BARTACUS bar'-ta-kus (Bartakos; Josephus Rhabezdkes; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A. D.) Bezazes (1 Esdras 4:29)): The father of Apame. He is called "the illustrious," probably because of rank and merits. The family seems to be of Persian origin since the name Bartacus (Syriac, ) in the form of Artachaeas is mentioned by Herodotus (vii.2

BARTHOLOMEW bar-thol'-o-mu (Bartholomaios, i.e. "son of Tolmai or Tolmai"): One of the Twelve Apostles (Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:14; Acts 1:13). There is no further reference to him in the New Testament. According to the "Genealogies of the Twelve Apostles" (Budge, Contendings of the Apostles, II, 50) "Bartholomew was of the house of Naphta

BARSABAS; BARSABBAS bar'-sa-bas, bar-sab'-as. See JOSEPH BARSABBAS; JUDAS BARSABBAS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BARSABAS; BARSABBAS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BARREL bar'-el: The word "barrel" in the King James Version (see 1 Kings 17:12,14,16; 18:33: "The barrel of meal," "fill four barrels with water," etc.) stands for the large earthenware jar (so the American Standard Revised Version) used in the East for carrying water from the spring or well, and for storing grain, etc., according to a custom that

BARODIS ba-ro'-dis (Barodeis, 1 Esdras 5:34): The descendants of Barodis (sons of the servants of Solomon) returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem. Omitted in Ezra 2 and Nehemiah 7. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BARODIS'". "International Standard Bible E

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

BARNABAS bar'-na-bas (Barnabas, "son of exhortation," or possibly "son of Nebo"): This name was applied to the associate of Paul, who was originally called Joses or Joseph (Acts 4:36), as a testimony to his eloquence. Its literal meaning is "son of prophecy" (bar, "son"; nebhu'ah, "prophecy"). Compare word for prophet in Genesis 20:7; Deuteronomy

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

BARN barn (meghurah, "a granary," "fear," Haggai 2:19; acam, "a storehouse," Proverbs 3:10; mammeghurah, "a repository," Joel 1:17; apotheke, Matthew 6:26; 13:30; Luke 12:18,24): A place for the storing of grain, usually a dry cistern in the ground, covered over with a thick layer of earth. "Grain is not stored in the East until it is threshed and

BARKOS bar'-kos (barqoc, "party-colored" (?) compare Gray, Studies in Hebrew Proper Names, 68, note 2): The descendants of Barkos returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:53; Nehemiah 7:55). Compare Barchus (1 Esdras 5:32). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entr

BARLEY bar'-li (se`orah): (1) In the Bible, as in modern times, barley was a characteristic product of Palestine--"a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees," etc. (Deuteronomy 8:8), the failure of whose crop was a national disaster (Joel 1:11). It was, and is, grown chiefly as provender for horses and asses (1 Kings 4:28), oats being pr

BARIAH ba-ri'-ah (bariach, "fugitive"): Bariah was a descendant of David in the line of Solomon (1 Chronicles 3:22). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BARIAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BARHUMITE bar-hu'-mit. See BAHARUMITE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BARHUMITE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BAREFOOT bar'-foot. 1. Introductory: The word is found in the following passages: English Versions of the Bible, "He went barefoot" (2 Samuel 15:30); "(Isaiah) did so, walking .... barefoot" (Isaiah 20:2); and like the Egyptians, "naked and barefoot" (Isaiah 20:3,4). It seems that David in his flight before Absalom "went barefoot," not to facili

BARCHUS bar'-kus (Codex Vaticanus, Bachous; Codex Alexandrinus, Barchoue; the King James Version Charchus, from Aldine edition, Charkous; 1 Esdras 5:32 = Barkos (Ezra 2:53; Nehemiah 7:55)): The descendants of Barchus (temple-servants) returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information

BARBARIAN; BARBAROUS bar-ba'-ri-an, bar'-ba-rus (barbaros): A word probably formed by imitation of the unintelligible sounds of foreign speech, and hence, in the mouth of a Greek it meant anything that was not Greek, language, people or customs. With the spread of Greek language and culture, it came to be used generally for all that was non-Greek.

BARBER bar'-ber: (1) The English word "barber" is from Latin barba, "beard" = a man who shaves the beard. Dressing and trimming the hair came to be added to his work. "Barber" is found only once English Versions of the Bible, in Ezekiel 5:1, "Take thee a sharp sword; as a barber's razor shalt thou take it unto thee, and shalt cause it to pass upon

BARACHIAS bar-a-ki'-as. See BARACHIAH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BARACHIAS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BARAK ba'-rak (baraq, "lightning flash"): The name occurs in Sabeanbarqac, in Palmyrene baraq, and in Punic Barcas, as surname of Hamilcar; and as Divine name in Assyrian Ramman-Birqu and Gibil-Birqu (Del. Assyrian, HWB, 187). Barak was the son of Abinoam of Kedesh, a refuge city in Mt. Naphtali. He was summoned by the prophetess Deborah to lead h

BARACHIAH bar-a-ki'-a (Barachias; the King James Version Barachias; Matthew 23:35): Father of Zachariah who was murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. It is possible that reference is made to Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:20), whom Matthew by mistake calls "Z., the son of Barachiah." Luke 11:51 omits the name of the father