BALL bol (dur): A rare Hebrew word used in this sense only in Isaiah 22:18, and correctly rendered in the American Standard Revised Version "He will surely wind thee round and round, and toss thee like a ball into a large country." De Or, Bottcher, Jastrow, following Talmud, regard the noun as kaddur, but perhaps incorrectly. See also GAMES. Copy

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

BALDNESS bald'-ness qorchah: The reference in the Bible to baldness is not to the natural loss of hair, but to baldness produced by shaving the head. This was practiced as a mark of mourning for the dead (Leviticus 21:5; Isaiah 15:2; 22:12); as the result of any disaster (Amos 8:10; Micah 1:16). The custom arose from the fact that the hair was reg

BALASAMUS ba-las'-a-mus. See BAALSAMUS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BALASAMUS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BALANCINGS bal'-ans-ins: "The balancings of the clouds" (Job 37:16), the manner in which they are poised and supported in the air, alike with their mysterious spreadings and motions, challenge the strongest intellect to explain. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entr

BALAMON bal'-a-mon Balamon; (the King James Version, Balamo): In the field between Balamon and Dothaim Manasses, the husband of Judith, was buried (Judith 8:3). Compare Baal-hamon (Song of Solomon 8:11). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BALAMON'". "Intern

BALANCE bal'-ans The English word "balance" is from the Latin bilanx = "having two scales" (bi = "two" and lanx = "plate," or "scale"). It is used to render three Hebrew words: (1) mo'znayim (Leviticus 19:36; Job 6:2; Psalms 62:9; Proverbs 11:1; Isaiah 40:12,15; Jeremiah 32:10, etc.); (2) qaneh (Isaiah 46:6), and (3) pelec (Proverbs 16:11). It

BALAK ba'-ak balaq, ("devastator" or "one who lays waste"): Mentioned in connection with the story of Balaam/Balak (Numbers 22-24; compare Joshua 24:9; Judges 11:25; Micah 6:5; Revelation 2:14). He was the king of Moab who hired Balaam to pronounce a curse on the Israelites. See BALAAM. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliogra

BALAH ba'la balah; Bola: A place, unidentified, in the territory of Simeon (Joshua 19:3), called Bilhah in 1 Chronicles 4:29. It may be identical with Baalah in Judah (Joshua 15:29). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BALAH'". "International Standard Bible

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

BALADAN bal'-a-dan bal'adhan, "He (i.e. Merodach) has given a son": Baladan is said in 2 Kings 20:12 and Isaiah 39:1 to have been the father of Berodach (Merodach)-Baladan, king of Babylon. Some have thought that the Biblical. writer was wrong here, inasmuch as it is said in the inscriptions of Sargon (Annals, 228, 315; Pt., 122), that Merodach-Ba

BALAAM ba'-lam bil`am, ("devourer"): The son of Beor, from a city in Mesopotamia called Pethor, a man possessing the gift of prophecy, whose remarkable history may be found in Numbers 22:2-24:25; compare Numbers 31:8,16; Deuteronomy 23:4; Joshua 13:22; 24:9; Nehemiah 13:2; Micah 6:5; 2 Peter 2:15; Jude 1:11; Revelation 2:14. 1. History: When the

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

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

BAKEMEATS bak'-mets: Only in Genesis 40:17 the King James Version and the English Revised Version. "All manner of baked food for Pharaoh" the American Standard Revised Version. Any kind of meat baked or cooked. See BREAD; FOOD. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entr

BAKBUKIAH bak-bu-ki'-a baqbuqyah, ("the Lord pours out"): (1) A Levite who "dwelt in Jerusalem" after the return from Babylon (Nehemiah 11:17). (2) A Levite who returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Nehemiah 12:9). (3) A Levite and porter keeping "the watch at the store-houses of the gates" (Nehemiah 12:25). Copyright Statement These files are

BAKBUK bak'-buk baqbuq, "bottle" perhaps onomatopoetical, referring to the clucking noise created by the pouring out of the contents of a bottle = Acub, (1 Esdras 5:31): The descendants of Bakbuk returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:51; Nehemiah 7:53). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James,

BAKBAKKAR bak-bak'-ar baqbaqqar, "investigator": A Levite (1 Chronicles 9:15). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BAKBAKKAR'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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

BAITERUS ba-i'-ter-us Baiterous; (the King James Version Meterus): The descendants of Baiterus returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (1 Esdras 5:17). 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 'BAITERUS'". "International Standard Bi