BAY (2) ba (lashon, literally "tongue"; kolpos): The word occurs in the sense of inlet of the sea in the Old Testament only in Joshua 15:2,5; 18:19, and in New Testament only in Acts 27:39 (of Malta, the King James Version "creek"). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "

BAY (1) ba. See COLORS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BAY (1)'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BAVVAI bav'-a-i (bawway; Septuagint Codex Alexandrinus, Benei; Codex Vaticanus, Bedei; the King James Version Bavai, "wisher" (?) (Nehemiah 3:18)): Perhaps identical with or a brother of Binnui (Nehemiah 3:24). See BINNUI. Bavvai, "the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah," was of a Levitical family. He is mentioned as one of t

BAVAI bav'-a-i. See BAVVAI. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BAVAI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BATTLE-BOW bat'-'-l-bo: Found in the striking Messianic prophecy: "The battle bow shall be cut off" (Zechariah 9:10). The prophet is predicting the peace that shall prevail when Zion's king cometh, "just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass." The words convey their full significance only when re

BATTLEMENT bat'-'-l-ment. See FORTIFICATION; HOUSE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BATTLEMENT'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BATTLE-AXE bat'-'-l-ax. See ARMOR, ARMS, III, 1; AX (AXE). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BATTLE-AXE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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

BATTERING-RAM bat'-er-ing-ram. See SIEGE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BATTERING-RAM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BATH; BATHING bath, bath'-ing. 1. Ordinary Bathing: Bathing in the ordinary, non-religious sense, public or private, is rarely met with in the Scriptures. We find, however, three exceptional and interesting cases: (1) that of Pharaoh's daughter, resorting to the Nile (Exodus 2:5); (2) that of Bath-sheba, bathing on the house-top (2 Samuel 11:2

BATHSHUA bath'-shu-a (bath-shua`, "the daughter of opulence" or "the daughter of Shua"; compare \BATH-SHEBA\; for derivation see HPN, 67, 69, note 3): (1) In Genesis 38:2 and 1 Chronicles 2:3, where the name is translated "Shua's daughter," the wife of Judah. (2) In 1 Chronicles 3:5, the daughter of Ammiel and wife of David. See BATH-SHEBA. Copy

BATH-ZACHARIAS bath-zak-a-ri'-as. See BETH-ZACHARIAS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BATH-ZACHARIAS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BATH-SHEBA bath-she'-ba, bath'-she-ba (bath-shebha`, "the seventh daughter," or "the daughter of an oath," also called Bathshua bath- shua`, "the daughter of opulence" (1 Chronicles 3:5); the Septuagint however reads Bersabee everywhere; compare BATHSHUA; HPN, 65, 67, 77, 206 for Bath-sheba, and 67, 69, note 3, for Bathshua): Bath-sheba was the da

BATH KOL bath'-kol, bath kol (bath qol, "the daughter of the voice"): Originally signifying no more than "sound," "tone," "call" (e.g. water in pouring gives forth a "sound," bath qol, while oil does not), sometimes also "echo." The expression acquired among the rabbis a special use, signifying the Divine voice, audible to man and unaccompanied by

BATH (bath): A liquid measure equal to about 9 gallons, English measure. It seems to have been regarded as a standard for liquid measures (Ezekiel 45:10), as in the case of the molten sea and the lavers in Solomon's temple (1 Kings 7:26,38), and for measuring oil and wine (2 Chronicles 2:10; Ezra 7:22; Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:14). Its relation to

BATANAEA bat-a-ne'-a: The name used in Greek times for BASHAN (which see), Josephus, Life, II; Ant, XV, x, 1; XVII, ii, 1, "toparchy of Butanea." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BATANAEA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BAT (`aTaleph; Leviticus 11:19; Deuteronomy 14:18; Isaiah 2:20): Bats are the most widely distributed of mammals, reaching even the oceanic islands, and modern science has revealed the existence of an astonishing number of species, nearly twenty being recorded from Palestine. These include both fruit-eating and insect-eating bats, the latter being

BASTHAI bas'-tha-i, bas'-thi (Basthai; the King James Version Bastai; 1 Esdras 5:31 = Besai (Ezra 2:49; Nehemiah 7:52)): The descendants of Basthai (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 'BASTHAI'". "Inter

BASTARD bas'-tard (mamzer; nothos): In Deuteronomy 23:2 probably the offspring of an incestuous union, or of a marriage within the prohibited degrees of affinity (Leviticus 18:6-20; 20:10-21). He and his descendants to the tenth generation are excluded from the assembly of the Lord. (See Driver, at the place). Zechariah (Zechariah 9:6), after prop

BASTAI bas'-ta-i. See BASTHAI. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BASTAI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.