Dictionaries :: Beth-ElHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryBeth-El:the house of GodNave's Topical BibleBeth-El: 1. A City North of Jerusalem The ancient city adjacent to, and finally embraced in, was called Luz, Jos 18:13; Jdg 1:23-26. Abraham estblishes an altar at, Gen 12:8; 13:3, 4. The place where Jacob saw the vision of the ladder

Dictionaries :: BezethInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBezeth: be'-zeth (Bezeth): A place in the neighborhood of Jerusalem to which Bacchides withdrew and where he slew several deserters (1 Macc 7:19). Possibly the same as Bezetha.

Dictionaries :: BildadEaston's Bible DictionaryBildad: son of contention, one of Job's friends. He is called "the Shuhite," probably as belonging to Shuah, a district in Arabia, in which Shuah, the sixth son of Abraham by Keturah, settled (Gen 25:2). He took part in each of the three controversies into which Job's friends entered with him (Job 8

Dictionaries :: BeliedKing James DictionaryBelied: To Lie Against; to Speak Falsely.For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD. They have BELIED the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine. (Jeremiah 5:11-12)

Dictionaries :: BlacksmithNave's Topical BibleBlacksmith: See SMITH

Dictionaries :: BethlehemEaston's Bible DictionaryBethlehem: house of bread. (1.) A city in the "hill country" of Judah. It was originally called Ephrath (Gen 35:16,19; 48:7; Rth 4:11). It was also called Beth-lehem Ephratah (Mic 5:2), Beth-lehem-judah (1Sa 17:12), and "the city of David" (Luk 2:4). It is first noticed in Scripture as the place

Dictionaries :: BishopricKing James DictionaryBishopric: Guardianship; Office of Overseeing.Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Acel

Dictionaries :: Bilgah; BilgaiInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBilgah; Bilgai: bil'-ga bil'-ga-i (bilgah; bilgay, "cheerfulness"): A priest or priestly family in the time of the Return (Ne 12:5), and (under the form of "Bilgai," Ne 10:8) in the time of Nehemiah. According to 1Ch 24:14, Bilgah is the 15th of the 24 divisions of the pries

Dictionaries :: Boast, Boaster, BoastfulVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1VerbStrong's Number: g2744Greek: kauchaomaiBoast, Boaster, Boastful:and its related words katakauchaomai, "to glory or boast" and the nouns kauchesis and kauchema, translated "boast," and "boasting," in the AV, are always translated "glory," and "glorying"

Dictionaries :: BelshazzarEaston's Bible DictionaryBelshazzar: Bel protect the king!, the last of the kings of Babylon (Dan 5:1). He was the son of Nabonidus by Nitocris, who was the daughter of Nebuchadnezzar and the widow of Nergal-sharezer. When still young he made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and when heated with wine sent for t

Dictionaries :: Blessing, Cup OfInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBlessing, Cup Of: (to poterion tes eulogias, "the consecrated cup," 1Co 10:16): A technical term from the Jewish liturgy transferred to the Lord's Supper, and signifying the cup of wine upon which a blessing was pronounced. The suggestion that it carries with it a higher s

Dictionaries :: Bible, The, I-III IntroductionInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBible, The, I-III Introduction: bi'-b'-l, (biblia): I. THE NAMES 1. Bible 2. Other Designations-Scriptures, etc. 3. Old Testament and New Testament II. LANGUAGES III. COMPASS AND DIVISIONS 1. The Jewish Bible Josephus, etc. 2. The S

Dictionaries :: BerothiteInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBerothite: be'-roth-it. ← Beroth

Dictionaries :: BeraaSmith's Bible DictionaryBeraa: (well watered). (1.) A city of Macedonia, mentioned in Acts 17:10; 17:13. It is now called Verria or Kara‐Verria, and is situated on the eastern slope of the Olympian mountain range, and has 15,000 or 20,000 inhabitants. (2.) The modern Aleppo, mentioned in 2 Maccabees 13:4. (3.)

Dictionaries :: BizthaInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBiztha: biz'-tha (Septuagint Mazan; also Bazan and Bazea): One of the seven eunuchs or chamberlains of King Ahasuerus (Xerxes). It is possible that the name is derived from the Persian besteh, "bound," hence, "eunuch" (Es 1:10). Nave's Topical BibleBiztha: A Persian Chamberlain E

Dictionaries :: Blood, Avenger OfInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBlood, Avenger Of:  ← Blood and WaterBlood, Issue Of →

Dictionaries :: Ben-GeberInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBen-Geber: ben-ge'-ber (ben-gebher, "son of Geber"; the King James Version son of Geber; the word is derived from a Hebrew root meaning "to be strong." Compare HPN, 66, 69): One of the twelve commissariat officers in the service of Solomon (1Ki 4:13). Nave's Topical BibleBen-Gebe

Dictionaries :: BirdEaston's Bible DictionaryBird: Birds are divided in the Mosaic law into two classes, (1) the clean (Lev 1:14-17; 5:7-10; 14:4-7), which were offered in sacrifice; and (2) the unclean (Lev 11:13-20). When offered in sacrifice, they were not divided as other victims were (Gen 15:10). They are mentioned also as an article of foo

Dictionaries :: BethlomonSmith's Bible DictionaryBethlomon: (1 Esdras 5:17). SEE [BETHLEHEM, 1.].

Dictionaries :: BethhoronSmith's Bible DictionaryBethhoron: (house of caverns) the name of two towns or villages, an "upper" and a "nether," (Joshua 16:3; 16:5; 1 Chronicles 7:24) on the road from Gibeon to Azekah (Joshua 10:10-11) and the Philistine plain (1 Maccabees 3:24). Beth‐horon lay on the boundary line between Benjamin and Ephraim