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Lexicon :: Strong's H1968 - hêmān

Aa
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.
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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 Box1Ki 4:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:31 - For he was H2449 wiser H2449 than H4480 all H3605 other people H120, more than H4480 Ethan H387 the Ezrahite H250, Heman H1968, Calcol H3633, and [fn]Darda H1862, the sons H1121 of Mahol H4235; and his [fn]fame H8034 was known in all H3605 the surrounding H5439 nations H1471.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:6 - The sons H1121 of Zerah H2226 were [fn]Zimri H2174, Ethan H387, Heman H1968, Calcol H3633, and [fn]Dara H1873; five H2568 of them in all H3605.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:33 - These H428 are the ones who [fn]served H5975 with their sons H1121: From the sons H1121 of the Kohathites H6956 were Heman H1968 the singer H7891, the son H1121 of Joel H3100, the son H1121 of Samuel H8050,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:17 - So the Levites H3881 appointed H5975 Heman H1968 the son H1121 of Joel H3100, and from his relatives H251, Asaph H623 the son H1121 of Berechiah H1296; and from the sons H1121 of Merari H4847 their relatives H251, Ethan H387 the son H1121 of Kushaiah H6984,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:19 - So the singers H7891, Heman H1968, Asaph H623, and Ethan H387, were appointed to sound H8085 aloud H8085 cymbals H4700 of bronze H5178;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:41 - With them were Heman H1968 and Jeduthun H3038, and the rest H7605 who were chosen H1305, who H834 were designated H5344 by name H8034, to give H3034 thanks H3034 to the LORD H3068, because H3588 His [fn]kindness H2617 is everlasting H5769.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:42 - And with them were Heman H1968 and Jeduthun H3038 with trumpets H2689 and cymbals H4700 for those who were to play H8085 them, and with instruments H3627 for the songs H7892 of God H430, and the sons H1121 of Jeduthun H3038 for the gate H8179.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 -

Moreover, David H1732 and the commanders H8269 of the army H6635 set H914 apart H914 for the service H5656 some of the sons H1121 of Asaph H623, Heman H1968, and Jeduthun H3038, who were to prophesy H5012 with lyres H3658, harps H5035, and cymbals H4700; and the number H4557 of [fn]those H376 who performed H4399 this service H5656 was:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:4 - Of Heman H1968, the sons H1121 of Heman H1968: Bukkiah H1232, Mattaniah H4983, [fn]Uzziel H5816, [fn]Shebuel H7619 and Jerimoth H3406, Hananiah H2608, Hanani H2607, Eliathah H448, Giddalti H1437 and Romamti-ezer H7320, Joshbekashah H3436, Mallothi H4413, Hothir H1956, and Mahazioth H4238.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:5 - All H3605 these H428 were the sons H1121 of Heman H1968 the king’s H4428 seer H2374 to [fn]exalt H7311 him according to the words H1697 of God H430, for God H430 gave H5414 fourteen H702 H6240 sons H1121 and three H7969 daughters H1323 to Heman H1968.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:6 - All H3605 of these H428 were under H5921 the [fn]direction H3027 of their father H1 to sing H7892 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, with cymbals H4700, harps H5035, and lyres H3658, for the service H5656 of the house H1004 of God H430. Asaph H623, Jeduthun H3038, and Heman H1968 were [fn]under H5921 the direction H3027 of the king H4428.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:12 - and all H3605 the Levitical H3881 singers H7891, Asaph H623, Heman H1968, Jeduthun H3038, and their sons H1121 and kinsmen H251, clothed H3847 in fine H948 linen H948, with cymbals H4700, harps H5035, and lyres H3658, standing H5975 east H4217 of the altar H4196, and with them 120 H3967 H6242 priests H3548 blowing H2690 trumpets H2689

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:14 - and from the sons H1121 of Heman H1968, [fn]Jehiel H3171 and Shimei H8096; and from the sons H1121 of Jeduthun H3038, Shemaiah H8098 and Uzziel H5816.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - The singers H7891, the sons H1121 of Asaph H623, were also at their positions H4612 according to the command H4687 of David H1732, Asaph H623, Heman H1968, and Jeduthun H3038 the king’s H4428 seer H2374; and the gatekeepers H7778 at each H8179 gate H8179 did not have H369 to leave H5493 their service H5656, because H3588 their kinsmen H251 the Levites H3881 prepared H3559 for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:1 -

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the music director; according to Mahalath Leannoth. A [fn]Maskil of Heman [fn]the Ezrahite.

LORD H3068, the God H430 of my salvation H3444,

I have cried H6817 out H6817 by day H3117 and in the night H3915 before H5048 You.

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