Dictionaries :: BethtappuahSmith's Bible DictionaryBethtappuah: (house of apples) one of the towns of Judah in the mountainous district, and near Hebron (Joshua 15:53; compare 1 Chronicles 2:43). Here it has actually been discovered by Robinson under the modern name of Teffuh, five miles west of Hebron, on a ridge of high table‐land.

Dictionaries :: BladeEaston's Bible DictionaryBlade: applied to the glittering point of a spear (Job 39:23) or sword (Nah 3:3), the blade of a dagger (Jdg 3:22); the "shoulder blade" (Job 31:22); the "blade" of cereals (Mat 13:26).Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Blade:For BLADE see GRASS

Dictionaries :: BoccasInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBoccas: bok'-as (Bokkas): A priest in the line of Ezra (1 Esdras 8:2) called Bukki in Ezr 7:4 and Borith in 2 Esdras 1:2.

Dictionaries :: BethjeshimothSmith's Bible DictionaryBethjeshimoth: (house of deserts) or Jes'imoth, a town or place east of Jordan, on the lower level at the south end of the Jordan valley (Numbers 33:49) and named with Ashdod‐pisgah and Beth‐peor. It was one of the limits of the encampment of Israel before crossing the Jordan. Late

Dictionaries :: Bloom; BlossomInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBloom; Blossom: bloom, blos'-um.

Dictionaries :: Berachah, Valley OfSmith's Bible DictionaryBerachah, Valley Of: a valley in which Jehoshaphat and his people assembled to "bless" Jehovah after the overthrow of the hosts of Moabites (2 Chronicles 20:26). It is now called Bereikut, and lies between Tekua and the main road from Bethlehem to Hebron.

Dictionaries :: BetrothEaston's Bible DictionaryBetroth: to promise "by one's truth." Men and women were betrothed when they were engaged to be married. This usually took place a year or more before marriage. From the time of betrothal the woman was regarded as the lawful wife of the man to whom she was betrothed (Deu 28:30; Jdg 14:2,8; Mat 1:18

Dictionaries :: BenekedemSmith's Bible DictionaryBenekedem: (the children of the East) an appellation given to a people or to peoples dwelling to the east of Palestine. It occurs in Genesis 29:1; Judges 6:3; 6:33; 7:12; 8:10; Job 1:3.

Dictionaries :: BlindfoldInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBlindfold: blind'-fold (perikalupto): A sport common among the children of ancient times, in which the blindfolded were struck on the cheek, then asked who had struck them, and not let go until they had correctly guessed. This treatment was accorded Christ by his persecutors (Lu

Dictionaries :: BerothInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBeroth: be'-roth (1 Esdras 5:19). Berothite →

Dictionaries :: BenchEaston's Bible DictionaryBench: deck of a Tyrian ship, described by Ezekiel (Eze 27:6) as overlaid with box-wood.International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBench: (qeresh): Found only in English Versions of the Bible in Eze 27:6, in the prophet's "lamentation over Tyre": "They have made thy benches of ivory inlaid in boxwo

Dictionaries :: Besor, the BrookInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBesor, the Brook: be'-sor, (nachal besor; Codex Alexandrinus, Bechor, Codex Vaticanus, Beana; 1Sa 30:9,20,21; Josephus, Ant, VI, xiv, 6): A torrent-bed (nachal) mentioned in the account of David's pursuit of the Amalekites. Thought to be Wady Ghazza, which enters the sea S

Dictionaries :: BeninuInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBeninu: be-ni'-nu (beninu, "our son"): A Levite who with Nehemiah sealed the covenant (Ne 10:13). Nave's Topical BibleBeninu: A Levite Neh 10:13Smith's Bible DictionaryBeninu: (our son) a Levite; one of those who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:13, 14).

Dictionaries :: BetrothingSmith's Bible DictionaryBetrothing: SEE [MARRIAGE, 1.].

Dictionaries :: Beth-HoronEaston's Bible DictionaryBeth-Horon: house of the hollow, or of the cavern, the name of two towns or villages (2Ch 8:5; 1Ch 7:24) in the territory of Ephraim, on the way from Jerusalem to Joppa. They are distinguished as Beth-horon "the upper" and Beth-horon "the nether." They are about 2 miles apart, the former being a

Dictionaries :: Blood, Revenger OfSmith's Bible DictionaryBlood, Revenger Of: He who avenged the blood of one who had been killed. The nearest relative of the deceased became the authorized avenger of blood (Numbers 35:19). The law of retaliation was not to extend beyond the immediate offender (Deuteronomy 24:16; 2 Kings 14:6; 2 Chronicles 25:4;

Dictionaries :: BethrehobSmith's Bible DictionaryBethrehob: (house of Rehob) place mentioned as having near it the valley in which lay the town of Laish or Dan (Judges 18:28). It was one of the little kingdoms of Aram or Syria (2 Samuel 10:6). Robinson conjectures that this ancient place is represented by the modern Hunin.

Dictionaries :: BlacknessInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBlackness: (kimririm, "obscurations"; qadhruth, "darkness"; gnophos, "darkness" zophos "blackness"): Terms rarely used but of special significance in picturing the fearful gloom and blackness of moral darkness and calamity. Job, cursing, the day of his birth, wishes that it, a di

Dictionaries :: BeltInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBelt: 

Dictionaries :: Birth, NewInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBirth, New:  ← BirthBirth, Virgin →