HALLOHESH

ha-lo'-hesh (ha-lochesh, "the whisperer," "the slanderer"): A post-exilic chief whose son Shallum assisted in repairing the walls of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:12, the King James Version "Halohesh"). He was also one of the leaders who signed the national covenant (Nehemiah 10:24 (Hebrew 25)).

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.