HARIPH.A family which returned with Zerubbabel (Neh_7:24) and signed the covenant (Neh_10:19) = Ezr_2:18 Jorah, 1Es_5:16 Arsiphurith; one of Davids companions in 1Ch_12:5 is termed a Haruphite (Kethibh), or Hariphite (Qerç). The latter reading, if correct, perhaps points to a connexion with Hariph.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Ha'riph. (a plucking-off). A hundred and twelve of the Bene-Hariph, (that is, sons of Hariph), who returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel. Neh_7:24. The name occurs again among the "heads of the people," who sealed the covenant. Neh_10:19.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
hā?rif (חריף, ḥarı̄ph, חרף, ḥariph): One of those who returned from exile under Zerubbabel and helped to seal the covenant under Nehemiah and Ezra (Neh_7:24; Neh_10:19 (20)). Ezr_2:18 has ?Jorah.?
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Hariph
(Heb. Chariph', חָרַי, autumal rain;Sept. Α᾿ρείμ, Α᾿ρίφ), the name apparently of two men.
1. An Israelite whose descendants (or possibly a place: whose inhabitants), to the number of 112, returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh_7:24). In Ezr_2:18, the name is written in the synonymous form JORAH.. B.C. ante 536. Perhaps identical with the HAREPH of 1Ch_2:51. SEE HARUPHITE.
2. One of the chief of the people who subscribed the covenant of fidelity to Jehovah with Nehemiah (Neh_10:19). B.C. cir. 410. Perhaps the name is here only a patronymic contraction for Ben-Hariph. SEE HARIM.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.