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Strong's #1968: Heyman (pronounced hay-mawn')

probably from 539; faithful; Heman, the name of at least two Israelites:--Heman.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

hêymân

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

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: probably from H539



Usage:

This word is used 17 times:

1 Kings 4:31: "than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda,"
1 Chronicles 2:6: "of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Dara: five of them in all."
1 Chronicles 6:33: "with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel,"
1 Chronicles 15:17: "So the Levites appointed Heman the son and of his brethren,"
1 Chronicles 15:19: "So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound of brass;"
1 Chronicles 16:41: "And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, were expressed by name,"
1 Chronicles 16:42: "And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals and with musical instruments"
1 Chronicles 25:1: "to the service of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries,"
1 Chronicles 25:4: " Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Shebuel, and Jerimoth,"
1 Chronicles 25:4: "Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Shebuel, and Jerimoth,"
1 Chronicles 25:5: "All these were the sons of Heman the king's in the words of God,"
1 Chronicles 25:5: "the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three"
1 Chronicles 25:6: "order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman."
2 Chronicles 5:12: "which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed"
2 Chronicles 29:14: "And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: the sons of Jeduthun;"
2 Chronicles 35:15: "of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters"
Psalms 88:1: "Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation,"









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