Dictionaries :: BowmanInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBowman: bo'-man: Israel seems not to have been equal to the surrounding peoples in the use of the bow. The battle of Gilboa was clearly lost through the superior skill of the Philistine bowmen. This seems to have moved David to encourage archery practice in Judah (2Sa 1:18; compare

Dictionaries :: BulwarkInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBulwark: bool'-wark: The word represents several Hebrew terms (chel, Isa 26:1; chelah, Ps 48:13; matsodh, Ec 9:14; matsor, De 20:20). In 2Ch 26:15 the word is translated in the Revised Version (British and American) "battlements." King James DictionaryBulwark: A Defensive Structure

Dictionaries :: ChenaiahEaston's Bible DictionaryChenaiah: whom Jehovah hath made. "Chief of the Levites," probably a Kohathite (1Ch 15:22), and therefore not the same as mentioned in 1Ch 26:29.

Dictionaries :: Bull, BullockSmith's Bible DictionaryBull, Bullock: terms used synonymously with ox, oxen, and properly a generic name for horned cattle when a full age and fit for the plough. It is variously rendered "bullock," (Isaiah 65:25). "cow," (Ezekiel 4:15). "oxen," (Genesis 12:16). Kine is used in the Bible as the plural of cow. In Isa

Dictionaries :: Braided (AV, Broided)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g4117Greek: plegmaBraided (AV, Broided):signifies "what is woven" (from pleko, "to weave, plait"), whether a net or basket (Josephus uses it of the ark of bulrushes in which the infant Moses was laid), or of a web, plait, braid. It is used in 1

Dictionaries :: BurierInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBurier: ber'-i-er (kabhar): "Set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it" (Eze 39:15). "When the searchers found any human remains as they passed through the land, they were to set up a mark to attract the attention of the buriers, who followed them" (Dummelow's Commentary,

Dictionaries :: ChemarimEaston's Bible DictionaryChemarim: black, (Zep 1:4; in 2Ki 23:5, and "priests" in Hos. 10:5). Some derive this word from the Assyrian Kamaru, meaning "to throw down," and interpret it as describing the idolatrous priests who prostrate themselves before the idols. Others regard it as meaning "those who go about in black,"

Dictionaries :: Book of RemembranceInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBook of Remembrance: re-mem'-brans (cepher zikkdron, "book of record"): Is related in meaning to the "Book of Life." It refers to a list of the righteous, recorded in a book that lies before God (Mal 3:16; compare Da 7:10). ← Book of NoahBooks of Adam →

Dictionaries :: Burn, BurningVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1VerbStrong's Number: g2545Greek: kaioBurn, Burning:"to set fire to, to light;" in the Passive Voice, "to be lighted, to burn," Mat 5:15; Jhn 15:6; Hbr 12:18; Rev 4:5; 8:8, 10; 19:20; 21:8; 1Cr 13:3, is used metaphorically of the heart, Luk 24:32; of spiritual light,

Dictionaries :: CharitablenessNave's Topical BibleCharitableness: General Scriptures Concerning Pro 10:12; 17:9; Mat 5:23, 24; 6:14; 7:1-5; 18:21-35; Luk 6:36-42; 17:3, 4; Jhn 7:24; Rom 14:1-23; 1Cr 4:5; 10:28-33; 13:1-13; 16:14; Gal 6:1; Eph 4:32; Col 3:13, 14; 1Ti 1:5; 4:12; 2Ti 2:22; Jam 2:13; 4:11, 12; 1Pe 3:9; 4:8Charitableness: References

Dictionaries :: Cherubic, Forms in the ConstellationsInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCherubic, Forms in the Constellations: che-roo'-bik.

Dictionaries :: Cherubim (1)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCherubim (1): cher'-u-bim, cher'-oo-bim (kerubhim, plural of cherub, kerubh): Through the influence of the Septuagint, "cherubim" was used in the earlier English versions, also as a singular, hence, the plural was made to sound "cherubims." The etymology of the word cannot be

Dictionaries :: Bruise; BruisedInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBruise; Bruised: brooz, broozd: The noun occurs in Isa 1:6 the King James Version, "bruises and putrifying sores," as the translation of chabbarah. The verb translations a number of Hebrew words, the principal ones being: (1) shuph (Ge 3:15 (twice)); (2) daqaq (Isa 28

Dictionaries :: ButlerEaston's Bible DictionaryButler: properly a servant in charge of the wine (Gen 40:1-13; 41:9). The Hebrew word, mashkeh, thus translated is rendered also (plural) "cup-bearers" (1Ki 10:5; 2Ch 9:4). Nehemiah (Neh 1:11) was cup-bearer to king Artaxerxes. It was a position of great responsibility and honour in royal households

Dictionaries :: BushelInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBushel: boosh'-el (modios): A dry measure containing about a peck, but as it is used in the New Testament (Mt 5:15; Mr 4:21; Lu 11:33) it does not refer to capacity but is used only to indicate a covering to conceal the light. Nave's Topical BibleBushel: About One Peck Mat 5:15;

Dictionaries :: CellVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g3612Greek: oikemaCell:lit., "a habitation" (akin to oikeo, "to dwell"), is euphemistically put for "a prison," in Act 12:7, RV, "cell." See PRISON.

Dictionaries :: BurialEaston's Bible DictionaryBurial: The first burial we have an account of is that of Sarah (Gen 23:19). The first commercial transaction recorded is that of the purchase of a burial-placeGen 23:16) for which Abraham weighed to Ephron "four hundred shekels of silver current money with the merchants." Thus the patriarch became

Dictionaries :: ChickenInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaChicken: chik'-'-n, chik'-in (Anglo-Saxon, cicen or cycen; Latin, Gallus ferrugineus; alektruon, masculine and fem.): A barnyard fowl of any age. The record is to be found in the books of the disciples, but Jesus is responsible for the only direct mention of chickens in the Bible.

Dictionaries :: ChampaignInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaChampaign: sham-pan', sham'-pan (‘arabhah, biq‘ah): A champaign is a flat open country, and the word occurs in De 11:30 the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) "the Arabah") as a translation of ‘arabhah, for which the King James Version has in most plac

Dictionaries :: BoscathInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBoscath: bos'-kath. Nave's Topical BibleBoscath: See BOZKATHSmith's Bible DictionaryBoscath: (2 Kings 22:1). SEE [BOZKATH].