Smith’s dictionary

The classic Victorian Bible dictionary: 4,600 short entries, especially strong on names and places.

• Baalgeographical. This word occurs as the prefix or suffix to the names of several places...
• Baalthe supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations, as Ashtoreth was...
• Baal(lord). A Reubenite (1 Chronicles 5:5) The son of Jehiel, and grandfather of Saul. (1...
• Baalah[BAAL, NO. 2]
• Baalath[BAAL, Nos. 3,4]
• Baale of Judah[BAAL, NO. 2, a]
• Baali(Hosea 2:16) [BAAL]
• Baalim[BAAL]
• Baalisking of the Ammonites at the time of the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar....
• BaanaThe son of Ahilud, Solmon’s commissariat officer in Jezreel and the north of the...
• BaanahSon of Rimmon, a Benjamite, who with his brother Rechab murdered Ishbosheth For this...
• Baara(brutish) one of the wives of Shaharaim, a descendant of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:8)
• Baaseiah, or Basseiah(work of Jehovah), a Gershonite Levite, one of the forefathers of Asaph the singer. (1...
• Baasha(wicked), B.C. 953-931, third sovereign of the separate kingdom of Israel, and the...
• Babel(confusion), Bab’ylon (Greek form of Babel), is properly the capital city of the...
• Babylonin the Apocalypse, is the symbolical name by which Rome is denoted. (Revelation 14:8;...
• Babyloniansthe inhabitants of Babylon, a race of Shemitic origin, who were among the colonists...
• Babylonish Garmentliterally "robe of Shinar," (Joshua 7:21) an ample robe, probably made of the skin or...
• Baca(weeping), The Valley of, A valley in Palestine, through which the exiled Psalmist...
• Bachrites, thethe family of BECHER, son of Ephraim. (Numbers 26:35)
• Badger SkinsThere is much obscurity as to the meaning of the word tachash , rendered "badger" in...
• Bagis the rendering of several words in the Old and New Testaments. Charitim , the "bags"...
• Baharumite, the[BAHURIM]
• Bahurim(low ground), a village, (2 Samuel 16:6) apparently on or close to the road leading up...
• Bajith(the horse), referring to the "temple" of the false gods of Moab, as opposed to the...
• Bakbakkar(admirable), a Levite, apparently a descendant of Asaph. (1 Chronicles 9:15) (B.C.588.)
• Bakbuk(bottle). "Children of Bakkuk" were among the Nethinim who returned from captivity...
• Bakbukiah(wasting of Jehovah), a Levite in the time of Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 11:17; 12:9) (B.C....
• BakeReference to baking is found in (Leviticus 26:26; 1 Samuel 8:13; 2 Samuel 13:8;...
• Balaam(B.C. 1451), the son of beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy. (Numbers 22:5)...
• Balac(Revelation 2:14) [BALAK]
• Baladan[MERODACH-BALADAN]
• Balah(Joshua 19:3) [BAAL, Geogr. No. 2, b]
• Balak(spoiler), son of Zippor, king of the Moabites, who hired Balaam to curse the...
• Balamo[BAAL, Geogr. No. 6]
• BalancesReference to balances is found in (Leviticus 19:36) They were in common use, gold and...
• BaldnessNatural baldness seems to have been uncommon, since it exposed people to public...
• Balm(from balsam , Heb. tzori, tezri) occurs in (Genesis 37:25; 43:11; Jeremiah 8:22;...
• Bamah(high place). Found only in (Ezekiel 20:29) applied to places of idolatrous worship.
• Bamothbaal(heights of Baal), a sanctuary of Baal in the country of Moab (Joshua 13:17) which is...
• BandThe "band of Roman soldiers" referred to in (Matthew 27:27) and elsewhere was the...
• Bani(built). A Gadite, one of David’s mighty men. (2 Samuel 23:36) (B.C. 1046.) A Levite...
• Banner[See ENSIGN]
• Banquetsamong the Hebrews, were not only a means of social enjoyment, but were a part of the...
• BaptismIt is well known that ablution or bathing was common in most ancient nations as a...
• Barabbas(son of Abba), a robber, (John 18:40) who had committed murder in an insurrection,...
• Barachel(God has blessed), father of Elihu. (Job 32:2,6) [BUZ]
• Barachias(Matthew 23:35) [ZACHARIAS]
• Barak(lightning), son of Abinoam of Kedesh, a refuge city in Mount Naphtali, was incited by...
• Barbarian"every one not a Greek is a barbarian" is the common Greek definition, and in this...
• Barhumite, the[BAHURIM]
• Bariah(fugitive), a descendant of the royal family of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:22) (B.C. before 410.)
• Barjesus(son of Jesus). [ELYMAS]
• Barjona(son of Jonah). [PETER]
• Barkos(painted). "Children of Barkos" were among the Nethinim who returned from the...
• Barleyis one of the most important of the cereal grains, and the most hardy of them all. It...
• Barnabas(son of consolation or comfort) a name given by the apostles, (Acts 4:36) to Joseph...
• Barsabas(son of Sabas or rest). [JOSEPH BARSABAS; JUDAS BARSABAS]
• BarsabbasRevised Version of (Acts 1:23) for BAR’SABAS.
• Bartholomew(son of Tolmai), one of the twelve apostles of Christ. (Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke...
• Bartimaeus(son of Timeus), a blind beggar of Jericho who, (Mark 10:46) ff., sat by the wayside...
• Baruch(blessed). Son of Neriah, the friend, (Jeremiah 32:12) amanuensis, (Jeremiah 26:4-32)...
• Baruch, Book ofOne of the apocryphal books of the Old Testament. The book was held in little esteem...
• Barzillai(iron, i.e., strong). A wealthy Gileadite who showed hospitality to David when he fled...
• Bashan(fruitful), a district on the east of Jordan. It is sometimes spoken of as the "land...
• Bashanhavothjair(Bashan of the villages of Jair), a name given to Argob after its conquest by Jair. (3:14)
• Bashemath(fragrant, pleasing), daughter of Ishmael, the last married of the three wives of...
• BasinAmong the smaller vessels for the tabernacle or temple service, many must have been...
• BasketThe Hebrew terms used in the description of this article are as follows: (1) Sal , so...
• Basmath(fragrant, pleasing), a daughter of Solomon, married to Ahimaaz, one of his...
• BastardAmong those who were excluded from entering the congregation, even to the tenth...
• Bat(Leviticus 11:19; 14:18) Many travellers have noticed the immense numbers of bats that...
• Bath[MEASURES]
• Bath, BathingThis was a prescribed part of the Jewish ritual of purification in cases of accident,...
• Bathrabbim(daughter of many), The gate of, One of the gates of the ancient city of heshbon....
• Bathsheba, or Bathsheba(daughter of the oath), (2 Samuel 11:3) etc., also called Bath-shua in (1 Chronicles...
• Bathshua[BATH-SHEBA]
• Batteringram(Ezekiel 4:2; 21:22) a large beam with a head of iron which was sometimes made to...
• Battleaxe(Jeremiah 51:20) [MAUL]
• BattlementAmong the Jews a battlement was required by law to be built upon every house. It...
• Bavaison of Henadad, ruler of the district of Keilah in the time of Nehemiah. (Nehemiah...
• Bay TreeA species of laurel. Laurus nobilis . An evergreen, with leaves like our mountain...
• Bazlith(asking). "Children of Bazlith" were among the Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel....
• Bazluth[BAZLITH]
• Bdellium(bedolach). (Genesis 2:12; Numbers 11:7) It is quite impossible to say whether...
• BeaconA signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence for direction. (Isaiah 30:17)
• Bealiah(Jehovah is lord), a Benjamite who went over to David at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:5)...
• Bealoth(ladies) a town in the extreme south of Judah. (Joshua 15:24)
• Beans(2 Samuel 17:28; Ezekiel 4:9) Beans are cultivated in Palestine, which produces many...
• Bear(1 Samuel 17:34; 2 Samuel 17:8) The Syrian bear, Ursus syriacus, which is without...
• Bearbel(house of God’s court), named only in (Hosea 10:14) as the scene of a sack and...
• BeardWestern Asiatics have always cherished the beard as the badge of the dignity of...
• Bebai(fatherly). "Sons of Bebai," 623 (Nehe 6:28) in number, returned from Babylon with...
• Becher(young or firstborn) The second son of Benjamin, according to the list in both...
• Bechorath(first-born), son of Aphiah or Abiah, and grandson of Becher according to (1 Samuel...
• BedThe Jewish bed consisted of the mattress, a mere mat, or one or more quilts; the...
• Bedad(solitary), the father of Hadad king of Edom. (Genesis 36:35; 1 Chronicles 1:46) (B.C....
• Bedan(son of judgement). Mentioned in (1 Samuel 12:11) as a judge of Israel between...
• Bedeiahone of the sons of Bani, in the time of Ezra, who had taken a foreign wife. (Ezra...
• Bee(deborah). (1:44; Judges 14:8; Psalms 118:12; Isaiah 7:18) Bees abounded in Palestine,...
• Beeliada(the Lord knows); one of David’s 9 sons, born in Jerusalem. (1 Chronicles 14:7) In the...
• Beelzebub[See BEELZEBUL]
• Beelzebul(lord of the house), the title of a heathen deity, to whom the Jews ascribed the...
• Beer(a well). One of the latest halting-places of the Israelites, lying beyond the Arnon....
• Beera(a well), son of Zophah, of the tribe of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:37) (B.C. after 1450.)
• Beerahprince of the Reubenites, carried away by Tiglath-pileser. (1 Chronicles 5:6) (B.C. 738).
• Beerelim(well of heroes), a spot named in (Isaiah 15:8) as on the "border of Moab." (Numbers...
• BeeriThe father of Judith, one of the wives of Esau. (Genesis 26:34) [ANAH] (B.C. 1797.)...
• Beerlahairoi(a well of the living), a living spring, Authorized Version, fountain, comp. (Jeremiah...
• Beeroth(wells), one of the four cities of the Hivites who deluded Joshua into a treaty of...
• Beeroth of the Children of Jaakanthe wells of the tribe of Bene-Jaakan, which formed one of the halting-places of the...
• Beersheba, or Beersheba(well of the oath), the name of one of the old places in Palestine which formed the...
• Beeshterah(house of Ashterah), one of the two cities allotted to the sons of Gershon out of the...
• Beetle[LOCUST]
• BeevesSame as cattle. (Leviticus 22:19) [See BULL, BULLOCK]
• Beggar, BeggingThe poor among the Hebrews were much favored. They were allowed to glean in the...
• Behemoth(great beasts). There can be little or no doubt that by this word, (Job 40:15-24) the...
• Bekah[WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND MEASURES]
• Bel[BAAL]
• Bela(destruction). One of the five cities of the plain which was spared at the...
• Belah[BELA, 3]
• Belaites, the(Numbers 26:38) [BELA, 3]
• BelialThe meaning of this word as found in the Scriptures is worthlessness , and hence...
• BellowsThe word occurs only in (Jeremiah 6:29) where it denotes an instrument to heat a...
• BellsIn (Exodus 28:33) the bells alluded to were the golden ones 72 in number, round the...
• Belshazzar(prince of Bel), the last king of Babylon. In (Daniel 5:2) Nebuchadnezzar is called...
• Belteshazzar(favored by Bel .) [DANIEL, DANIEL, THE BOOK OF]
• Ben(son), a Levite, one of the porters appointed by David for the ark. (1 Chronicles 15:18)
• Benaiah(made by the Lord). The son of Jehoiada the chief priest, (1 Chronicles 27:5) of the...
• Benammi(son of my people), the son of the younger daughter of Lot, and progenitor of the...
• Beneberak(son of lightning), one of the cities of the tribe of Dan, mentioned only in (Joshua 19:45)
• Benejaakan(sons of Jaakan), a tribe who gave their name to certain wells in the desert which...
• Benekedem(the children of the East), an appellation given to a people or to peoples dwelling to...
• Benhadad(son of Hadad), the name of three kings of Damascus. BENHADAD I., King of Damascus,...
• Benhail(son of the host, strong), one of the princes whom King Jehoshaphat sent to teach in...
• Benhanan(son of the gracious), son of Shimon, in the line of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:20)
• Beninu(our son), a Levite; one of those who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:13,14)
• Benjamin(son of the right hand, fortunate). The youngest of the children of Jacob. His birth...
• Benjamin, High Gate or Gate of(Jeremiah 20:2; 37:13; 38:7; Zechariah 14:10) [JERUSALEM]
• Benjamin, the Land ofThe proximity of Benjamin to Ephraim during the march to the promised land was...
• Benjamin, the Tribe ofThe contrast between the warlike character of the tribe and the peaceful image of its...
• Beno(his son), a Levite of the sons of Merari. (1 Chronicles 24:26,27)
• Benon(Numbers 32:3) [BETH-BAALMEON] Comp. ver. 38.
• Benoni(son of my sorrow). (Genesis 35:18) [BENJAMIN, BENJAMIN, THE TRIBE OF]
• Benzoheth(son of Zoheth), a descendant of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:20)
• Beor(burning or torch). The father of Bela, one of the early Edomite kings. (Genesis...
• Bera(son of evil) king of Sodom. (Genesis 14:2) also (Genesis 14:17,21)
• Beraa(well watered). A city of Macedonia, mentioned in (Acts 17:10,13) It is now called...
• Berachah(blessing), a Benjamite who attached himself to David at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:3)...
• Berachah, Valley ofa valley in which Jehoshaphat and his people assembled to "bless" Jehovah after the...
• Berachiah(blessed of Jehovah), a Gershonite Levite, father of Asaph. (1 Chronicles 6:39) [BERECHIAH]
• Beraiah(created by Jehovah), son of Shimhi, a chief man of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:21)
• Berechiah(blessed of Jehovah). A descendant of the royal family of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:20) A...
• Bered(hail). A place in the south of Palestine, near the well Lahairoi. (Genesis 16:14) A...
• Berenice[BERNICE, OR BERENICE]
• Beri(a well), son of Zophah, of the tribe of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:36)
• Beriah(in evil, or a gift). A son of Asher. (Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:44,45) A son of...
• Beriites, theA tribe of people who are named with Abel and Beth-maachah, and who were therefore...
• Berith(Judges 9:46) [BAAL-BERITH]
• Bernice, or Berenice(bringing victory), the eldest daughter of Herod Agrippa I. (Acts 12:1) etc. She was...
• Berodachbaladan(2 Kings 20:12) [MERODACH-BALADAN]
• Berothah(toward the wells), Bero’-tha-i (my wells). The first of these two names is given by...
• Berothite, the(1 Chronicles 11:39) [BEEROTH OF THE CHILDREN OF JAAKAN]
• Beryl(tarshish) occurs in (Exodus 28:20) It is generally supposed that the tarshish derives...
• Besai(sword). "Children of Besai" were among the Nethinim who returned to Judea with...
• Besodeiah(n the secret of the Lord) father of one of the repairers of the wall of Jerusalem....
• Besoma brush or broom of twigs for sweeping (Isaiah 14:23)
• Besor, the Brook(cool), a torrent-bed or wady in the extreme south of Judah. (1 Samuel 30:9,10,21)
• Betah(confidence), a city belonging to Hadadezer king of Zobah, mentioned with Berothai. (2...
• Beten(height), one of the cities on the border of the tribe of Asher. (Joshua 19:25)
• Beththe most general word for a house or habitation. It has the special meaning of a...
• Bethabara(house of the ford), a place beyond Jordan, in which according to the Received Text of...
• Bethanath(house of echo or reply), one of the "fenced cities" of Naphtali, named with...
• Bethanoth(house of echo), a town in the mountainous district of Judah, named with Halhul,...
• BethanyIn the Revised Version for BETHABARA, (John 1:28) where Jesus was baptized by John. It...
• Bethany(house of dates, or house of misery), a village which, scanty as are the notices of it...
• Betharabah(house of the desert), one of the six cities of Judah which were situated down in the...
• Betharam(house of the height), accurately BETH-HARAM, one of the towns of Gad on the east of...
• Bethaven(house of nothingness , i.e. of idols), a place on the mountains of Benjamin, east of...
• Bethbaalmaveth(house of Azmaveth). Under this name is mentioned, in (Nehemiah 7:28) only, the town...
• Bethbaalmeon(house of Baalmeon), a place in the possessions of Reuben, on the downs (Authorized...
• Bethbarah(house of the ford), named only in (Judges 7:24) It derived its chief interest in the...
• Bethbirei(house of my creation), a town of Simeon, (1 Chronicles 4:31) which by comparison with...
• Bethcar(house of the lamb), a place named as the point to which the Israelites pursued the...
• Bethdagon(house of Dagon). A city in the low country of Judah, (Joshua 15:41) and therefore not...
• Bethdiblathaim(house of fig-cakes), a town of Moab, (Jeremiah 48:22) apparently the place elsewhere...
• Bethel(the house of God) well known city and holy place of central Palestine, about 12 mlles...
• Bethemek(house of the valley), a place on or near the border of Asher, on the north side of...
• Bether(depth), The mountains of. (Solomon 2:17) There is no clue to guide us as to what...
• Bethesda(house of mercy, or the flowing water), the Hebrew name of a reservoir or tank, with...
• Bethezel(neighbor’s house), a place named only in (Micah 1:11) From the context it was...
• Bethgader(house of the wall), doubtless a place, though it occurs in the genealogies of Judah...
• Bethgamul(camel-house), a town of Moab, in the downs east of Jordan. (Jeremiah 48:23) comp. Jere 48:21
• BethgilgalSame as Gilgal. (Nehemiah 12:29)
• Bethhaccerem(house of the vine). (Nehemiah 3:14; Jeremiah 6:1) A beacon station near Tekoa,...
• Bethharan(Numbers 32:36) It is no doubt the same place as BETH-ARAM. (Joshua 13:27)
• Bethhogla(partridge-house), and Holg’lah a place on the border of Judah, (Joshua 15:6) and of...
• Bethhoron(house of caverns), the name of two towns or villages, an "upper" and a "nether,"...
• Bethjeshimoth(house of deserts) or Jes’imoth , a town or place east of Jordan, on the lower level...
• Bethlebaoth(house of lionesses), a town in the lot of Simeon, (Joshua 19:6) in the extreme south...
• Bethlehem(house of bread). One of the oldest towns in Palestine, already in existence at the...
• Bethlomon1 Esd. 5:17. [BETHLEHEM, 1]
• Bethmaachah(house of oppression), a place named only in (2 Samuel 20:14,15) In the absence of...
• Bethmarcaboth(house of the chariots), one of the towns of Simeon, situated to the extreme south of...
• Bethmeon(Jeremiah 48:23) A contracted form of Beth-baal-meon.
• Bethnimrah(house of leopards) one of the fenced cities on the east of Jordan taken and built by...
• Bethpalet(house of flight), a town among those in the extreme south of Judah, named in (Joshua 15:27)
• Bethpazzez(house of the dispersion), a town of Issachar named with En-haddah (Joshua 19:21) and...
• Bethpeor(house of Peor), a place on the east of Jordan, opposite Jericho and six miles above...
• Bethphage(g hard) (house of figs) the name of a place on the Mount of Olives on the road...
• Bethphelet(Nehemiah 11:26) [BETHPALET]
• Bethraphaa name which occurs in the genealogy of Judah as the son of Eshton. (1 Chronicles 4:12)
• Bethrehob(house of Rehob), place mentioned as having near it the valley in which lay the town...
• Bethsaida(house of fish) of Galilee, (John 12:21) a city which was the native place of Andrew,...
• Bethshean(house of rest), or in Samuel, BETHSHAN, a city which belonged to Manasseh, (1...
• Bethshemesh(house of the sun). One of the towns which marked the north boundary of Judah. (Joshua...
• Bethshittah(home of the acacia), one of the spots to which the flight of the host of the...
• Bethtappuah(house of apples), one of the towns of Judah in the mountainous district, and near...
• Bethuel(dweller in God), the son of Nahor by Milcah; nephew of Abraham, and father of...
• Bethul(dweller in God) a town of Simeon in the south named with Eltolad and Hormah, (Joshua...
• Bethzur(house of rock) a town in the mountains of Judah, built by Jeroboam, (Joshua 15:58; 2...
• Betonima town of Gad, apparently on the northern boundary. (Joshua 13:26)
• Betrothing[MARRIAGE.1]
• Beulah(married), the name which the land of Israel is to bear when "the land shall be...
• Bezai(conqueror). "Children of Bezai," to the number of 328, returned from captivity with...
• Bezaleel(in the shadow of God). The son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah and one...
• Bezek(lightning). The residence of Adonibezek, (Judges 1:6) in the lot of Judah. ver....
• Bezer(gold ore), son of Zophah, one of the heads of the houses of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:37)
• Bezer in the Wildernessa city of refuge in the downs on the east of the Jordan. (4:43; Joshua 20:8; 21:36; 1...
• BibleThe Bible is the name given to the revelation of God to man contained in sixty-six...
• Bichri(first-born), (2 Samuel 20:1) an ancestor of Sheba.
• Bidkar(son of stabbing , i.e, one who stabs), Jehu’s "captain," originally his fellow...
• Bier[BURIAL, SEPULCHRES.1]
• Bigtha(gift of God), one of the seven chamberlains or eunuchs of the harem of King...
• Bigthan, or Bigthana(gift of God), a eunuch (chamberlain, Authorized Version) in the court of Ahasuerus,...
• Bigvai(happy). "Children of Bigvai," 2056 (Neh. 2067) in number, returned from the captivity...
• Bildad(son of contention), the second of Job’s three friends. He is called "the Shuhite,"...
• Bileam(foreigners), a town in the western half of the tribe of Manasseh, named only in (1...
• Bilgah(first-born). A priest in the time of David; the head of the fifteenth course for the...
• Bilgai(Nehemiah 10:8) [BILGAH, 2]
• Bilhah(timid, bashful), handmaid of Rachel, (Genesis 29:29) and concubine of Jacob, to whom...
• Bilhan(modest). A Horite chief dwelling in Mount Seir. (Genesis 36:27; 1 Chronicles 1:42) A...
• Bilshan(eloquent), one of Zerubbabel’s companions on his expedition from Babylon. (Ezra 2:2;...
• Bimhal(circumcised), one of the sons of Japhlet in the line of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:33)
• Binea(fountain), one of the descendants of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:37; 7:43) (B.C. 850.)
• Binnui(familyship). A Levite, father of Noadiah. (Ezra 8:33) One who had taken a foreign...
• Birds[SPARROW]
• Birsha(son of godlessness), a king of Gomorrah. (Genesis 14:2)
• BirthdayThe custom of observing birthdays is very ancient, (Genesis 40:20; Jeremiah 20:15) and...
• Birthrightthe advantages accruing to the eldest son. These were not definitely fixed in...
• Birzavitha name occurring in the genealogies of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:31)
• BishopThe word originally signified an "overseer" or spiritual superintendent. The titles...
• Bishopricthe district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extended. (Acts 1:20; 1 Timothy 3:1)
• Bithiah(daughter of the Lord), daughter of a Pharaoh, and wife of Mered. (1 Chronicles 4:18)...
• Bithronmore accurately the Bithron (a craggy gorge or ravine), a place, doubtless a district,...
• Bithyniaa Roman province of Asia Minor. Mentioned only in (Acts 16:7) and in 1Pet 1:1 The...
• Bitter HerbsThe Israelites were commanded to eat the Paschal lamb "with unleavened bread and with...
• BitternThe word occurs in (Isaiah 14:23; 34:11; Zephaniah 2:14) and we are inclined to...
• Bizjothjah(contempt of Jehovah), a town in the south of Judah. (Joshua 15:28)
• Biztha(eunuch), the second of the seven eunuchs of King Ahasuerus’ harem. (Esther 1:10) (B.C. 483.)
• Blainsviolent ulcerous inflammations, the sixth plague of Egypt, (Exodus 9:9,10) and hence...
• Blasphemyin its technical English sense, signifies the speaking evil of God and in this sense...
• Blastus(sprout), the chamberlain of Herod Agrippa I. (Acts 12:20)
• Blindnessis extremely common in the East from many causes. Blind beggars figure repeatedly in...
• BloodTo blood is ascribed in Scripture the mysterious sacredness which belongs to life, and...
• Blood, Revenger ofHe who avenged the blood of one who had been killed. The nearest relative of the...
• Boanergesa name signifying sons of thunder , given by our Lord to the two sons of Zebedee,...
• Boar[SWINE]
• Boaz(fleetness). A wealthy Bethlehemite kinsman to Elimelech the husband of Naomi. He...
• Bocheru(youth), son of Azel, according to the present Hebrew text of (1 Chronicles 8:38)
• Bochim(the weepers) a place on the west of Jordan, above Gilgal; so named from the weeping...
• Bohan(thumb), a Reubenite. (Joshua 15:6; 18:17)
• Bohan, Stone ofa stone erected in honor of Bohan on the boundary between Judah and Benjamin, in the...
• Boil[MEDICINE]
• Bondage[SLAVE]
• Book[WRITING]
• Booths[SUCCOTH; TABERNACLES, THE FEAST OF, FEAST OF]
• Bootyconsisted of captives of both sexes, cattle, and whatever a captured city might...
• Booz(Matthew 1:5; Luke 3:32) [BOAZ]
• Boscath(2 Kings 22:1) [BOZKATH]
• Bosorsame as BEOR. (2 Peter 2:15)
• BottleThe Arabs keep their water, milk and other liquids in leathern bottles. These are made...
• Bow(Genesis 37:10) The eastern mode of salutation, by kneeling upon one knee and bending...
• Boxtree(Isaiah 41:19; 60:13) A beautiful evergreen growing in many parts of Europe and Asia....
• Bozes(the height), one of the two sharp rocks between the passages which Jonathan entered...
• Bozkath(rocky height), a city of Judah in the lowlands (Joshua 15:39; 2 Kings 22:1)
• Bozrah(fortress). In Edom, the city of Jobab the son of Zerah, one of the early king of that...
• Bracelet[See ARMLET] Bracelets of fine twisted Venetian gold are still common in Egypt. In...
• Bramble[THORNS]
• BrassThe word nechosheth is improperly translated by "brass." In most places of the Old...
• Brazen Serpent[SERPENT]
• BreadThe preparation of bread as an article of food dates from a very early period....
• Breastplate[ARMS, ARMOR]
• Brethren of Jesus[JAMES THE LESS]
• Brick(Genesis 11:3) The brick in use among the Jews were much larger than with us, being...
• Bride, Bridegroom[MARRIAGE]
• Brigandine(Jeremiah 46:4) elsewhere "habergeon," or "coat of mail."
• BrimstoneBrimstone, or sulphur, is found in considerable quantities on the shores of the Dead...
• BrotherThe Hebrew word is used in various senses in the Old Testament, as, Any kinsman, and...
• Bukki(wasting). Son of Abishua and father of Uzzi fifth from Aaron in the line of the high...
• Bukkiah(wasting from Jehovah), a Kohathite Levite, of the sons of Heman, one of the musicians...
• Bul(rain). [MONTH]
• Bull, Bullockterms used synonymously with ox, oxen, and properly a generic name for horned cattle...
• Bulrush(or papyrus), a red growing in the shallow water on the banks of the Nile. It grows to...
• Bunah(understanding), a son of Jerahmeel, of the family of Pharez in Judah. (1 Chronicles 2:25)
• Bunah(understanding), a son of Jerahmeel, of the family of Pharez in Judah. (1 Chronicles 2:25)
• Bunni(my understanding). One of the Levites in the time of Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 9:4) Another...
• Burial, Sepulchres[TOMBS] On this subject we have to notice -- The place of burial, its site and shape;...
• Burnt OfferingThe word is applied to the offering which was wholly consumed by fire on the altar,...
• BushThe Hebrew word seneh occurs only in those passages which refer to Jehovah’s...
• Bushel[WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND MEASURES]
• ButlerOne of the officers of the king’s household, (Nehemiah 1:11) who had charge of the...
• ButterCurdled milk. (Genesis 18:8; 32:14; Judges 5:25; Job 20:17) Milk is generally offered...
• Buz(contempt). The second son of Milcah and Nahor. (Genesis 22:21) Elihu "the Buzite" was...
• Buzi(contempt), father of Ezekiel the prophet. (Ezekiel 1:3)