International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Betray

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.......

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Betrayers

be-tra'-ers (prodotai, "betrayers," "traitors"): Stephen charged the Jews with being betrayers of the Righteous One (Ac 7:52) i.e. as having made Judas' act their own; compareLu...

435

Betroth

be-troth', be-troth' ('dras): On betrothal as a social custom seeMARRIAGE. Hosea, in his great parable of the prodigal wife, surpassed only by a greater Teacher's parable of the...

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Between The Testaments

I. THE PERIOD IN GENERALII. A GLANCE ALTES TESTAMENT CONTEMPORANEOUS HISTORY1. The Egyptian Empire2. Greece3. Rome4. AsiaIII. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS1. The Persian Period2. The ...

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Beulah

bu'-la (be`ulah "married"): A name symbolically applied to Israel: "Thy land (shall be called) Beulah.... thy land shall be married..... so shall thy sons marry thee" (Isa 62:4f...

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Bewail

be-wal' (kopto): In the middle voice, this word has the thought of striking on the breast and of loud lamentation, so common among oriental people in time of great sorrow. It is...

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Bewitch

be-wich' (existemi): There are two Greek words in the New Testament translated "bewitch." The one given above (Ac 8:9,21the King James Version "bewitched," the Revised Version (...

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Bewray; Bewrayer

be-ra', be-ra'-er: In its derivation is entirely different from betray (Latin, tradere), and meant originally "to disclose," "reveal" (compare Shakspere, Titus Andronicus, II, i...

441

Beyond

be-yond': Found in the Hebrew only in its application to space and time, and for these ideas three words are employed: hale'ah (Ge 35:21) = "to the distance"; `abhar = "to go be...

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Bezaanannim

be-za-an-an'-im (Jos 19:33the Revised Version, margin).SeeZAANANNIM.

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Bezai

be'-za-i (betsay, "shining"(?)):(1) A chief who with Nehemiah sealed the covenant (Ne 10:18).(2) The descendants of Bezai returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (323,Ezr 2:17; 32...

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Bezalel

bez'-a-lel (betsal'el, "in the shadow (protection) of 'El (God)"; Beseleel; the King James Version Bezaleel):(1) A master workman under Moses; son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tri...

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Bezek

be'-zek (bezeq; Bezek, Codex Vaticanus, Abiezek):(1) The city of Adoni-bezek taken by Judah and Simeon (Jud 1:4f), in the territory allotted to Judah. It is somewhat doubtfully ...

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Bezer

be'-zer (betser; Bosor, "strong"):(1) A city of refuge, set apart by Moses for the Reubenites and located in the "plain country" (or table-land, Mishor) East of the Jordan, late...

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Bezeth

be'-zeth (Bezeth): A place in the neighborhood of Jerusalem to which Bacchides withdrew and where he slew several deserters (1 Macc 7:19). Possibly the same as Bezetha (seeJERUS...

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Bezetha

be-ze'-tha: Also called by Josephus the "New City" (BJ, V, iv, 2), certain suburbs of Jerusalem, North of the Temple, which were outside the second but included within the third...

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Biatas

bi'-a-tas (Phalias; Codex Alexandrinus, Phiathas): the Revised Version (British and American) "Phalias," one of the Levites (1 Esdras 9:48) who "taught (the people) the law of t...

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Bible, The

bi'-b'-l, (biblia):I. THE NAMES1. Bible2. Other Designations--Scriptures, etc.3. Old Testament and New TestamentII. LANGUAGESIII. COMPASS AND DIVISIONS1. The Jewish BibleJosephu...

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Biblical Criticism

SeeCRITICISM OF THE BIBLE.

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Biblical Discrepancies

bib'-li-kal diskrep'-an-siz.SeeDISCREPANCIES, BIBLICAL.

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Biblical Theology

bib'-li-kal the-ol'-o-ji:I. BIBLICAL THEOLOGY AS A SCIENCE1. Definition2. Relation to Dogmatics3. Place and Method of Biblical Theology4. Relation to Scientific ExegesisII. HIST...

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Bichri

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...

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Bid

Variously signifying, according to six Hebrew and as many Greek originals:(1) "to command" (Nu 14:10;Mt 1:24the King James Version, prostasso);(2) "to prescribe" or "order" (Joh...

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Bidden

bid'-n: "Called," "invited" (1Sa 9:13).

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Bide

bid: A variant of "abide" (which see); is the rendering of perimeno, in The Wisdom of Solomon 8:12 (the Revised Version (British and American) "they shall wait for me"). InAc 1:...

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Bidkar

bid'-kar (bidhqar; "son of Deker" (?); compare HPN, 69): A captain in the service of Jehu, formerly his fellow-officer (2Ki 9:25).

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Bier

ber:(1) Found in the Old Testament only in2Sa 3:31, "and king David followed the bier"; and in the New Testament inLu 7:14, "and he (Jesus) came nigh and touched the bier." The ...