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Harhas

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(poor). Ancestor of Shallum (2 Kings 22:14¹⁴So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. (2 Kings 22:14)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Grandfather of Shallurn the husband of Huldah the prophetess (2 Kings 22:14¹⁴So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. (2 Kings 22:14)). Called HASRAH in 2 Chronicles 34:22²²And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect. (2 Chronicles 34:22).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

2745 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Charchac

Phonic:

khar-khas’

Meaning:

from the same as 2775; perhaps shining; Charchas, an Israelite

KJV Usage:

Harhas

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

he burned, he pitied

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Complete poverty; shining; glittering:―an ancestor of Shallum [HASRAH], 2 Kings 22:14. {Egestas absoluta}