BILHAN (3) bil'-han (bilhan; Balaan) : (1) A Horite chief, son of Ezer (Genesis 36:27; 1 Chronicles 1:42). (2) A descendant of Benjamin, son of Jediael, father of seven sons who were heads of houses in their tribes (1 Chronicles 7:10). BILL, BOND, etc. (1) In the parable of the Unjust Steward (Luke 16:6) "bill," the King James Version, better "

BILL OF DIVORCEMENT di-vors'-ment. See DIVORCE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BILL OF DIVORCEMENT'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BILHAH (2) bil'-ha (place) (bilhah; Codex Alexandrinus, Balaa; Codex Vaticanus, Abella): A city in Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:29) = Baalah (Joshua 15:29), Balah (Joshua 19:3), and Baalath (Joshua 19:44). Unidentified. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BILHAH (

BILHAH (1) bil'-ha (person) (bilhah; Balla): A slave girl whom Laban gave to Rachel (Genesis 29:29), and whom the latter gave to Jacob as a concubine (Genesis 30:3,4); the mother of Da and Naphtali (Genesis 30:4,7; 35:25; 46:25; 1 Chronicles 7:13); guilty of incest with Reuben (Genesis 35:22). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bib

BILGAH; BILGAI bil'-ga bil'-ga-i (bilgah; bilgay, "cheerfulness"): A priest or priestly family in the time of the Return (Nehemiah 12:5), and (under the form of "Bilgai," Nehemiah 10:8) in the time of Nehemiah. According to 1 Chronicles 24:14, Bilgah is the 15th of the 24 divisions of the priests who officiated in the Temple. In the Septuagint, th

BILDAD bil'-dad (bildadh, "Bel has loved"): The second of the three friends of Job who, coming from distant regions, make an appointment together to condole with and comfort him in his affliction (Job 2:11). He is from Shuah, an unknown place somewhere in the countries East and Southeast of Palestine (or the designation Shuhite may be intended to

BILEAM bil'-e-am (bil`am; Iblaam): A town in the territory of Manasseh assigned to the Kohathite Levites (1 Chronicles 6:70), probably the same as Ibleam (Joshua 17:11, etc.), and identical with the modern Bel`ameh, half a mile South of Jenin. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. Genera

BIKATH-AVEN bik-ath-a'-ven (biq`ath 'awen, "valley of vanity" (Amos 1:5 King James Version, margin)). See AVEN; BETH-EDEN. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BIKATH-AVEN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BIGVAI big'-va-i (bighway; Baogei, Bagoua): (1) The head of one of the families who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7), having a large number of his retainers (2,056, according to Ezra 2:14; 2,067, according to Nehemiah 7:19), besides 72 males later under Ezra (Ezra 8:14). (2) One of those who subscribed the covenant w

BIGTHAN; BIGTHANA big'-than big-tha'-na (bighethan, bighethana'; Septuagint omits name): One of the two chamberlains or eunuchs of Xerxes on ("Ahasuerus") who conspired against the king's life, the conspiracy being detected by Mordecai and the culprits hanged (Esther 2:21). Possibly these men had been partially superseded by the degradation of Vas

BIGTHA big'-tha (bighetha'; Septuagint Barazi; Codex Vaticanus, Boraze; Codex Alexandrinus, Oareboa): One of the seven eunuchs or chamberlains having charge of the harem of King Xerxes ("Ahasuerus") and commanded to bring Vashti to the king's banquet (Esther 1:10). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, Ja

BIER ber: (1) Found in the Old Testament only in 2 Samuel 3:31, "and king David followed the bier"; and in the New Testament in Luke 7:14, "and he (Jesus) came nigh and touched the bier." The Hebrew word rendered "bier" (miTTah) and its Greek equivalent (soros) mean strictly "coffin." The so-called "bier" among the ancient Hebrews was simply an op

BIDKAR bid'-kar (bidhqar; "son of Deker" (?); compare HPN, 69): A captain in the service of Jehu, formerly his fellow-officer (2 Kings 9:25). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BIDKAR'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BIDE bid: A variant of "abide" (which see); is the rendering of perimeno, in The Wisdom of Solomon 8:12 (the Revised Version (British and American) "they shall wait for me"). In Acts 1:4 the same word is translated "wait for." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry

BIDDEN bid'-n: "Called," "invited" (1 Samuel 9:13). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BIDDEN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BICHRI bik'-ri (bikhri, "first born"; compare HPN, 88, 102): Father of Sheba who rebelled against David. Bichri is of the house of Benjamin and the word probably means a "descendant of Becher" (2 Samuel 20:1). Compare BECHER. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry f

BID Variously signifying, according to six Hebrew and as many Greek originals: (1) "to command" (Numbers 14:10; Matthew 1:24 the King James Version, prostasso); (2) "to prescribe" or "order" (John 2:2); (3) "to consecrate," and so rendered in the Revised Version (British and American) (Zechariah 1:7; compare 1 Samuel 16:5); (4) eipon, "to say"

BIBLICAL THEOLOGY bib'-li-kal the-ol'-o-ji: $ I. BIBLICAL THEOLOGY AS A SCIENCE$ 1. Definition 2. Relation to Dogmatics 3. Place and Method of Biblical Theology 4. Relation to Scientific Exegesis $ II. HISTORY OF BIBLICAL THEOLOGY$ 1. Its Rise in Scientific Form 2. Patristic and Scholastic Periods 3. Biblical Efforts in 17th and 18th Centu

BIBLICAL DISCREPANCIES bib'-li-kal diskrep'-an-siz. See DISCREPANCIES, BIBLICAL. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BIBLICAL DISCREPANCIES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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