Harim

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

HARIM. 1. A lay family which appears in the list of the returning exiles (  Ezra 2:32 =   Nehemiah 7:35 ); of those who had married foreign wives (  Ezra 10:31 ); and of those who signed the covenant (  Nehemiah 10:27 ). 2. A priestly family in the same lists (  Ezra 2:39 =   Nehemiah 7:42 = 1Es 5:25 Harim  ;   Ezra 10:21 ,   Nehemiah 10:5 ). The name is found also among ‘the priests and Levites that went up with Zerubbabel’ (  Nehemiah 12:3 , where it is miswritten Rehum ); among the heads of priestly families in the days of Joiakim (  Nehemiah 12:15 ); and as the third of the 24 courses (  1 Chronicles 24:8 ). To which family Malchijah the son of Harim, one of the builders of the wall (  Nehemiah 3:11 ), belonged cannot be determined.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ha'rim. (Flat-Nosed).

1. A priest, who had charge of the third division in the house of God.  1 Chronicles 24:8. (B.C. 1014).

2. Bene-Harim, (that is, sons of Harim), probably descendants of the above, to the number of 1017, came from Babylon with Zerubbabel.  Ezra 2:39;  Nehemiah 7:42. (B.C. 536).

3. It further occurs in a list of the families of priests, "who went up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua," and of those who were their descendants, in the next generation.  Nehemiah 12:16.

4. Another family of Bene-Harim, (that is, sons of Harim), 320 in number, came from the captivity in the same caravan.  Ezra 2:82;  Nehemiah 7:35. (B.C. 536). They also appear among those who had married foreign wives,  Ezra 10:31, as well as, those who sealed the covenant-  Nehemiah 10:27. (B.C. 410).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. The head of the third order of priests.  1 Chronicles 24:8 .

2. Ancestor of priests who returned from exile.   Ezra 2:39;  Ezra 10:21 .  Nehemiah 7:42 .

3-5. Ancestors of some who returned from exile.   Ezra 2:32;  Ezra 10:31;  Nehemiah 7:35 .

6. Father of Malchijah.   Nehemiah 3:11 .

7. Priest who sealed the covenant.   Nehemiah 10:5 .

8. A chief of the people who sealed the covenant.   Nehemiah 10:27 .

9. Head of a priestly family.   Nehemiah 12:15 .

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1.  1 Chronicles 24:8.

2. Children Of Harim; 1017 came up with Zerubbabel from Babylon ( Ezra 2:39;  Ezra 10:21;  Nehemiah 7:42;  Nehemiah 10:5).

3. Rehum or Harim (by transposition of letters):  Nehemiah 12:3;  Nehemiah 12:15.

4.  Ezra 2:32;  Ezra 10:31;  Nehemiah 7:35;  Nehemiah 10:27.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Ezra 2:32 2 1 Chronicles 24:8 Ezra 2:39 Nehemiah 12:15 Ezra 10:21 3 Ezra 10:31 Nehemiah 3:11 4 Nehemiah 10:5 5 Nehemiah 10:27

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Harim'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/h/harim.html. 1897.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Charim', חָרַם , for חָרַים , i. q. חָרוּם ) Flat-Nosed; Sept. ᾿Ηράμ , but with many v.r. especially Χαρήμ in  1 Chronicles 24:8, ᾿Ηρίμ in  Ezra 2:39, Ι᾿Ραμ in  Nehemiah 10:5, and ‘ Api in  Nehemiah 12:15), the names of several men, mostly about the time of the Captivity..

1. The head of the second "course" of priests as arranged by David ( 1 Chronicles 24:8). B.C. 1014.

2. Apparently an Israelite, whose descendants, to the number of 320 males, or 1017 in all, returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel ( Ezra 2:32;  Ezra 2:39;  Nehemiah 7:35;  Nehemiah 7:42. But as among these some are enumerated ( Ezra 10:21), as priests in the corresponding lists of those who renounced their Gentile wives, and others ( Ezra 10:31) as; ordinary Israelites, it may be doubted whether Harim was not rather a place whose inhabitants are here spoken of, like others in the same list. Accordingly,. Schwarz identifies it with a village Charism, situated, according to him, on a bay of the sea eight Eng. miles northeast of Jaffa (Palest. p. 142). He probably means el- Haran-Ali-Ibn-Aleim (Robinson, Researches, 3, 46),. but his explanation of the compound name is not at all. satisfactory. A better supposition, perhaps, is that Harim in these latter passages stands patronymically as a. representation of the family, q.d. Bene-Harim. (See Elam).

3. The father of Malchijah, which latter repaired part of the walls of Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 3:11). B.C. ante: 446. Perhaps identical with No. 2.

4. One of the priests that returned from Babylon. with Zerubbabel ( Nehemiah 12:3, where the name is given' as REHUMI; but compare  Nehemiah 12:15, where his son Adna is named). B.C. 536. Perhaps the same as No. 3.

5. One of those named first among the signers of the. sacred covenant of Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 10:5). B.C. cir.. 410. Perhaps 1. q. No. 3.

6. Another, a chief of the people, in the same list. ( Nehemiah 10:27). B.C. cir. 410. Perhaps to be explained like No. 2.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

hā´rim ( חרם , ḥārim ): A family name.

(1) A non-priestly family that returned from captivity with Zerubbabel ( Ezra 2:32;  Nehemiah 7:35 ); mentioned among those who married foreign wives ( Ezra 10:31 ); also mentioned among those who renewed the covenant ( Nehemiah 10:27 ).

(2) A priestly family returning with Zerubbabel ( Ezra 2:39;  Nehemiah 7:42;  Nehemiah 12:3 ,  Nehemiah 12:15 (see Rehum )); members of this family covenanted to put away their foreign wives ( Ezra 10:21;  Nehemiah 10:5 ). A family of this name appears as the third of the priestly courses in the days of David and Solomon ( 1 Chronicles 24:8 ).

(3) In  Nehemiah 3:11 is mentioned Malchijah, son of Harim, one of the wall-builders. Which family is here designated is uncertain.