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

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

BEAST best: This word occurs often in both Old and New Testaments and denotes generally a mammal (though sometimes a reptile) in distinction to a man, a bird, or a fish. In this distinction the English is fairly in accord with the Hebrew and Greek originals. The commonest Hebrew words behemah and chai have their counterpart in the Arabic as do thr

BEAST-FIGHT best'-fit. See GAMES. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BEAST-FIGHT'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BEARD berd: (1) Western Semites in general, according to the monuments, wore full round beards, to which they evidently devoted great care. The nomads of the desert, in distinction from the settled Semites, wore a clipped and pointed beard (see Jeremiah 9:26: "all that have the corners of their hair cut off, that dwell in the wilderness"; and com

BEAR; BORN bar, born (vb.), (yaladh): Occurs frequently in its literal sense, alluding to motherhood (Genesis 16:11; 17:17,19,21; 18:13; 22:23; 30:3; Leviticus 12:5; Judges 13:3; 5:7; Ruth 1:12; 1 Kings 3:21; Jeremiah 29:6); in the New Testament gennao, in the same sense (Luke 1:13). Figurative: It is often used with reference to the beginning o

BEAR; BORNE bar, born (nasa'; lambano, anaphero, bastazo): In English Versions of the Bible the physical sense is familiar, of supporting or carrying any weight or burden. The translation of the Revised Version (British and American) is to be preferred in Psalms 75:3 ("have set up"); Lamentations 3:28 ("hath laid it upon him"); Zechariah 1:11 ("we

BEAR, THE (ARCTURUS) bar. A great northern constellation. See ASTRONOMY, sec. II, 13. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BEAR, THE (ARCTURUS)'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BEAR bar (dobh; compare Arabic dubb): In 1 Samuel 17:34-37, David tells Saul how as a shepherd boy he had overcome a lion and a bear. In 2 Kings 2:24 it is related that two she bears came out of the wood and tore forty-two of the children who had been mocking Elisha. All the other references to bears are figurative; compare 2 Samuel 17:8; Proverbs

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

BEANS benz (pol; Arabic ful): A very common product of Palestine; a valuable and very ancient article of diet. The Bible references are probably to the Faba vulgaris (N. D. Leguminosae) or horsebean. This is sown in the autumn; is in full flower--filling the air with sweet perfume--in the early spring; and is harvested just after the barley and wh

BEAM bem: The word is used to translate various Old Testament terms: (1) gebh (1 Kings 6:9), tsela`, "a rib" (1 Kings 7:3), qurah (2 Chronicles 3:7; 34:11; Song of Solomon 1:17), all refer to constructional beams used in buildings for roofing and upper floors, main beams being carried on pillars generally of wood. The last term is used in 2 Kings

BEALIAH be-a-li'-a (be`alyah, "Yahweh is Lord," compare HPN, 144, 287): Bealiah, formerly a friend of Saul, joined David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:5). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BEALIAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BEALOTH be'-a-loth (be`aloth; Baloth): An unidentified city of Judah in the Negeb (Joshua 15:24). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BEALOTH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BEACON be'-k'-n. The translation of the Hebrew toren, which usually means "mast" (compare Isaiah 33:23; Ezekiel 27:5), but in Isaiah 30:17 being used in parallelism with "ensign" the meaning may be "signal-staff" (Isaiah 30:17 the American Revised Version, margin "pole"). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information O

BEACH bech (aigialos): The part of the shore washed by the tide on which the waves dash (Matthew 13:2,48; John 21:4; Acts 21:5; 27:39,40). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BEACH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BAZLITH; BAZLUTH baz'-lith, baz'-luth (batslith, Nehemiah 7:54; batsluth, Ezra 2:52; Basaloth, 1 Esdras 5:31, "asking"): The descendants of Bazlith (temple-servants) returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BAZLITH; BAZLUTH'

BDELLIUM del'-i-um (bedholach): The word occurs twice in the Pentateuch: (1) in Genesis 2:12, in conjunction with gold and onyx, as a product of the land of HAVILAH (which see), and (2) in Numbers 11:7, where the manna is likened to this substance in appearance: "The appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium." The latter comparison exclu

BAYITH ba'-yith (bayith; the King James Version Bajith, "house" (Isaiah 15:2)): A town in the country of Moab. The reading of the Revised Version, margin, "Bayith and Dibon are gone up to the high places to weep," seems to be the proper rendering of this passage. Duhm et al., by changing the text, read either "house of" or "daughter of." The const

BAY TREE ba'-tre' (the King James Version only; Psalms 37:35; 'ezrach): The word means "native," "indigenous," and the Revised Version (British and American) translations "a green tree in its native soil." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BAY TREE'". "Int