Dictionaries :: CharmerEaston's Bible DictionaryCharmer: one who practises serpent-charming (Psa 58:5; Jer 8:17; Ecc 10:11). It was an early and universal opinion that the most venomous reptiles could be made harmless by certain charms or by sweet sounds. It is well known that there are jugglers in India and in other Eastern lands who practise t

Dictionaries :: Bride-ChamberInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBride-Chamber: brid'-cham-ber (numphon): The room in which the marriage ceremonies were held (Mt 9:15; Mr 2:19; Lu 5:34; compare Mt 22:10). ← BrideBride-Chamber, Sons (Children) of The →

Dictionaries :: Chamber, RoofInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaChamber, Roof:  ← ChamberChambering →

Dictionaries :: Brazen SerpentInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBrazen Serpent:  ← Brazen SeaNave's Topical BibleBrazen Serpent: Made by Moses For the healing of the Israelites, Num 21:9.Brazen Serpent: Worshiped by Israelites 2Ki 18:4Brazen Serpent: A Symbol of Christ Jhn 3:14, 15Smith's Bible DictionaryBrazen Serpent

Dictionaries :: ChanuneusInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaChanuneus: ka-nun'-e-us (Chanounaios; the King James Version Channuneus): A Levite in the list of 1 Esdras 8:48, probably corresponding to "Merari" in Ezr 8:19.

Dictionaries :: BetrayInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBetray: be-tra' (ramah; paradidomi): In the Old Testament only once (1Ch 12:17). David warns those who had deserted to him from Saul: "If ye be come to betray me to mine adversaries.... the God of our fathers look thereon." The same Hebrew word is elsewhere translated "beguile" (Ge

Dictionaries :: BillowsVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Billows:For BILLOWS, Luk 21:25, RV, see WAVE

Dictionaries :: BethpaletSmith's Bible DictionaryBethpalet: (house of flight) a town among those in the extreme south of Judah, named in Joshua 15:27.

Dictionaries :: BesetInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBeset: be-set' (euperistatos): The most common sense of this word is "to surround." This is the thought in Ps 139:5, and teaches the omnipresence of God. Often wicked men find that the things which they have done so envelope them that they cannot escape ruin (Ho 7:2). The reference i

Dictionaries :: BethbarahSmith's Bible DictionaryBethbarah: (house of the ford) named only in Judges 7:24. It derived its chief interest in the possibility that its more modern representative may have been Beth‐abara, where John baptized. It was probably the chief ford of the district.

Dictionaries :: BlindnessInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBlindness: blind'-ness (‘awar, and variants; tuphlos): The word blind is used as a verb, as Joh 12:40, usually in the sense of obscuring spiritual perception. In reference to physical blindness it is used as a noun frequently or else as an adjective with the noun man. There are 5

Dictionaries :: BithiahHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryBithiah:daughter of the LordInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBithiah: bi-thi'-a (bithyah; Beththia; Codex Vaticanus, Gelia, "daughter of Yah"): The daughter of a Pharaoh who married Mered, a descendant of Judah (1Ch 4:18). Whether this Pharaoh was an Egyptian king, or whether it w

Dictionaries :: Behold, BeheldVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g3708Greek: horaoBehold, Beheld:with its aorist form eidon, "to see" (in a few places the AV uses the verb "to behold"), is said (a) of bodily vision, e.g., Mar 6:38; Jhn 1:18, 46; (b) of mental perception, e.g., Rom 15:21; Col 2:18; (c) of

Dictionaries :: BethpazzezSmith's Bible DictionaryBethpazzez: (house of the dispersion) a town of Issachar named with En‐haddah (Joshua 19:21) and of which nothing is known.

Dictionaries :: BellyEaston's Bible DictionaryBelly: the seat of the carnal affections (Tts 1:12; Phl 3:19; Rom 16:18). The word is used symbolically for the heart (Pro 18:8; 20:27; 22:18, marg.). The "belly of hell" signifies the grave or underworld (Jon 2:2).International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBelly: bel'-i: gachon =" the external abd

Dictionaries :: BethshanHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryBethshan:Beth-shean, house of the tooth, or of ivory, or of sleep

Dictionaries :: Beriah; BeriitesInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBeriah; Beriites: be-ri'-a, be-ri'-its (beri‘ah, "in shouting," probably derived from a Hebrew root meaning "to make noise," or "in evil," from another Hebrew root): (1) A son of Asher and father of Heber and Malchiel (Ge 46:17; 1Ch 7:30,31; the head of the family of th

Dictionaries :: Bill of DivorcementInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBill of Divorcement: di-vors'-ment.

Dictionaries :: Bird-CatcherInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBird-Catcher: burd'-kach-er Birds →

Dictionaries :: BishopEaston's Bible DictionaryBishop: an overseer. In apostolic times, it is quite manifest that there was no difference as to order between bishops and elders or presbyters (Act 20:17-28; 1Pe 5:1,2; Phl 1:1; 1Ti 3). The term bishop is never once used to denote a different office from that of elder or presbyter. These different