Bigtha
big'-tha (bighetha'; Septuagint Barazi; Codex Vaticanus, Boraze; Codex Alexandrinus, Oareboa): One of the seven eunuchs or chamberlains having charge of the harem of King Xerxes...
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Bigthan; Bigthana
big'-than big-tha'-na (bighethan, bighethana'; Septuagint omits name): One of the two chamberlains or eunuchs of Xerxes on ("Ahasuerus") who conspired against the king's life, t...
Bigvai
big'-va-i (bighway; Baogei, Bagoua):(1) The head of one of the families who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:2;Ne 7:7), having a large number of his retainers (2,056...
Bikath-Aven
bik-ath-a'-ven (biq`ath 'awen, "valley of vanity" (Am 1:5King James Version, margin)).SeeAVEN; BETH-EDEN.
Bildad
bil'-dad (bildadh, "Bel has loved"): The second of the three friends of Job who, coming from distant regions, make an appointment together to condole with and comfort him in his...
Bileam
bil'-e-am (bil`am; Iblaam): A town in the territory of Manasseh assigned to the Kohathite Levites (1Ch 6:70), probably the same as Ibleam (Jos 17:11, etc.), and identical with t...
Bilgah; Bilgai
bil'-ga bil'-ga-i (bilgah; bilgay, "cheerfulness"): A priest or priestly family in the time of the Return (Ne 12:5), and (under the form of "Bilgai,"Ne 10:8) in the time of Nehe...
Bilhah (1)
bil'-ha (person) (bilhah; Balla): A slave girl whom Laban gave to Rachel (Ge 29:29), and whom the latter gave to Jacob as a concubine (Ge 30:3,4); the mother of Da and Naphtali ...
Bilhah (2)
bil'-ha (place) (bilhah; Codex Alexandrinus, Balaa; Codex Vaticanus, Abella): A city in Simeon (1Ch 4:29) = Baalah (Jos 15:29), Balah (Jos 19:3), and Baalath (Jos 19:44). Uniden...
Bilhan (3)
bil'-han (bilhan; Balaan):(1) A Horite chief, son of Ezer (Ge 36:27;1Ch 1:42).(2) A descendant of Benjamin, son of Jediael, father of seven sons who were heads of houses in thei...
Bill Of Divorcement
di-vors'-ment.SeeDIVORCE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
Bill, Bond, Etc.
(1) In the parable of the Unjust Steward (Lu 16:6f) "bill," the King James Version, better "bond," the Revised Version (British and American), is used to translate the Greek gra...
Billow
bil'-o (gal, "a great rolling wave"): Figuratively, of trouble, "All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me" (Ps 42:7; compareJon 2:3).
Bilshan
bil'-shan (bilshan): An Israelite who returned with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:2=Ne 7:7). The name may be explained as the "inquirer" (new Hebrew and Aramaic), balash, the ("b" being an ...
Bimhal
bim'-hal (bimhal): A descendant of Asher (1Ch 7:33).
Bind; Bound
bind (deo): There are a number of Hebrew words used to express this word in its various meanings, 'alam (Ge 37:7), 'acar (Ge 42:24), qashar (De 6:8). It sometimes means "to atta...
Binea
bin'-e-a (bin`ah): A name in the genealogy of Benjamin (1Ch 8:37: =1Ch 9:43).
Binnui
bin'-u-i (binnuy, a proper name, "a building up"):(1) A Levite, living in the time of Ezra (Ezr 8:33;Ne 10:9;12:8).(2) One of the bene Pachath-mo'abh who had taken foreign wives...
Bird-Catcher
burd'-kach-erSeeFOWLER.
Birds
burds (`ayiT; Greek variously ta peteina (Mt 13:4) ta ornea tou ouranou (Re 19:17) ornis (Mt 23:37;Lu 13:34) Latin, avis; Old English "brid"):I. Meaning of the Word.All authorit...
Birds Of Abomination
SeeABOMINATION, BIRDS OF.
Birds Of Prey
pra: They were undoubtedly the first birds noticed by the compilers of Biblical records. They were camp followers, swarmed over villages and perched on the walls of cities. They...
Birds, Unclean
un-klen': The lists of birds forbidden as food are given inLe 11:13-19andDe 14:12-18. The names are almost identical, Deuteronomy containing one more than Leviticus and varying ...
Birsha
bur'-sha (birsha`): King of Gomorrah (Ge 14:2), who joined the league against Chedorlaomer. The name is probably corrupt; some have tried to explain it as beresha`, "with wicked...
Birth
burth (genesis):(1) It was said by the angel beforehand of John the Baptist, "Many shall rejoice at his birth"; and when he was born Elisabeth said, "Thus hath the Lord done unt...
Birth-Stool
burth'-stool: Found only inEx 1:16, in connection with Hebrew women in Egypt when oppressed by Pharaoh. The Hebrew ('obhnayim) here rendered "birth-stool" is used inJer 18:3, an...
Birth, New
SeeREGENERATION.