Dictionaries :: Birds of AbominationInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBirds of Abomination:  ← BirdsBirds of Prey →

Dictionaries :: BoardInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBoard: bord (qeresh, "a slab or plank," "deck of a ship," "bench," "board"): This word is found in Ex 26:16-21; 36:21 ff; its plural occurs in Ex 26:15,17-29; 35:11; 36:20-34; 39:33; 40:18; Nu 3:36; 4:31. This word also is used in translation of luach (Ex 27:8; 38:7; So 8:9; Eze 2

Dictionaries :: BelongVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Belong:Note: This word represents (a) a phrase consisting of eimi, "to be," with or without a preposition and a noun, and usually best rendered, as in the RV, by the verb "to be," Mar 9:41, lit., "ye are of Christ;" Luk 23:7; Hbr 5:14; cp. Rom 12:19, "belongeth unto Me,"

Dictionaries :: Bethuel (1)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBethuel (1): be-thu'-el (bethu'el; "dweller in God"): A son of Nahor and Milcah, Abraham's nephew, father of Laban and Rebekah (Ge 22:23; 24:15,24,47,50; 25:20; 28:2,5). In the last-named passage, he is surnamed "the Syrian." The only place where he appears as a leading charact

Dictionaries :: Benjamin, the Tribe OfSmith's Bible DictionaryBenjamin, the Tribe Of: The contrast between the warlike character of the tribe and the peaceful image of its progenitor comes out in many scattered notices. Benjamin was the only tribe which seems to have pursued archery to any purpose, and their skill in the bow (1 Samuel 20:20; 20:

Dictionaries :: BegEaston's Bible DictionaryBeg: That the poor existed among the Hebrews we have abundant evidence (Exd 23:11; Deu 15:11), but there is no mention of beggars properly so called in the Old Testament. The poor were provided for by the law of Moses (Lev 19:10; Deu 12:12; 14:29). It is predicted of the seed of the wicked that they sh

Dictionaries :: BloodEaston's Bible DictionaryBlood: (1.) As food, prohibited in Gen 9:4, where the use of animal food is first allowed. Comp. Deu 12:23; Lev 3:17; 7:26; 17:10-14. The injunction to abstain from blood is renewed in the decree of the council of Jerusalem (Act 15:29). It has been held by some, and we think correctly, that this law

Dictionaries :: BlainsEaston's Bible DictionaryBlains: occurs only in connection with the sixth plague of Egypt (Exd 9:9,10). In Deu 28:27, 35, it is called "the botch of Egypt." It seems to have been the fearful disease of black leprosy, a kind of elephantiasis, producing burning ulcers.International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBlains: blanz

Dictionaries :: Bishop (Overseer)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g1985Greek: episkoposBishop (Overseer):lit., "an overseer" (epi, "over," skopeo, "to look or watch"), whence Eng. "bishop," which has precisely the same meaning, is found in Act 20:28; Phl 1:1; 1Ti 3:2; Tts 1:7; 1Pe 2:25. See OVERSEER. Note: Pr

Dictionaries :: BeirutInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBeirut: ba'-root'.

Dictionaries :: BethzurEaston's Bible DictionaryBethzur: house of rock, a town in the mountains of Judah (Jos 15:58), about 4 miles to the north of Hebron. It was built by Rehoboam for the defence of his kingdom (2Ch 11:7). It stood near the modern ed-Dirweh. Its ruins are still seen on a hill which bears the name of Beit-Sur, and which commands

Dictionaries :: Behave, BehaviorVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1VerbStrong's Number: g390Greek: anastrephoBehave, Behavior:"to turn back, return" (ana, "back," strepho, "to turn"), hence, "to move about in a place, to sojourn," and, in the Middle and Passive Voices, "to conduct oneself," indicating one's manner of life and cha

Dictionaries :: Blessing, Valley OfInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBlessing, Valley Of:  ← Blessing, Cup Of

Dictionaries :: Better (Be)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g1308Greek: diapheroBetter (Be):used (a) transitively, means "to carry through" or "about" (dia, "through," phero, "to carry"), Mar 11:16 ("carry... through"); Act 13:49; 27:27 ("driven to and fro"); (b) intransitively, (1) "to differ," Rom 2:1

Dictionaries :: Bereaved, BereftVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g642Greek: aporphanizomaiBereaved, Bereft:lit., "to be rendered an orphan" (apo, "from," with the thought of separation, and orphanos, "an orphan"), is used metaphorically in 1Th 2:17 (AV, "taken from;" RV, "bereaved"), in the sense of being "bereft

Dictionaries :: BidInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBid: Variously signifying, according to six Hebrew and as many Greek originals: (1) "to command" (Nu 14:10; Mt 1:24 the King James Version, prostasso); (2) "to prescribe" or "order" (Joh 2:2); (3) "to consecrate," and so rendered in the Revised Version (British and American) (

Dictionaries :: BirthrightEaston's Bible DictionaryBirthright: (1.) This word denotes the special privileges and advantages belonging to the first-born son among the Jews. He became the priest of the family. Thus Reuben was the first-born of the patriarchs, and so the priesthood of the tribes belonged to him. That honour was, however, transferre

Dictionaries :: BethshittahSmith's Bible DictionaryBethshittah: (home of the acacia) one of the spots to which the flight of the host of the Midianites extended after their discomfiture by Gideon (Judges 7:22).

Dictionaries :: BetaneInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBetane: bet'-a-ne (Baitane): A place named in Judith 1:9, among those to which the messengers of Nebuchadnezzar were sent. From the order in which they are named we should seek for it South of Jerusalem. It may be identical with Beit ‘Ainun, about 3 miles North of Hebron.

Dictionaries :: BewrayEaston's Bible DictionaryBewray: to reveal or disclose; an old English word equivalent to "betray" (Pro 27:16; 29:24, R.V., "uttereth; Isa 16:3; Mat 26:73).King James DictionaryBewray: To Make Manifest, Clear, Evident.And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. And after a while came unto him they that stood by