BUCKLE buk'-'-l (porpe): As a mark of favor Jonathan Maccabeus was presented by Alexander Balas with a buckle of gold (1 Macc 10:89), the wearing of which was restricted to the blood royal. The buckle was used for fastening the mantle or outer robe on the shoulder or chest. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Informatio

BRUTE; BRUTISH broot, brootish (ba`ar, "stupid"; alogos, "without speech," hence, irrational, unreasonable (Acts 25:27; 2 Peter 2:12; Jude 1:10 the King James Version)): The man who denies God acts in an irrational way. Such persons are described as brutish (Psalms 49:10; 92:6; 94:8; Jeremiah 10:14,21; 51:17). These are stupid, unteachable. This i

BUBASTIS bu-bas'-tis. See PI-BESETH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BUBASTIS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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

BRUISE; BRUISED brooz, broozd: The noun occurs in Isaiah 1:6 the King James Version, "bruises and putrifying sores," as the translation of chabbarah. The verb translations a number of Hebrew words, the principal ones being: (1) shuph (Genesis 3:15 (twice)); (2) daqaq (Isaiah 28:28 (twice) (the American Standard Revised Version "ground," "and tho

BRUIT broot (shema`): A word no longer in common use (marked "archaic" and "obsolete" by Murray), signifying a rumor or report. The word occurs in the King James Version Jeremiah 10:22 (the Revised Version (British and American) "rumour"; the American Standard Revised Version "tidings") and the King James Version Nahum 3:19 (the Revised Version (B

BROW brou: Is found in Isaiah 48:4, "thy brow brass" as the translation of metsch, meaning "to be clear," i.e. conspicuous. In Luke 4:29 "led him unto the brow of the hill" is the rendering of ophras, literally "the eyebrow," but used throughout Greek literature as any prominent point or projection of land (compare use of supercilium in Verg. Geor

BROTHERLY KINDNESS; BROTHERLY LOVE kind'-nes (the King James Version 2 Peter 1:7), or \LOVE\ (the King James Version Romans 12:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; Hebrews 13:1; philadelphia): 1. As Moral Ideal: In the Revised Version (British and American), "love of the brethren" in all places, and so in the King James Version of 1 Peter 1:22, thus defining

BROTHERHOOD bruth'-er-hood: The rare occurrence of the term (only Zechariah 11:14 and 1 Peter 2:17) in contrast with the abundant use of "brother," "brethren," seems to indicate that the sense of the vital relation naturally called for the most concrete expression: "the brethren." But in 1 Peter 2:17 the abstract is used for the concrete. In the O

BROTHER'S WIFE (yebhemeth = "a sister-in-law," "brother's wife" (Deuteronomy 25:7,9); 'ishshah = "a woman," "wife"; `esheth 'ach = "brother's wife" (Genesis 38:8,9; Leviticus 18:16;20:21); he gune tou adelphou = "the brother's wife" (Mark 6:18)): A brother's wife occupies a unique position in Hebrew custom and law, by virtue of the institution of

BROTHER-IN-LAW See RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BROTHER-IN-LAW'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BROTH broth (maraq): Equivalent to our "soup." When Gideon (Judges 6:19) made ready a kid, "the flesh he put in a basket," but, it is added, "he put the broth in a pot"; and he is told by the angel to "pour out the broth" (Judges 6:20). Isaiah 65:4 makes Yahweh speak of rebellious Israel as "a people that provoke me to my face continually sacrific

BROOM broom: Occurs in 1 Kings 19:4 m ("broomtree"); Job 30:4, and Psalms 120:4 m as the translation of the Hebrew rothem, where the King James Version employed "juniper" which is retained in the Revised Version (British and American) text in 1 Kings 19:4 and Job 30:4. Juniper is certainly incorrect and broom is not a particularly happy rendering.

BROOK brook (nachal, 'aphiq, ye'or, mikhal; cheimarrhos): In Palestine there are few large streams. Of the smaller ones many flow only during the winter, or after a heavy rain. The commonest Hebrew word for brook is nachal, which is also used for river and for valley, and it is not always clear whether the valley or the stream in the valley is mea

BROOK OF EGYPT, THE (nachal = "a flowing stream," "a valley"; best translated by the oriental word wady, which means, as the Hebrew word does, both a stream and its valley). 1. Name: The Brook of Egypt is mentioned six times in the Old Testament (Numbers 34:5; Joshua 15:4,47; 1 Kings 8:65; Isaiah 27:12); once, Genesis 15:18, by another word, naha

BROOCH broch (chach): Used in plural by the Revised Version (British and American) (the King James Version "bracelets") for a class of "jewels of gold" brought as offerings by both men and women of Israel (Exodus 35:22). "Brooches," as Mackie says, is unoriental. The Hebrew word means most likely nose-rings. See BRACELET; RING. Copyright Statemen

BROKENHANDED bro'-k'-n-hand-ed (shebher yadh): In Leviticus 21:19 one of the blemishes which prevented a man of priestly descent from the execution of the priestly office. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BROKENHANDED'". "International Standard Bible Ency

BROKENHEARTED bro'-k'-n-har-ted (shabhar lebh; suntetrimmenoi ten kardian; Psalms 69:20,21; Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:18 the King James Version; "of a broken heart," Psalms 34:18; "broken in heart," Psalms 147:3): People who feel their spiritual bankruptcy and helplessness, and who long for the help and salvation of God. Such people are in the right con

BROKENFOOTED bro'-k'-n-foot-ed (shebher reghel): In Leviticus 21:19, one of the blemishes which prevented a man of priestly descent from the execution of the priestly office. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BROKENFOOTED'". "International Standard Bible E

BROKEN bro'-k'-n: Occurs both as past participle of the verb translated "to break" and as an adjective, the former use will be dealt with here only so far as verbs occur which are thus translated but do not present the non-participial forms. Such are: meroach = "bruised," "emasculated" (Leviticus 21:20); chathath = "to frustrate," hence, "to break