--- title: H — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 19 description: The 779 words of the English dictionary under H, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/19/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / H # H — The English dictionary · page 19 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal, old-fashioned) From now on; from this time into the future.[↗](../../henceforward/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Henceforward, all pupils must wear a hat outside.[↗](../../henceforward/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Henceforward I shall be a quiet and humble Toad!» he promised.[↗](../../henceforward/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Henceforward the castle belonged to the young king.[↗](../../henceforward/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Henceforth, the meeting will be on Mondays.[↗](../../henceforward/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Henceforward we shall help each other.[↗](../../henceforward/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The king declared that henceforward there would be no taxes on bread.[↗](../../henceforward/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I will never set you to herd cattle again, henceforward I will give you something easier to do.”[↗](../../henceforward/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **henhouse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small hut or shed where hens (chickens) live, sleep and lay eggs.[↗](../../henhouse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We shut the hens in the henhouse at night to keep the fox out.[↗](../../henhouse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I collect the eggs from the henhouse every morning.[↗](../../henhouse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The henhouse has 6 nest boxes.[↗](../../henhouse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If 8 hens each lay 1 egg a day, the henhouse gives 56 eggs in a week.[↗](../../henhouse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad built a henhouse from old wood.[↗](../../henhouse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Letting him guard the sweets is like putting a fox in the henhouse.[↗](../../henhouse/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the meantime, since my watchdog died today, you may take his place and guard my henhouse.”[↗](../../henhouse/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **henna** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A shrub with sweet-smelling flower clusters, also used for a reddish dye.[↗](../../henna/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Thy shoots are a park of pomegranates, with precious fruits; henna with spikenard plants, (Writings SNG.4.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../henna/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of En-gedi.[↗](../../henna/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.1.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../henna/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **henry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Henry is a boy's or man's first name, also used as a family name; many English kings were called Henry.[↗](../../henry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) A henry is a unit for measuring inductance in electric coils.[↗](../../henry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My best friend is called Henry.[↗](../../henry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · King Henry the Eighth had six wives.[↗](../../henry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Henry the hoover is a popular vacuum cleaner in the UK.[↗](../../henry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Henry read his story to the class.[↗](../../henry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The book is about a dog named Henry.[↗](../../henry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The unit of inductance is the henry.[↗](../../henry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Henry Malter. and Dr I s a a c H u s i k for many courtesies fittnded to me in iLis work, both in the arrangement of ihe uialeria! and in style.[↗](../../henry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../henry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **heptad** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A group of seven.[↗](../../heptad/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This is the special chapter of the Heptad, the powers and properties of the Seven.[↗](../../heptad/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../heptad/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And out of the triad one stands apart; and in the heptad there are two triads, and one standing apart.[↗](../../heptad/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../heptad/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The classification of the Hebrew letters into a Triad, Heptad and Dodekad, runs through the whole philosophy of the Kabalah.[↗](../../heptad/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../heptad/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **herald** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun) In the past, an official who carried messages and made announcements for a king or queen.[↗](../../herald/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A sign that something is coming, as in «the herald of spring».[↗](../../herald/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To be a sign that something is about to happen.[↗](../../herald/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To announce or welcome something loudly and publicly.[↗](../../herald/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Part of many newspaper names, such as «The Herald».[↗](../../herald/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The herald blew his trumpet and read the king's message.[↗](../../herald/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The White Rabbit, acting as herald, read out the accusation.[↗](../../herald/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Snowdrops herald the start of spring.[↗](../../herald/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Hark! the herald angels sing.»[↗](../../herald/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dark clouds heralded the storm.[↗](../../herald/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The invention of the steam engine heralded a new age.[↗](../../herald/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My grandad reads the Herald every morning.[↗](../../herald/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · All the church bells rung, and the heralds rode about the town proclaiming the betrothal.[↗](../../herald/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Wind is of course the herald of the storm, the Biblical symbol par excellence of the divine theophany, making wind a potent symbol of divine imminence.[↗](../../herald/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../herald/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the herald cried aloud: 'To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages, (Writings DAN.3.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../herald/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **heralded** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Was a sign that something was coming.[↗](../../heralded/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Announced loudly or welcomed publicly.[↗](../../heralded/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective, much-heralded) Talked about with great excitement before it happened.[↗](../../heralded/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Trumpets heralded the arrival of the King and Queen of Hearts.[↗](../../heralded/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The first swallows heralded the summer.[↗](../../heralded/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The steam train heralded a new age of travel.[↗](../../heralded/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The much-heralded film turned out to be boring.[↗](../../heralded/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A loud crack of thunder heralded the storm.[↗](../../heralded/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The arrival of the internet heralded great changes.[↗](../../heralded/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **heraldic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Heraldic means to do with heraldry, the old system of coats of arms, badges and shields used by noble families.[↗](../../heraldic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The great hall had heraldic devices on its walls.[↗](../../heraldic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each knight carried a heraldic shield.[↗](../../heraldic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lion is a common heraldic animal.[↗](../../heraldic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **herb** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A herb is a plant whose leaves, seeds or flowers are used to add flavour to food, such as basil, mint, parsley, rosemary and thyme.[↗](../../herb/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A herb is a plant used to make medicine or tea, such as chamomile or lavender.[↗](../../herb/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) A herb is any small plant with a soft stem, not woody like a tree or bush.[↗](../../herb/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Any green plant, including grass and plants grown for food.[↗](../../herb/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum grows herbs on the kitchen windowsill.[↗](../../herb/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Add some fresh herbs to the soup.[↗](../../herb/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mint is a herb that smells fresh.[↗](../../herb/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We planted a herb garden at school.[↗](../../herb/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma makes tea from dried herbs.[↗](../../herb/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Basil is a herb used in pizza sauce.[↗](../../herb/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · See these lovely cabbages and these fresh herbs\![↗](../../herb/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.[↗](../../herb/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.3.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../herb/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Every moving thing that liveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.[↗](../../herb/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.9.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../herb/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.[↗](../../herb/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.12.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../herb/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · For they shall soon wither like the grass, and fade as the green herb.[↗](../../herb/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.37.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../herb/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole field wither?[↗](../../herb/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.12.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../herb/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.[↗](../../herb/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.15.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../herb/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.[↗](../../herb/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.3.18, JPS 1917) · "In the fourth glass is neither herb, bird, nor urchin.[↗](../../herb/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) · Every moving thing that liveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.[↗](../../herb/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.9.3, JPS 1917) **herbage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Herbage is grass and green plants, especially the food that animals graze on.[↗](../../herbage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cows grazed on sweet herbage.[↗](../../herbage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The elephants trampled the herbage flat.[↗](../../herbage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After the rain, the herbage was thick and green.[↗](../../herbage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · For the Waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the herbage faileth, there is no green thing.[↗](../../herbage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.15.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../herbage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And the wild asses stand on the high hills, they gasp for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.[↗](../../herbage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.14.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../herbage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **herbal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Made from herbs or plants, as in herbal tea or herbal medicine.[↗](../../herbal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Having to do with herbs.[↗](../../herbal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (rare, noun) An old book that describes plants and their uses.[↗](../../herbal/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum drinks herbal tea before bed.[↗](../../herbal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Peppermint tea is a herbal drink.[↗](../../herbal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma keeps herbal remedies in the cupboard.[↗](../../herbal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · This shampoo has herbal oils in it.[↗](../../herbal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never take herbal pills without asking a grown-up.[↗](../../herbal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Chamomile is often used in herbal tea.[↗](../../herbal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop sells herbal soaps.[↗](../../herbal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago, doctors wrote herbals full of plant drawings.[↗](../../herbal/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **herbivore** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A herbivore is an animal that eats only plants, such as grass, leaves, fruit or seeds.[↗](../../herbivore/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A cow is a herbivore.[↗](../../herbivore/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Rabbits, deer and sheep are herbivores.[↗](../../herbivore/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Herbivores have flat teeth for grinding plants.[↗](../../herbivore/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some dinosaurs, like Triceratops, were herbivores.[↗](../../herbivore/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the food chain, the herbivore eats the grass and the fox eats the herbivore.[↗](../../herbivore/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A koala is a herbivore that eats eucalyptus leaves.[↗](../../herbivore/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Is a panda a herbivore?[↗](../../herbivore/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") It eats almost only bamboo.[↗](../../herbivore/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Elephants are the biggest herbivores on land.[↗](../../herbivore/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **herbivorous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) Eating only plants, such as grass, leaves, fruit and seeds.[↗](../../herbivorous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Rabbits are herbivorous animals.[↗](../../herbivorous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Triceratops was a herbivorous dinosaur.[↗](../../herbivorous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Herbivorous animals have flat teeth for grinding plants.[↗](../../herbivorous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Koalas are herbivorous and eat only eucalyptus leaves.[↗](../../herbivorous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the food chain, herbivorous animals eat the producers.[↗](../../herbivorous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Is a panda herbivorous?[↗](../../herbivorous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") It mostly eats bamboo.[↗](../../herbivorous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **herd** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A herd is a large group of animals of one kind that live and move together, like cows, deer, elephants or horses.[↗](../../herd/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To herd animals or people means to move them together as a group.[↗](../../herd/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «The herd» can mean ordinary people who all do the same thing.[↗](../../herd/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A herd of elephants walked to the river.[↗](../../herd/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer herded the cows into the barn.[↗](../../herd/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Zebras stay in herds to keep safe from lions.[↗](../../herd/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog herded the sheep into the pen.[↗](../../herd/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher herded us back to the classroom.[↗](../../herd/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't just follow the herd — think for yourself.[↗](../../herd/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A herd of deer ran across the road.[↗](../../herd/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Vaccines help build herd immunity.[↗](../../herd/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Help me to herd them, Akela.”[↗](../../herd/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.[↗](../../herd/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.13.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../herd/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.[↗](../../herd/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.12.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../herd/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Take both your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.'[↗](../../herd/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.12.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../herd/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds; (Prophets 2SA.12.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../herd/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds; (Writings PRO.27.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../herd/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very much substance.[↗](../../herd/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.32.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../herd/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **herder** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A herder is a person who looks after a group of animals, such as cattle, sheep, goats or reindeer, moving them to fresh grass and keeping them safe.[↗](../../herder/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is also part of names like «cattle herder» or «reindeer herder».[↗](../../herder/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The herder led his goats up the mountain.[↗](../../herder/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Reindeer herders in Lapland follow their animals across the snow.[↗](../../herder/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A shepherd is a herder of sheep.[↗](../../herder/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cattle herder used a dog to help him.[↗](../../herder/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Herders in Mongolia live in round tents called gers.[↗](../../herder/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The herder counted his sheep at sunset.[↗](../../herder/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In dry years herders must walk far to find water.[↗](../../herder/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our story was about a young yak herder.[↗](../../herder/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **herdsman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A herdsman is a person who looks after a herd of cattle, sheep or goats.[↗](../../herdsman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The herdsman led the cows home at dusk.[↗](../../herdsman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The herdsman searched the hills for his lost bull.[↗](../../herdsman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Every morning the herdsman drove the sheep to the hill.[↗](../../herdsman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **here** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Here means in, at or to this place: come here.[↗](../../here/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Here means in this case, at this point: here we multiply.[↗](../../here/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Here is» and «here you are» are said when you give or show something.[↗](../../here/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Here the word «more» does not mean adding …[↗](../../here/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Here we multiply.[↗](../../here/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 7 birds here and 5 birds there.[↗](../../here/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Come here and look at this\![↗](../../here/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Here is your lunch box.[↗](../../here/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Ben?»[↗](../../here/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") «Here!»[↗](../../here/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We have lived here for three years.[↗](../../here/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Here you are: one ice cream.[↗](../../here/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “Here, give me the little girl.[↗](../../here/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.[↗](../../here/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.47.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../here/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two.[↗](../../here/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../here/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said unto Balak: 'Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I go toward a meeting yonder.'[↗](../../here/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.23.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../here/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And I answered: Here am I. (Prophets 2SA.1.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../here/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Here is the end of the matter.[↗](../../here/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.7.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../here/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Then I said: 'Here am I; send me.'[↗](../../here/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.6.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../here/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **hereabouts** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Near this place, somewhere close by: is there a shop hereabouts?[↗](../../hereabouts/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Is there a park hereabouts?[↗](../../hereabouts/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody lives hereabouts except the old miller.[↗](../../hereabouts/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I think the lost cat is hereabouts.[↗](../../hereabouts/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **hereafter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) From now on; after this time.[↗](../../hereafter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal, law) In this document from this point on, as in «hereafter called the Buyer».[↗](../../hereafter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun, the hereafter) Life after death.[↗](../../hereafter/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In a book, hereafter means later on in the same book, as in 'as we shall see hereafter'.[↗](../../hereafter/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hereafter, all homework must be handed in on Monday.[↗](../../hereafter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, hereafter called the RSPB, was founded in 1889.[↗](../../hereafter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many religions teach about the hereafter.[↗](../../hereafter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians believe that the hereafter is life with God.[↗](../../hereafter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Hereafter you shall be called the Elephant's Child no more,» the storyteller might say.[↗](../../hereafter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The contract says the house, hereafter «the property», is sold.[↗](../../hereafter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He married Rhea, daughter of Uranus and Gaea, a very important divinity, to whom a special chapter will be devoted hereafter.[↗](../../hereafter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He hath formed, weighed, and composed with these twenty-two letters every soul, and the soul of everything which shall hereafter be.[↗](../../hereafter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../hereafter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Even if such an early date cannot be established, it appears likely that scholars will hereafter attribute the discovery of positional arithmetic to the Babylonians instead of the Hindoos."[↗](../../hereafter/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../hereafter/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods; yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.[↗](../../hereafter/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.41.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hereafter/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · as for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter; and He that revealeth secrets hath made known to thee what shall come to pass.[↗](../../hereafter/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.2.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hereafter/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) … [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/18/) **19** [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/20/) … [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/40/) - ← previous: [page 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/18/) - next →: [page 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/20/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)