Easton’s dictionary

Nearly 4,000 clear, readable entries on the people, places, words and ideas of the Bible, by a Scottish minister. A good first place to look.

• BaalLord. (1.) The name appropriated to the principal male god of the Phoenicians. It is...
• Baal-BerithCovenant lord, the name of the god worshipped in Shechem after the death of Gideon...
• Baal-GadLord of fortune, or troop of Baal, a Canaanite city in the valley of Lebanon at the...
• Baal-HamonPlace of a multitude, a place where Solomon had an extensive vineyard (Cant. 8:11). It...
• Baal-HananLord of grace. (1.) A king of Edom, son of Achbor (Gen. 36:38, 39; 1 Chr. 1:49, 50)....
• Baal-HazorHaving a courtyard, or Baal’s village, the place on the borders of Ephraim and...
• Baal-HermonLord of Hermon. (1.) A city near Mount Hermon inhabited by the Ephraimites (1 Chr....
• Baal-MeonLord of dwelling, a town of Reuben (Num. 32:38), called also Beth-meon (Jer. 48:23)...
• Baal-PeorLord of the opening, a god of the Moabites (Num. 25:3; 31:16; Josh. 22:17), worshipped...
• Baal-PerazimBaal having rents, bursts, or destructions, the scene of a victory gained by David...
• Baal-ShalishaLord of Shalisha, a place from which a man came with provisions for Elisha, apparently...
• Baal-TamarLord of palm trees, a place in the tribe of Benjamin near Gibeah of Saul (Judg....
• Baal-ZebubFly-lord, the god of the Philistines at Ekron (2 Kings 1:2, 3, 16). This name was...
• Baal-ZephonBaal of the north, an Egyptian town on the shores of the Gulf of Suez (Ex. 14:2; Num....
• BaalahMistress; city. (1.) A city in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:29), elsewhere called...
• BaalathA town of the tribe of Dan (Josh. 19:44). It was fortified by Solomon (1 Kings 9:18; 2...
• Baalath-BeerBaalah of the well, (Josh. 19:8, probably the same as Baal, mentioned in 1 Chr. 4:33,...
• BaalbecCalled by the Greeks Heliopolis i.e., “the city of the sun”, because of its famous...
• Baale of JudahLords of Judah, a city in the tribe of Judah from which David brought the ark into...
• BaaliMy lord, a title the prophet (Hos. 2:16) reproaches the Jewish church for applying to...
• BaalimPlural of Baal; images of the god Baal (Judg. 2:11; 1 Sam. 7:4).
• BaalisKing of the Ammonites at the time of the Babylonian captivity (Jer. 40:14). He hired...
• BaanaSon of affliction. (1.) One of Solomon’s purveyors (1 Kings 4:12). (2.) Son of Hushai,...
• BaanahSon of affliction. (1.) One of the two sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, a captain in...
• BaashaBravery, the third king of the separate kingdom of Israel, and founder of its second...
• BabeUsed of children generally (Matt. 11:25; 21:16; Luke 10:21; Rom. 2:20). It is used...
• Babel, Tower ofThe name given to the tower which the primitive fathers of our race built in the land...
• BabylonThe Greek form of BABEL; Semitic form Babilu, meaning “The Gate of God.” In the...
• Babylon, Kingdom ofCalled “the land of the Chaldeans” (Jer. 24:5; Ezek, 12:13), was an extensive province...
• Babylonish GarmentA robe of rich colours fabricated at Babylon, and hence of great value (Josh.7:21).
• Baca, Valley of(Ps. 84:6; R.V., “valley of weeping,” marg., “or balsam trees”), probably a valley in...
• BackbiteIn Ps. 15:3, the rendering of a word which means to run about tattling, calumniating;...
• BackslideTo draw back or apostatize in matters of religion (Acts 21:21; 2 Thess. 2:3; 1 Tim....
• BadgerThis word is found in Ex. 25:5; 26:14; 35:7, 23; 36:19; 39:34; Num. 4:6, etc. The...
• Bag(1.) A pocket of a cone-like shape in which Naaman bound two pieces of silver for...
• BahurimYoung men, a place east of Jerusalem (2 Sam. 3:16; 19:16), on the road to the Jordan...
• BajithHouse, probably a city of Moab, which had a celebrated idol-temple (Isa. 15:2). It has...
• BakeThe duty of preparing bread was usually, in ancient times, committed to the females or...
• Bake-MeatsBaked provisions (Gen. 40:17), literally “works of the baker,” such as biscuits and cakes.
• BalaamLord of the people; foreigner or glutton, as interpreted by others, the son of Beor,...
• BaladanHe has given a son, the father of the Babylonian king (2 Kings 20:12; Isa. 39:1)...
• BalahA city in the tribe of Simeon (Josh. 19:3), elsewhere called Bilhah (1 Chr. 4:29) and...
• BalakEmpty; spoiler, a son of Zippor, and king of the Moabites (Num. 22:2, 4). From fear of...
• BalanceOccurs in Lev. 19:36 and Isa. 46:6, as the rendering of the Hebrew kanch’, which...
• BaldnessFrom natural causes was uncommon (2 Kings 2:23; Isa. 3:24). It was included apparently...
• BalmContracted from Bal’sam, a general name for many oily or resinous substances which...
• BamahA height, a name used simply to denote a high place where the Jews worshipped idols...
• BamothHeights, the forty-seventh station of the Israelites (Num. 21:19,20) in the territory...
• Bamoth-BaalHeights of Baal, a place on the river Arnon, or in the plains through which it flows,...
• Bands(1) of love (Hos. 11:4); (2) of Christ (Ps. 2:3); (3) uniting together Christ’s body...
• BaniBuilt. (1.) 1 Chr. 6:46. (2.) One of David’s thirty-seven warriors, a Gadite (2 Sam....
• Banner(1.) The flag or banner of the larger kind, serving for three tribes marching...
• BanquetA feast provided for the entertainment of a company of guests (Esther 5; 7; 1 Pet....
• Baptism for the DeadOnly mentioned in 1 Cor. 15:29. This expression as used by the apostle may be...
• Baptism of ChristChrist had to be formally inaugurated into the public discharge of his offices. For...
• Baptism, ChristianAn ordinance immediately instituted by Christ (Matt. 28:19, 20), and designed to be...
• Baptism, John’sWas not Christian baptism, nor was that which was practised by the disciples previous...
• BarUsed to denote the means by which a door is bolted (Neh. 3:3); a rock in the sea...
• Bar-JesusSon of Joshua, the patronymic of Elymas the sorcerer (Acts 13:6), who met Paul and...
• Bar-JonaSon of Jonah, the patronymic of Peter (Matt. 16:17; John 1:42), because his father’s...
• BarabbasI.e., son of Abba or of a father, a notorious robber whom Pilate proposed to condemn...
• BarachelWhom God has blessed, a Buzite, the father of Elihu, one of Job’s friends (Job 32:2, 6).
• Barachias, Berechiah4 (q.v.), whom Jehovah hath blessed, father of the prophet Zechariah (Zech. 1:1,7;...
• BarakLightning, the son of Abinoam (Judg. 4:6). At the summons of Deborah he made war...
• BarbarianA Greek word used in the New Testament (Rom. 1:14) to denote one of another nation. In...
• BarberFound only once, in Ezek. 5:1, where reference is made to the Jewish custom of shaving...
• BarefootTo go barefoot was a sign of great distress (Isa. 20:2, 3, 4), or of some great...
• BariahFugitive, one of Shemaiah’s five sons. Their father is counted along with them in 1 Chr. 3:22.
• BarkosPainter, (Ezra 2:53; Neh. 7:55). The father of some of the Nethinim.
• BarleyA grain much cultivated in Egypt (Ex. 9:31) and in Palestine (Lev. 27:16; Deut. 8:8)....
• BarnA storehouse (Deut. 28:8; Job 39:12; Hag. 2:19) for grain, which was usually under...
• BarnabasSon of consolation, the surname of Joses, a Levite (Acts 4:36). His name stands first...
• BarrelA vessel used for keeping flour (1 Kings 17:12, 14, 16). The same word (cad) so...
• BarrenFor a woman to be barren was accounted a severe punishment among the Jews (Gen. 16:2;...
• BarsabasSon of Saba, the surname (1) of Joseph, also called Justus (Acts 1:23), some identify...
• BartholomewSon of Tolmai, one of the twelve apostles (Matt. 10:3; Acts 1:13); generally supposed...
• BartimaeusSon of Timaeus, one of the two blind beggars of Jericho (Mark 10:46; Matt. 20:30). His...
• BaruchBlessed. (1.) The secretary of the prophet Jeremiah (32:12; 36:4). He was of the tribe...
• BarzillaiOf iron. (1.) A Meholathite, the father of Adriel (2 Sam. 21:8). (2.) A Gileadite of...
• BashanLight soil, first mentioned in Gen. 14:5, where it is said that Chedorlaomer and his...
• Bashan, Hill of(Ps. 68:15), probably another name for Hermon, which lies to the north of Bashan.
• Bashan-Havoth-JairThe Bashan of the villages of Jair, the general name given to Argob by Jair, the son...
• BashemathSweet-smelling. (1.) The daughter of Ishmael, the last of Esau’s three wives (Gen....
• Basilisk(in R.V., Isa. 11:8; 14:29; 59:5; Jer. 8:17), the “king serpent,” as the name imports;...
• BasinOr Bason. (1.) A trough or laver (Heb. aggan’) for washing (Ex. 24:6); rendered also...
• BasketThere are five different Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version: (1.) A...
• BastardIn the Old Testament the rendering of the Hebrew word mamzer’, which means “polluted.”...
• BastinadoBeating, a mode of punishment common in the East. It is referred to by “the rod of...
• BatThe Hebrew word (atalleph’) so rendered (Lev. 11:19; Deut. 14:18) implies “flying in...
• BathA Hebrew liquid measure, the tenth part of an homer (1 Kings 7:26, 38; Ezek. 45:10,...
• Bath-RabbimDaughter of many, the name of one of the gates of the city of Heshbon, near which were...
• Bath-ShebaDaughter of the oath, or of seven, called also Bath-shu’a (1 Chr. 3:5), was the...
• BathsThe use of the bath was very frequent among the Hebrews (Lev. 14:8; Num. 19:19, ect.)....
• Battering-Ram(Ezek. 4:2; 21:22), a military engine, consisting of a long beam of wood hung upon a...
• Battle-AxeA mallet or heavy war-club. Applied metaphorically (Jer. 51:20) to Cyrus, God’s...
• Battle-BowThe war-bow used in fighting (Zech. 9:10; 10:4). “Thy bow was made quite naked” (Hab....
• BattlementA parapet wall or balustrade surrounding the flat roofs of the houses, required to be...
• BayDenotes the estuary of the Dead Sea at the mouth of the Jordan (Josh. 15:5; 18:19),...
• Bay TreeNamed only in Ps. 37:35, Authorized Version. The Hebrew word so rendered is ereh,...
• BdelliumOccurs only in Gen. 2:12, where it designates a product of the land of Havilah; and in...
• BeaconA pole (Heb. to’ren) used as a standard or ensign set on the tops of mountains as a...
• BealiahWhose Lord is Jehovah, a Benjamite, one of David’s thirty heroes of the sling and bow...
• BealothCitizens, a town in the extreme south of Judah (Josh. 15:24); probably the same as...
• BeamOccurs in the Authorized Version as the rendering of various Hebrew words. In 1 Sam....
• BeansMentioned in 2 Sam. 17:28 as having been brought to David when flying from Absalom....
• BearA native of the mountain regions of Western Asia, frequently mentioned in Scripture....
• BeardThe mode of wearing it was definitely prescribed to the Jews (Lev. 19:27; 21:5). Hence...
• BeastThis word is used of flocks or herds of grazing animals (Ex. 22:5; Num. 20:4, 8, 11;...
• Beaten GoldIn Num. 8:4, means “turned” or rounded work in gold. The Greek Version, however,...
• Beaten Oil(Ex. 27:20; 29:40), obtained by pounding olives in a mortar, not by crushing them in a...
• Beautiful GateThe name of one of the gates of the temple (Acts 3:2). It is supposed to have been the...
• BecherFirst-born; a youth, the second son of Benjamin (Gen. 46:21), who came down to Egypt...
• Bed(Heb. mittah), for rest at night (Ex. 8:3; 1 Sam. 19:13, 15, 16, etc.); during...
• Bed-ChamberAn apartment in Eastern houses, furnished with a slightly elevated platform at the...
• BedanOne of the judges of Israel (1 Sam. 12:11). It is uncertain who he was. Some suppose...
• BedsteadUsed in Deut. 3:11, but elsewhere rendered “couch,” “bed.” In 2 Kings 1:4; 16:2; Ps....
• BeeFirst mentioned in Deut. 1:44. Swarms of bees, and the danger of their attacks, are...
• Beelzebub(Gr. form Beel’zebul), the name given to Satan, and found only in the New Testament...
• BeerWell. (1.) A place where a well was dug by the direction of Moses, at the forty-fourth...
• Beer-ElimWell of heroes, probably the name given to Beer, the place where the chiefs of Israel...
• Beer-Lahai-RoiI.e., “the well of him that liveth and seeth me,” or, as some render it, “the well of...
• BeeriIllustrious, or the well-man. (1.) The father of Judith, one of the wives of Esau...
• BeerothWells, one of the four cities of the Hivites which entered by fraud into a league with...
• Beeroth of the Children of Jaakan(Deut. 10:6). The same as Bene-jaakan (Num. 33:31).
• BeershebaWell of the oath, or well of seven, a well dug by Abraham, and so named because he and...
• Beetle(Heb. hargol, meaning “leaper”). Mention of it is made only in Lev. 11:22, where it is...
• Beeves(an old English plural of the word beef), a name applicable to all ruminating animals...
• BegThat the poor existed among the Hebrews we have abundant evidence (Ex. 23:11; Deut....
• BeheadA method of taking away life practised among the Egyptians (Gen. 40:17-19). There are...
• Behemoth(Job 40:15-24). Some have supposed this to be an Egyptian word meaning a “water-ox.”...
• BekahBoth the name and its explanation, “a half shekel,” are given in Ex. 38:26. The word...
• BelThe Aramaic form of Baal, the national god of the Babylonians (Isa. 46:1; Jer. 50:2;...
• BelaA thing swallowed. (1.) A city on the shore of the Dead Sea, not far from Sodom,...
• BelialWorthlessness, frequently used in the Old Testament as a proper name. It is first used...
• BellThe bells first mentioned in Scripture are the small golden bells attached to the hem...
• BellowsOccurs only in Jer. 6:29, in relation to the casting of metal. Probably they consisted...
• BellyThe seat of the carnal affections (Titus 1:12; Phil. 3:19; Rom. 16:18). The word is...
• BelshazzarBel protect the king!, the last of the kings of Babylon (Dan. 5:1). He was the son of...
• BelteshazzarBeltis protect the king!, the Chaldee name given to Daniel by Nebuchadnezzar (Dan. 1:7).
• Ben-AmmiSon of my kindred; i.e., “born of incest”, the son of Lot by his youngest daughter...
• Ben-HadadThe standing title of the Syrian kings, meaning “the son of Hadad.” (See HADADEZER.)...
• BenaiahBuilt up by Jehovah. (1.) The son of Jehoiada, chief priest (1 Chr. 27:5). He was set...
• BenchDeck of a Tyrian ship, described by Ezekiel (27:6) as overlaid with box-wood.
• Bene-JaakanChildren of Jaakan (Num. 33:31, 32), the same as Beeroth.
• BenjaminSon of my right hand. (1.) The younger son of Jacob by Rachel (Gen. 35:18). His birth...
• BeorA torch. (1.) The father of Bela, one of the kings of Edom (Gen. 36:32). (2.) The...
• BeraGift, or son of evil, king of Sodom at the time of the invasion of the four kings...
• BerachahBlessing. (1.) A valley not far from Engedi, where Jehoshaphat overthrew the Moabites...
• BereaA city of Macedonia to which Paul with Silas and Timotheus went when persecuted at...
• BerechiahBlessed by Jehovah. (1.) Son of Shimea, and father of Asaph the musician (1 Chr. 6:39;...
• BeredHail. (1.) A town in the south of Palestine (Gen. 16:14), in the desert of Shur, near...
• BeriahA gift, or in evil. (1.) One of Asher’s four sons, and father of Heber (Gen. 46:17)....
• BerniceBearer of victory, the eldest daughter of Agrippa I., the Herod Agrippa of Acts 12:20....
• Berodach-BaladanThe king of Babylon who sent a friendly deputation to Hezekiah (2 Kings 20:12). In...
• BerylThe rendering in the Authorized Version of the Hebrew word tarshish, a precious stone;...
• BesomThe rendering of a Hebrew word meaning sweeper, occurs only in Isa. 14:23, of the...
• BesorCold, a ravine or brook in the extreme south-west of Judah, where 200 of David’s men...
• BesteadThe rendering in Isa. 8:21, where alone it occurs, of a Hebrew word meaning to...
• BetahConfidence, a city belonging to Hadadezer, king of Zobah, which yielded much spoil of...
• BethOccurs frequently as the appellation for a house, or dwelling-place, in such compounds...
• Beth-AnathHouse of response, one of the fenced cities of Naphtali (Josh. 19:38). It is perhaps...
• Beth-AnothHouse of answers, a city in the mountainous district of Judah (Josh. 15:59). It has...
• Beth-ArabahHouse of the desert, one of the six cities of Judah, situated in the sunk valley of...
• Beth-AramHouse of the height; i.e., “mountain-house”, one of the towns of Gad, 3 miles east of...
• Beth-ArbelHouse of God’s court, a place alluded to by Hosea (10:14) as the scene of some great...
• Beth-AvenHouse of nothingness; i.e., “of idols”, a place in the mountains of Benjamin, east of...
• Beth-BarahHouse of crossing, a place south of the scene of Gideon’s victory (Judg. 7:24). It was...
• Beth-CarSheep-house, a place to which the Israelites pursued the Philistines west from Mizpeh...
• Beth-DagonHouse of Dagon. (1.) A city in the low country or plain of Judah, near Philistia...
• Beth-DiblathaimHouse of two cakes of figs, a city of Moab, upon which Jeremiah (48:22) denounced...
• Beth-GamulCamel-house, a city in the “plain country” of Moab denounced by the prophet (Jer....
• Beth-GilgalHouse of Gilgal, a place from which the inhabitants gathered for the purpose of...
• Beth-HacceremHouse of a vineyard, a place in the tribe of Judah (Neh. 3:14) where the Benjamites...
• Beth-HoronHouse of the hollow, or of the cavern, the name of two towns or villages (2 Chr. 8:5;...
• Beth-JeshimothHouse of wastes, or deserts, a town near Abel-shittim, east of Jordan, in the desert...
• Beth-Le-Aphrah(R.V. Micah 1:10), house of dust. The Authorized Version reads “in the house of...
• Beth-PeorHouse of Peor; i.e., “temple of Baal-peor”, a place in Moab, on the east of Jordan,...
• Beth-PhageHouse of the unripe fig, a village on the Mount of Olives, on the road from Jerusalem...
• Beth-SheanHouse of security or rest, a city which belonged to Manasseh (1 Chr. 7:29), on the...
• Beth-ShemeshHouse of the sun. (1.) A sacerdotal city in the tribe of Dan (Josh. 21:16; 1 Sam....
• Beth-TappuahHouse of apples, a town of Judah, now Tuffuh, 5 miles west of Hebron (Josh. 15:53).
• BethabaraHouse of the ford, a place on the east bank of the Jordan, where John was baptizing...
• BethanyHouse of dates. (1.) The Revised Version in John 1:28 has this word instead of...
• BethelHouse of God. (1.) A place in Central Palestine, about 10 miles north of Jerusalem, at...
• BetheliteA designation of Hiel (q.v.), who rebuilt Jericho and experienced the curse pronounced...
• BetherDissection or separation, certain mountains mentioned in Cant. 2:17; probably near Lebanon.
• BethesdaHouse of mercy, a reservoir (Gr. kolumbethra, “a swimming bath”) with five porches,...
• BethlehemHouse of bread. (1.) A city in the “hill country” of Judah. It was originally called...
• BethsaidaHouse of fish. (1.) A town in Galilee, on the west side of the sea of Tiberias, in the...
• BethuelMan of God, or virgin of God, or house of God. (1.) The son of Nahor by Milcah; nephew...
• BethzurHouse of rock, a town in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:58), about 4 miles to the...
• BetrothTo promise “by one’s truth.” Men and women were betrothed when they were engaged to be...
• BeulahMarried, is used in Isa. 62:4 metaphorically as the name of Judea: “Thy land shall be...
• BewrayTo reveal or disclose; an old English word equivalent to “betray” (Prov. 27:16; 29:24,...
• BeyondWhen used with reference to Jordan, signifies in the writings of Moses the west side...
• BezaleelIn the shadow of God; i.e., “under his protection”, the artificer who executed the...
• BezekLightning. (1.) The residence of Adoni-bezek, in the lot of Judah (Judg. 1:5). It was...
• BezerOre of gold or silver. (1.) A city of the Reubenites; one of the three cities of...
• BibleBible, the English form of the Greek name Biblia, meaning “books,” the name which in...
• BierThe frame on which dead bodies were conveyed to the grave (Luke 7:14).
• BigthaGarden, or gift of fortune, one of the seven eunuchs or chamberlains who had charge of...
• BigthanOne of the eunuchs who “kept the door” in the court of Ahasuerus. With Teresh he...
• BildadSon of contention, one of Job’s friends. He is called “the Shuhite,” probably as...
• BilgahCheerful. (1.) The head of the fifteenth sacerdotal course for the temple service (1...
• BilhahFaltering; bashful, Rachel’s handmaid, whom she gave to Jacob (Gen. 29:29). She was...
• BilshanSon of the tongue; i.e., “eloquent”, a man of some note who returned from the...
• BirdBirds are divided in the Mosaic law into two classes, (1) the clean (Lev. 1:14-17;...
• BirshaSon of wickedness, a king of Gomorrah whom Abraham succoured in the invasion of...
• BirthAs soon as a child was born it was washed, and rubbed with salt (Ezek. 16:4), and then...
• Birth-DayThe observance of birth-days was common in early times (Job 1:4, 13, 18). They were...
• Birthright(1.) This word denotes the special privileges and advantages belonging to the...
• BishopAn overseer. In apostolic times, it is quite manifest that there was no difference as...
• BitThe curb put into the mouths of horses to restrain them. The Hebrew word (metheg) so...
• Bith-RonThe broken or divided place, a district in the Arabah or Jordan valley, on the east of...
• BithyniaA province in Asia Minor, to the south of the Euxine and Propontis. Christian...
• BitterBitterness is symbolical of affliction, misery, and servitude (Ex. 1:14; Ruth 1:20;...
• BitternIs found three times in connection with the desolations to come upon Babylon, Idumea,...
• BitumenGen. 11:3, R.V., margin, rendered in the A.V. “slime”), a mineral pitch. With this the...
• BlackProperly the absence of all colour. In Prov. 7:9 the Hebrew word means, as in the...
• BladeApplied to the glittering point of a spear (Job 39:23) or sword (Nah. 3:3), the blade...
• BlainsOccurs only in connection with the sixth plague of Egypt (Ex. 9:9, 10). In Deut....
• BlasphemyIn the sense of speaking evil of God this word is found in Ps. 74:18; Isa. 52:5; Rom....
• BlastusChamberlain to king Herod Agrippa I. (Acts 12:20). Such persons generally had great...
• BlemishImperfection or bodily deformity excluding men from the priesthood, and rendering...
• Bless(1.) God blesses his people when he bestows on them some gift temporal or spiritual...
• BlindBlind beggars are frequently mentioned (Matt. 9:27; 12:22; 20:30; John 5:3). The blind...
• Blood(1.) As food, prohibited in Gen. 9:4, where the use of animal food is first allowed....
• Bloody SweatThe sign and token of our Lord’s great agony (Luke 22:44).
• BlotA stain or reproach (Job 31:7; Prov. 9:7). To blot out sin is to forgive it (Ps. 51:1,...
• BlueGenerally associated with purple (Ex. 25:4; 26:1, 31, 36, etc.). It is supposed to...
• BoanergesSons of thunder, a surname given by our Lord to James and John (Mark 3:17) on account...
• BoarOccurs only in Ps. 80:13. The same Hebrew word is elsewhere rendered “swine” (Lev....
• BoazAlacrity. (1.) The husband of Ruth, a wealthy Bethlehemite. By the “levirate law” the...
• BochimWeepers, a place where the angel of the Lord reproved the Israelites for entering into...
• Boil(rendered “botch” in Deut. 28:27, 35), an aggravated ulcer, as in the case of Hezekiah...
• Bolled(Ex. 9:31), meaning “swollen or podded for seed,” was adopted in the Authorized...
• BolsterThe Hebrew word kebir, rendered “pillow” in 1 Sam. 19:13, 16, but in Revised Version...
• BondAn obligation of any kind (Num. 30:2, 4, 12). The word means also oppression or...
• BondageOf Israel in Egypt (Ex. 2:23, 25; 5), which is called the “house of bondage” (13:3;...
• Bonnet(Heb. peer), Ex. 39:28 (R.V., “head-tires”); Ezek. 44:18 (R.V., “tires”), denotes...
• BookThis word has a comprehensive meaning in Scripture. In the Old Testament it is the...
• BoothA hut made of the branches of a tree. In such tabernacles Jacob sojourned for a season...
• BootyCaptives or cattle or objects of value taken in war. In Canaan all that breathed were...
• BorrowThe Israelites “borrowed” from the Egyptians (Ex. 12:35, R.V., “asked”) in accordance...
• BosomIn the East objects are carried in the bosom which Europeans carry in the pocket. To...
• BosorThe Chaldee or Aramaic form of the name Beor, the father of Balaam (2 Pet. 2:15).
• BossesThe projecting parts of a shield (Job 15:26). The Hebrew word thus rendered means...
• BotchThe name given in Deut. 28:27, 35 to one of the Egyptian plagues (Ex. 9:9). The word...
• BottleA vessel made of skins for holding wine (Josh. 9:4. 13; 1 Sam. 16:20; Matt. 9:17; Mark...
• BowThe bow was in use in early times both in war and in the chase (Gen. 21:20; 27:3;...
• Bowels(Phil. 1:8; 2:1; Col. 3:12), compassionate feelings; R.V., “tender mercies.”
• BowingA mode of showing respect. Abraham “bowed himself to the people of the land” (Gen....
• BowlThe sockets of the lamps of the golden candlestick of the tabernacle are called bowls...
• BoxFor holding oil or perfumery (Mark 14:3). It was of the form of a flask or bottle. The...
• Box-Tree(Heb. teashshur), mentioned in Isa. 60:13; 41:19, was, according to some, a species of...
• BozrahEnclosure; fortress. (1.) The city of Jobab, one of the early Edomite kings (Gen....
• Bracelet(1.) Anklets (Num. 31:50; 2 Sam. 1:10), and with reference to men. (2.) The rendering...
• Bramble(1.) Hebrew atad, Judg. 9:14; rendered “thorn,” Ps. 58:9. The LXX. and Vulgate render...
• BranchA symbol of kings descended from royal ancestors (Ezek. 17:3, 10; Dan. 11:7); of...
• BrassWhich is an alloy of copper and zinc, was not known till the thirteenth century. What...
• Bravery(Isa. 3:18), an old English word meaning comeliness or beauty.
• BreachAn opening in a wall (1 Kings 11:27; 2 Kings 12:5); the fracture of a limb (Lev....
• BreadAmong the Jews was generally made of wheat (Ex. 29:2; Judg. 6:19), though also...
• Breastplate(1.) That piece of ancient armour that protected the breast. This word is used...
• Breeches(Ex. 28:42), rather linen drawers, reaching from the waist to a little above the knee,...
• BribeNone to be taken; “for the gift maketh open eyes blind, and perverteth the cause of...
• BricksThe making of, formed the chief labour of the Israelites in Egypt (Ex. 1:13, 14)....
• BrideFrequently used in the ordinary sense (Isa. 49:18; 61:10, etc.). The relation between...
• BridleThree Hebrew words are thus rendered in the Authorized Version. (1.) Heb. mahsom’...
• BrierThis word occurs frequently, and is the translation of several different terms. (1.)...
• Brigandine(Jer. 46:4; 51:3), an obsolete English word denoting a scale coat of armour, or...
• BrimstoneAn inflammable mineral substance found in quantities on the shores of the Dead Sea....
• BrookA torrent. (1.) Applied to small streams, as the Arnon, Jabbok, etc. Isaiah (15:7)...
• Brother(1.) In the natural and common sense (Matt. 1:2; Luke 3:1, 19). (2.) A near relation,...
• BruitA rumour or report (Jer. 10:22, R.V. “rumour;” Nah. 3:19).
• BucketA vessel to draw water with (Isa. 40:15); used figuratively, probably, of a numerous...
• Buckler(1.) A portable shield (2 Sam. 22:31; 1 Chr. 5:18). (2.) A shield surrounding the...
• BuildingAmong the Jews was suited to the climate and conditions of the country. They probably...
• BulRainy, the eighth ecclesiastical month of the year (1 Kings 6:38), and the second...
• Bullock(1.) The translation of a word which is a generic name for horned cattle (Isa. 65:25)....
• Bulrush(1.) In Isa. 58:5 the rendering of a word which denotes “belonging to a marsh,” from...
• BulwarksMural towers, bastions, were introduced by king Uzziah (2 Chr. 26:15; Zeph. 1:16; Ps....
• Bunch(1.) A bundle of twigs (Ex. 12:22). (2.) Bunch or cake of raisins (2 Sam. 16:1). (3.)...
• Burden(1.) A load of any kind (Ex. 23:5). (2.) A severe task (Ex. 2:11). (3.) A difficult...
• BurialThe first burial we have an account of is that of Sarah (Gen. 23). The first...
• Burnt OfferingHebrew olah; i.e., “ascending,” the whole being consumed by fire, and regarded as...
• BushIn which Jehovah appeared to Moses in the wilderness (Ex. 3:2; Acts 7:30). It is...
• ButlerProperly a servant in charge of the wine (Gen. 40:1-13; 41:9). The Hebrew word,...
• Butter(Heb. hemah), curdled milk (Gen. 18:8; Judg. 5:25; 2 Sam. 17:29), or butter in the...
• BuzContempt. (1.) The second son of Nahor and Milcah, and brother of Huz (Gen. 22:21)....
• BuziThe father of the prophet Ezekiel (1:3).
• ByIn the expression “by myself” (A.V., 1 Cor. 4:4), means, as rendered in the Revised...
• By and byImmediately (Matt. 13:21; R.V., “straightway;” Luke 21:9).
• By-WaysOnly in Judg. 5:6 and Ps. 125:5; literally “winding or twisted roads.” The margin has...
• By-WordHebrew millah (Job 30:9), a word or speech, and hence object of talk; Hebrew mashal...