BANNAIA ba-na'-ya. See SABANNEUS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BANNAIA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BANK bank: (1) (saphah, "lip," "edge"): "By the bank of the Jordan" (2 Kings 2:13); "Upon the bank of the river were very many trees" (Ezekiel 47:7,12). (2) (gadhah, "cuttings"): Always of banks overflowed (Joshua 3:15; 4:18; Isaiah 8:7), as also (3) (gidhyah, 1 Chronicles 12:15). (4) (solelah, "mound," "rampart"): "Cast up a bank against th

BANK; BANKING 1. Introductory: "Banking" in the full modern sense, of taking money on deposit and lending it out on interest, is of comparatively recent origin. A few "banks of deposit" were founded in Italy in the Middle Ages, but the earliest "banks of issue," of the modern sort, were those of Amsterdam (1609) and Hamburg (1619), beginning in th

BANISHMENT ban'-ish-ment. See PUNISHMENTS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BANISHMENT'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BANID ba'-nid (1 Esdras 8:36): In the Revised Version (British and American) BANIAS, which see. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BANID'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BANIAS (1) ba-ni'-as (B, Banias; A, Bani; the King James Version Banid (1 Esdras 8:36)): An ancestor of Salimoth. The descendants of Banias returned with Ezra to Jerusalem. The name is omitted (Ezra 8:10), perhaps due to the oversight of a copyist or a mistaken reading of bene, "sons of," for bani. Copyright Statement These files are public domain

BANIAS (2) See CAESAREA; PHILIPPI. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BANIAS (2)'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BANI ba'-ni (bani, "posterity"): (1) A Gadite, one of David's mighty men (2 Samuel 23:36). (2) A Levite whose son was appointed for service in the tabernacle at David's time (1 Chronicles 6:46). (3) A Judahite whose son lived in Jerusalem after the captivity (1 Chronicles 9:4). (4) The descendants of Bani (called Binnui, Nehemiah 7:15) returned

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

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

BANAIAS ban-a-i'-as (Banaias; 1 Esdras 9:35 = Benaiah (Ezra 10:43)): Banaias put away his "strange wife." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BANAIAS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BAND The English word has two generic meanings, each shading off into several specific meanings: (1) that which holds together, binds or encircles: a bond; (2) a company of men. The second sense may philologically and logically have been derived from the first, men being held together by social ties. Both meanings appear in Old Testament and New

BAN (A, Ban; B, Bainan; 1 Esdras 5:37 = Tobiah (Ezra 2:60; Nehemiah 7:62); some manuscripts of the Septuagint read Boua): The descendants of Ban were not able to trace their ancestry to show "how they were of Israel." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BAN'

BAMOTH; BAMOTH-BAAL ba'-moth, ba'-moth-ba'-al (bamoth-ba'al, "high places of Baal"): Bamoth is referred to in Numbers 21:19,20, as a station in the journeyings of Israel North of the Arnon. It is probably the same place as the Bamoth-baal of Numbers 22:41 (Revised Version margin), whither Balak, king of Moab, conducted Balaam to view and to curse

BAMAH ba'-ma, ba'-ma (bamah, "high place"): The word appears in Ezekiel 20:29 where reference is made to former "high-place worship," the prophet speaking with contempt of such manner of worship. Ewald suggests a play of words, ba', "come" and mah, "what," "what (mah) is the high place (ba-mah) whereunto ye come (ba')?" It is possible that referen

BALTASAR bal-ta'-sar (Baltasar; the King James Version Balthasar): (1) The Greek of Hebrew, belTesha'tstsar, or belTe'shatstsar, perhaps corresponding to BalaT-sar-ucur, "protect the life of the king," the Babylonian cognomen of Daniel. Compare Belteshazzar (Daniel 1:7; 2:26; 4:8, et al.). (2) Baltasar is also the Greek of the Hebrew belsha'tstsa

BALSAM bol'-sam (basam, besem; hedusmata; thumiamata): Is usually "spices" but in the Revised Version, margin (Song of Solomon 5:1,13; 6:2) is rendered as "balsam." It was an ingredient in the anointing oil of the priests (Exodus 25:6; 35:28). The Queen of Sheba brought it as a present to Solomon (1 Kings 10:2) in large quantity (1 Kings 10:10) an

BALNUUS bal-nu'-us (Codex Alexandrinus, Balnouos; Codex Vaticanus, Balnous = Binnui (Ezra 10:30)): Balnuus put away his "strange wife" (1 Esdras 9:31). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BALNUUS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BALM bam (tseri, tsori; Septuagint rhetine): The name of an odoriferous resin said to be brought from Gilead by Ishmaelite Arabs on their way to Egypt (Genesis 37:25). It is translated "balm" in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American), but is called "mastic," the Revised Version, margin. In Genesis 43:11 it is one of

BALM OF GILEAD The people of Jericho today prepare for the benefit of pilgrims a "Balm of Gilead" from the zaqqum (Balanites Aegyptiaca), but this has no serious claims to be the balm of antiquity. If we are to look beyond the borders of modern Palestine we may credit the tradition which claims that Mecca balsam, a product of Balsamodendron Gileade