BYBLUS bib'-lus. See GEBAL. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BYBLUS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BY AND BY In the sense of "immediately" is the King James Version translation of exautes, of Mark 6:25 (the American Standard Revised Version "forthwith"); of euthus, Matthew 13:21 (the American Standard Revised Version "straightway"); of eutheos, Luke 17:7 (the American Standard Revised Version "straightway"); Luke 21:9 (the American Standard Revi

BY In the sense of "against" which survives only in dialectal English (compare Wright, Dialect Dict., I, 470, for examples) is the King James Version rendering of the dative emauto of 1 Corinthians 4:4 (the American Standard Revised Version renders this "against"). In classical Greek the same idiom sunoida with dative = "be conscious" or "be cogniz

BUYING bi'-ing (karah, laqach, qena', qanah, shabhar; agorazo, oneomai, emporeuomai): $ I. IN THE EARLIEST PERIODS AND AMONG NOMADS$ 1. The Primitive Stage (the "Shop") 2. In Old Testament Times 3. In New Testament Times $ II. ORIENTAL BUYING A TEDIOUS PROCESS$ $ III. SHOPS AND BAZAARS$ 1. Oriental Shops 2. The Market-Place $ IV. BUYING ON

BUZ; BUZI; BUZITE buz, bu'-zi, buz'-it ( buz): (1) Second son of Nahor (Genesis 22:21). The word occurs again in Jeremiah 25:23, by the side of Dedan (Genesis 10:7) and Tema (Genesis 25:15), and is probably, therefore, the name of a people living in the neighborhood of Edom. Buz and Hazo (Genesis 22:22) are probably the countries of Bazu and Chazu

BUTLER but'-ler: An officer in households of kings, or other dignitaries, having charge of wines and other potables. mashqeh, "one who gives drink" (Genesis 40:1-23; 41:9), rendered "cupbearer" in 1 Kings 10:5; 2 Chronicles 9:4; Nehemiah 1:11. The office was one of consider ble importance in oriental courts, because of the danger to the king's lif

BUTTER See FOOD. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BUTTER'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BUSYBODY biz'-i-bod-i (periergos, allotrioepiskopos): The word is found twice in Paulinic literature.: 1 Timothy 5:13, "not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies," and 2 Thessalonians 3:11, "work not at all, but are busybodies." It is also found in 1 Peter 4:15 the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) "meddler") "or

BUSINESS biz'-nes: Is the rendering of four Hebrew words: (1) mela'khah, in Genesis 39:11 (the American Standard Revised Version "work"); 1 Chronicles 26:29,30; 2 Chronicles 13:10 (the American Standard Revised Version "in their work"); 17:13 (the American Standard Revised Version "many works"); Nehemiah 11:16,22; 13:30 (the American Standard Rev

BUSHY boosh'-i: Found in Song of Solomon 5:11 as the translation of taltal, meaning trailing, pendulous (Septuagint elatai, literally "ductile"); the Revised Version, margin reads "curly." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BUSHY'". "International Standard

BUSHEL boosh'-el (modios): A dry measure containing about a peck, but as it is used in the New Testament (Matthew 5:15; Mark 4:21; Luke 11:33) it does not refer to capacity but is used only to indicate a covering to conceal the light. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor.

BURNT OFFERING See SACRIFICE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BURNT OFFERING'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BURNT SACRIFICE See SACRIFICE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BURNT SACRIFICE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BUSH boosh: (1) (ceneh, Exodus 3:2-4; Deuteronomy 33:16; batos, Mark 12:26; Luke 6:44, "bramble bush"; 20:37; Acts 7:30,35. All the Old Testament references and the New Testament references, except Luke 6:44, are to the same "bush," namely, Moses' "burning bush"). From its etymology ceneh clearly denotes a "thorny" plant, as does the corresponding

BURN; BURNING burn, burn'-ing: Figurative: In addition to the ordinary meaning, burn is used metaphorically in the following passages of the New Testament: (1) kaio (Luke 24:32), "Was not our heart burning within us," i.e. greatly moved. (2) puroo, used twice, once in the sense of inflamed with sexual desire (1 Corinthians 7:9), "For it is bette

BURGLARY bur'-gla-ri. See CRIMES. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BURGLARY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BURIAL ber'-i-al (qebhurah; compare New Testament to entaphidsai): $ I. IMMEDIATE BURIAL CONSIDERED URGENT$ 1. Reasons for This 2. The Burial of Jesus 3. The Usual Time 4. Duties of Next of Kin $ II. PREPARATIONS FOR BURIAL$ 1. Often Informal and Hasty 2. Usually with More Ceremony 3. Contrasts between Jewish Customs and Other Peoples' (1

BURIER ber'-i-er (kabhar): "Set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it" (Ezekiel 39:15). "When the searchers found any human remains as they passed through the land, they were to set up a mark to attract the attention of the buriers, who followed them" (Dummelow's Commentary, in the place cited.). See BURIAL. Copyright Statement These f

BUNNI bun'-i (bunni, buni, bunni; compare \BANI\): (1) A Levite (Nehemiah 9:4). The repetition of Bani's name in this passage is probably a scribal error. The Syriac version for the second "Bani" reads "Binnui"; but as, in Nehemiah 10:9 and Nehemiah 12:8, Binnui's name comes, as here, between those of Jeshua and Kadmiel, we should substitute Binnu

BURDEN bur'-dn. 1. In the Old Testament: In the Old Testament more than one word is rendered "burden." (1) massa', from a root nasa' "he lifted up." Thus literally any load is called massa' (Exodus 23:5; Numbers 4:15,24,27; 2 Kings 5:17; 8:9). Figuratively, people are a burden (Numbers 11:11,17; Deuteronomy 1:12; 2 Samuel 15:33; 19:35). A man ma