Hallohesh

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Hallohesh . An individual or a family mentioned in connexion with the repairing of the wall (  Nehemiah 3:12 ) and the sealing of the covenant (  Nehemiah 10:24 ).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Lohesh with the article, Ha- . Sealed the covenant with Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 10:24). Father of Shallum ( Nehemiah 3:12).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Hallo'hesh. (Enchanter). One of the chief of the people, who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah.  Nehemiah 10:24. (B.C. 410).

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Nehemiah 3:12 Nehemiah 10:24

Morrish Bible Dictionary

One who sealed the covenant.  Nehemiah 10:24 .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

or, rather, LOCHESH (Heb. Lochesh' לוֹחֵשׁ , with the article הֲלּוֹחֵשׁ , Hal- Lochesh', The Whisperer; Sept. Ἀλλωῆς and Ἀλωῆς , Vulg. Alohes), the father of Shallum, which latter assisted Nehemiah in repairing the walls of Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 3:12, where the name is Anglicized "Halohesh"). He was one of the popular chiefs that subscribed the sacred covenant with Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 10:24). B.C. cir. 410.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ha - lō´hesh ( הלּוחשׁ , ha - lōḥēsh , "the whisperer," "the slanderer"): A post-exilic chief whose son Shallum assisted in repairing the walls of Jerusalem (  Nehemiah 3:12 , the King James Version "Halohesh"). He was also one of the leaders who signed the national covenant ( Nehemiah 10:24 (Hebrew 25)).