Break Of Day
'or, "to be light," "the light breaks" (2Sa 2:32); auge, "bright light," "radiance" (Ac 20:11).SeeDAWN.
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Breast
brest: Signifying the front view of the bust in humans and the corresponding portion of the body in animals. chazeh, occurs inEx 29:26,27;Le 7:30,31,34;8:29;10:14,15;Nu 6:20;18:...
Breastplate
brest'-plat.SeeARMOR.
Breastplate Of The High Priest
prest: The Hebrew word choshen, rendered in the King James Version "breastplate," means really a "pouch" or "bag." The references to it are found exclusively in the Priestly Cod...
Breath; Breathe; Breathing
breth, breth, breath'-ing: In the English Versions of the Bible of the Old Testament "breath" is the rendering of neshamah, and of ruach. These words differ but slightly in mean...
Breeches
brich'-iz, brech'-iz: A garment, extending from the waist to or just below the knee or to the ankle, and covering each leg separately. Breeches are not listed among the garments...
Breed
bred: Found in the past tense inEx 16:20as a translation of rum = "to bring up," "to rise." In this verse, the manna is said to have arisen, i.e. "become alive" (with worms), to...
Brethren
breth'-ren.SeeBROTHER.
Brethren Of The Lord
InMt 12:46ff;Mr 3:31ff;Lu 8:19ff, while Jesus was in the midst of an earnest argument with scribes and Pharisees, His mother and brothers sent a message evidently intended to en...
Bribery
brib'-er-i (shochadh, "a gift," in a corrupt sense, "a bribe"): The Hebrew law condemns everything that would tend to impair the impartial administration of justice, particularl...
Brick
(lebhenah): The ancient Egyptian word appears in the modern Egyptian Arabic toob. In Syria the sun-baked bricks are commonly called libn or lebin, from the same Semitic root as ...
Brick-Kiln
brik'-kil, -kiln (malben): The Hebrew word is better translated by "brickmould." In Syria the brickmould is still called milben. InJer 43:9the American Standard Revised Version ...
Bride
brid.SeeMARRIAGE.
Bride-Chamber
brid'-cham-ber (numphon): The room in which the marriage ceremonies were held (Mt 9:15;Mr 2:19;Lu 5:34; compareMt 22:10).SeeCHAMBER;MARRIAGE.
Bride-Chamber, Sons (Children) Of The
(hoi huioi tou numphonos): These were friends or companions of the bridegroom and were usually very numerous (Mt 9:15;Mr 2:19;Lu 5:34). Any wedding guest might be included in th...
Bridegroom; Bridegroom, Friend Of
brid'-groom;SeeMARRIAGE.
Bridge
brij (gephura, 2 Macc 12:13 the King James Version; the Revised Version (British and American)GEPHYRUN): Does not occur in the canonical Scriptures, unless it be indirectly in t...
Bridle
bri'-d'-l.SeeBIT AND BRIDLE.
Brier
bri'-er.SeeTHORNS.
Brigandine
brig'-an-den.SeeARMS (Defensive, 5);COAT OF MAIL.
Brightness
brit'-nes: Used by the King James Version inHeb 1:3for "effulgence of his glory," as in the Revised Version (British and American) and the American Standard Revised Version. The...
Brim
qatseh or qetseh = "an extremity" (in a variety of applications and idioms), "border," "edge," "side," "shore" (Jos 3:15the King James Version; the Revised Version (British and ...
Brimstone
brim'-ston, brim'-stun (gophrith; to theion): The word translated "brimstone" probably referred originally to the pitch of trees, like the cypress. By analogy it has been render...
Bring
dasha' = "to sprout," "spring" (Ge 1:11the King James Version); sharats = "to wriggle," "swarm" (Ge 1:20f; 9:7;Ex 8:3); yaladh = "to bear," "beget" (Ge 3:16;2Ki 19:3;Job 15:35;3...
Brink
brink: saphah, or sepheth = "the lip," "margin," "bank," "edge" (Ge 41:3;Ex 2:3;7:15); qatseh, or qetseh = "an extremity," "border," "brim" (Jos 3:8,15;Isa 19:7;Da 12:5).SeeBRIM.
Broad
brod (rochabh, "width"; rechobh, "a broadway," "street," "court"; eurchoros, "spacious"): Occurs frequently as a term of dimension (Ex 27:1;1Ki 6:6;Eze 40:6,43the Revised Versio...
Broad Place
SeeCITY.