BROIDERED broid'-erd: (1) riqmah, "variegation of color" (Ezekiel 16:10,13,18; 26:16; 27:7,16,24); (2) tashbets, "checkered stuff" (as reticulated). The high priest's garments consisted of "a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat (Exodus 28:4 the King James Version; the Revised Version (British and American) "a coat of check

BROAD brod (rochabh, "width"; rechobh, "a broadway," "street," "court"; eurchoros, "spacious"): Occurs frequently as a term of dimension (Exodus 27:1; 1 Kings 6:6; Ezekiel 40:6,43 the Revised Version (British and American), "handbreadth long") and as indicative of strength (Nehemiah 3:8; Jeremiah 51:58). The centers of communal life are called the

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

BRINK brink: saphah, or sepheth = "the lip," "margin," "bank," "edge" (Genesis 41:3; Exodus 2:3; 7:15); qatseh, or qetseh = "an extremity," "border," "brim" (Joshua 3:8,15; Isaiah 19:7; Daniel 12:5). See BRIM. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BRINK'". "I

BRIMSTONE brim'-ston, brim'-stun (gophrith; to theion): The word translated "brimstone" probably referred originally to the pitch of trees, like the cypress. By analogy it has been rendered "brimstone" because of the inflammability of both substances. Sulphur existed in Palestine in early times and was known by most of the ancient nations as a com

BRING dasha' = "to sprout," "spring" (Genesis 1:11 the King James Version); sharats = "to wriggle," "swarm" (Genesis 1:20; 9:7; Exodus 8:3); yaladh = "to bear," "beget" (Genesis 3:16; 2 Kings 19:3; Job 15:35; 39:1,2; "what a day may bring forth," Proverbs 27:1; "before the decree bring forth," Zechariah 2:2); `anan = "to cloud over," "to darken" (G

BRIGHTNESS brit'-nes: Used by the King James Version in Hebrews 1:3 for "effulgence of his glory," as in the Revised Version (British and American) and the American Standard Revised Version. The Greek apaugasma may mean either "reflection" or "radiation." Patristic usage favors the latter; compare The Wisdom of Solomon 7:26; also the Nicene Creed:

BRIM qatseh or qetseh = "an extremity" (in a variety of applications and idioms), "border," "edge," "side," "shore" (Joshua 3:15 the King James Version; the Revised Version (British and American) "brink"); also saphah or sepheth = "edge," "lip" (1 Kings 7:23,24,26; 2 Chronicles 4:2,5). In John 2:7, the adverb ano, is used to emphasize the verb egem

BRIGANDINE brig'-an-den. See ARMS (Defensive, 5); COAT OF MAIL. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BRIGANDINE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BRIER bri'-er. See \ thORNS\. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BRIER'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BRIDLE bri'-d'-l. See BIT AND BRIDLE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BRIDLE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BRIDEGROOM; BRIDEGROOM, FRIEND OF brid'-groom; See MARRIAGE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BRIDEGROOM; BRIDEGROOM, FRIEND OF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BRIDGE brij (gephura, 2 Macc 12:13 the King James Version; the Revised Version (British and American) GEPHYRUN): Does not occur in the canonical Scriptures, unless it be indirectly in the proper name Geshur (geshur, 2 Samuel 3:3; 13:37; 15:8; 1 Chronicles 2:23, and others). The so-called Jacob's bridge is said to mark the site where Jacob crossed

BRIDE-CHAMBER, SONS (CHILDREN) OF THE (hoi huioi tou numphonos): These were friends or companions of the bridegroom and were usually very numerous (Matthew 9:15; Mark 2:19; Luke 5:34). Any wedding guest might be included in the expression, or anyone who took part in the bridal procession and remained for the wedding-feast (see MARRIAGE). In the ab

BRIDE-CHAMBER brid'-cham-ber (numphon): The room in which the marriage ceremonies were held (Matthew 9:15; Mark 2:19; Luke 5:34; compare Matthew 22:10). See CHAMBER; MARRIAGE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BRIDE-CHAMBER'". "International Standard Bibl

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

BRICK-KILN brik'-kil, -kiln (malben): The Hebrew word is better translated by "brickmould." In Syria the brickmould is still called milben. In Jeremiah 43:9 the American Standard Revised Version rendering is "brickwork" and the American Revised Version, margin "pavement." 2 Samuel 12:31 becomes much clearer if the American Revised Version, margin

BRIBERY brib'-er-i (shochadh, "a gift," in a corrupt sense, "a bribe"): The Hebrew law condemns everything that would tend to impair the impartial administration of justice, particularly the giving and receiving of gifts or bribes, in order to pervert judgment (Exodus 23:8). Allusions are frequent to the prevailing corruption of oriental judges an

BRICK (lebhenah): The ancient Egyptian word appears in the modern Egyptian Arabic toob. In Syria the sun-baked bricks are commonly called libn or lebin, from the same Semitic root as the Hebrew word. Bricks are mentioned only a few times in the Bible. The story of how the Children of Israel, while in bondage in Egypt, had their task of brick-maki

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