (H539)
Strong’s Definitions

הֵימָן Hêymân, hay-mawn'; probably from H539; faithful; Heman, the name of at least two Israelites:—Heman.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H1968 in the following manner: Heman (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H1968 in the following manner: Heman (17x).

  1. Heman = "faithful"

    1. a wise man to whom Solomon was compared

    2. son of Joel, grandson of Samuel, and a Levitical singer and author of PS 88

    3. a seer

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הֵימָן Hêymân, hay-mawn'; probably from H539; faithful; Heman, the name of at least two Israelites:—Heman.
STRONGS H1968: Abbreviations
† הֵימָן proper name, masculine Heman (faithful, compare Aramaic מְהֵימָן, bdb005401) a wise man with whom Solomon is compared 1 Kings 5:11, where app. son of Mahol (Klo sons of the dance); named with 3 others, one being Ethan the Ezrahite; 1 Chronicles 2:6a Heman is named with same 3+1 other, & all called sons of Zerah of Judah; Heman appears Psalm 88:1 also as the Ezrahite (see below זרח), compare Ethan above; in other passages Heman is a Levite; specifically Kohathite, son of Joel, called the singer (הַמְשׁוֺרֵר) 1 Chronicles 6:18 (|| Asaph 1 Chronicles 6:24, Ethan 1 Chronicles 6:29); Heman, Asaph & Ethan named as the singers (הַמְשֹׁרְרִים) 1 Chronicles 15:17, 19; compare Heman & Jeduthun 1 Chronicles 16:41, 42 (|| Asaph 1 Chronicles 16:37); Heman, Asaph & Jeduthun 1 Chronicles 25:6; 2 Chronicles 5:12; 35:15; elsewhere בְּנֵי אָ סָף וְהֵימָן וִידוּתוּן 1 Chronicles 25:1 compare 1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:5; 1 Chronicles 25:5; בְּנֵי הֵימָן 2 Chronicles 29:14 (|| בְּנֵי ידוּתוּן); — 2 Chronicles 25:5 Heman is called חֹזֵה הַמֶּלָח בְּדִבְ רֵי הַאֱלֹהִים (compare Asaph 2 Chronicles 29:30, Jeduthun 2 Chronicles 35:15). — On question of identity of Heman in these various connections, see Thes Comm.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

5:11

1 Chronicles

2:6; 6:18; 6:24; 6:29; 15:17; 15:19; 16:37; 16:41; 16:42; 25:1; 25:4; 25:4; 25:5; 25:5; 25:6

2 Chronicles

5:12; 25:5; 29:14; 29:30; 35:15; 35:15

Psalms

88:1

H1968

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1968 matches the Hebrew הֵימָן (hêmān),
which occurs 17 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:31 - For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, H1968 and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:6 - And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, H1968 and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:33 - And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman H1968 a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:17 - So the Levites appointed Heman H1968 the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:19 - So the singers, Heman, H1968 Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:41 - And with them Heman H1968 and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:42 - And with them Heman H1968 and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 - Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, H1968 and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:4 - Of Heman: H1968 the sons of Heman; H1968 Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:5 - All these were the sons of Heman H1968 the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman H1968 fourteen sons and three daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:6 - All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman. H1968

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:12 - Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, H1968 of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:14 - And of the sons of Heman; H1968 Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, H1968 and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:1 - [[A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman H1968 the Ezrahite.]] O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
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