Dictionaries :: Beg; Beggar; BeggingInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBeg; Beggar; Begging: 1. No Law Concerning Beggars or Begging in Israel: It is significant that the Mosaic law contains no enactment concerning beggars, or begging, though it makes ample provision for the relief and care of "the poor in the land." Biblical Hebrew se

Dictionaries :: BichriHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryBichri:first-born; first fruitsInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBichri: bik'-ri (bikhri, "first born"; compare HPN, 88, 102): Father of Sheba who rebelled against David. Bichri is of the house of Benjamin and the word probably means a "descendant of Becher" (2Sa 20:1 ff). Compare B

Dictionaries :: BelomancyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBelomancy: bel'-o-man-si.

Dictionaries :: BethnimrahSmith's Bible DictionaryBethnimrah: (house of leopards) one of the fenced cities on the east of Jordan taken and built by the tribe of Gad (Numbers 32:36) and described as being in the valley beside Beth‐haran (Joshua 13:27). In Numbers 32:3 it is called simply NIMRAH. SEE [NIMRAH]. The name still survives in the

Dictionaries :: Bitterness, Water OfInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBitterness, Water Of:  ← Bitterness

Dictionaries :: BloodyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBloody: blud'-i (dam =" blood" of man or an animal; and where the King James translators have rendered with the adjective "bloody," the Hebrew employs the noun in the construct case, "of blood"): "A bridegroom of blood" (Ex 4:25,26, the King James Version bloody husband). Zipporah,

Dictionaries :: BilgahEaston's Bible DictionaryBilgah: cheerful. (1.) The head of the fifteenth sacerdotal course for the temple service (1Ch 24:14). (2.) A priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh 12:5,18).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryBilgah:ancient countenanceNave's Topical BibleBilgah: 1. One of the Chiefs of the Priestly Sh

Dictionaries :: Beth-ArbelEaston's Bible DictionaryBeth-Arbel: house of God's court, a place alluded to by Hosea (Hsa 10:14) as the scene of some great military exploit, but not otherwise mentioned in Scripture. The Shalman here named was probably Shalmaneser, the king of Assyria (2Ki 17:3).International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBeth-Arbel:

Dictionaries :: Beth-DagonEaston's Bible DictionaryBeth-Dagon: house of Dagon. (1.) A city in the low country or plain of Judah, near Philistia (Jos 15:41); the modern Beit Degan, about 5 miles from Lydda. (2.) A city near the south-east border of Asher (Jos 19:27). It was a Philistine colony. It is identical with the modern ruined village of

Dictionaries :: Beth-LehemHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryBeth-Lehem:house of bread

Dictionaries :: Body of HeavenInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBody of Heaven: The King James Version translates the Hebrew idiom, etsem ha-shamayim, by "the body of heaven" (Ex 24:10). A more correct rendering is given in the Revised Version (British and American), "the very heaven," taking the word ‘etsem in its idiomatic use as an in

Dictionaries :: Benjamin, High Gate or Gate OfSmith's Bible DictionaryBenjamin, High Gate or Gate Of: (Jeremiah 20:2; 37:13; 38:7; Zechariah 14:10). SEE [JERUSALEM].

Dictionaries :: BigamyNave's Topical BibleBigamy: See POLYGAMY

Dictionaries :: Bel and the DragonInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBel and the Dragon:  ← BelBel, and the Dragon →

Dictionaries :: Beth-AnathEaston's Bible DictionaryBeth-Anath: house of response, one of the fenced cities of Naphtali (Jos 19:38). It is perhaps identical with the modern village 'Ainata, 6 miles west of Kedesh.International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBeth-Anath: beth-a'-nath (beth‘anath; Bainathath): A city in the territory of Naphtal

Dictionaries :: BewitchInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBewitch: be-wich' (existemi): There are two Greek words in the New Testament translated "bewitch." The one given above (Ac 8:9,21 the King James Version "bewitched," the Revised Version (British and American) "amazed") has reference to the work of Simon Magus. It means "to be out o

Dictionaries :: Beth-ZachariasInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBeth-Zacharias: beth-zak-a-ri'-as (Baith-zacharia): Here Judas Maccabeus failed in battle with Antiochus Eupator, and his brother Eleazar fell in conflict with an elephant (1 Macc 6:32 ff; the King James Version "Bathzacharias"). It was a position of great strength, crowning

Dictionaries :: Beth-GaderHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryBeth-Gader:a house for a mouseInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBeth-Gader: beth-ga'-der (bethgadher; Baithgedor, or (Codex Vaticanus) Baithgaidon): The name occurs between those of Bethlehem and Kiriath-jearim in 1Ch 2:51. It is possibly identical with Geder of Jos 12:13. Nave'

Dictionaries :: BenhananHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryBenhanan:son of graceSmith's Bible DictionaryBenhanan: (son of the gracious) son of Shimon, in the line of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:20).

Dictionaries :: Between the TestamentsInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBetween the Testaments: I. THE PERIOD IN GENERAL II. A GLANCE AT CONTEMPORANEOUS HISTORY 1. The Egyptian Empire 2. Greece 3. Rome 4. Asia III. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS 1. The Persian Period 2. The Alexandrian Period 3. The Egyptian Period