International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

730

Bushy

boosh'-i: Found inSo 5:11as the translation of taltal, meaning trailing, pendulous (Septuagint elatai, literally "ductile"); the Revised Version, margin reads "curly."

731

Business

biz'-nes: Is the rendering of four Hebrew words:(1) mela'khah, inGe 39:11(the American Standard Revised Version "work");1Ch 26:29,30;2Ch 13:10(the American Standard Revised Vers...

732

Busybody

biz'-i-bod-i (periergos, allotrioepiskopos): The word is found twice in Paulinic literature.:1Ti 5:13, "not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies," and2Th 3:11, "work not ...

733

Butler

but'-ler: An officer in households of kings, or other dignitaries, having charge of wines and other potables. mashqeh, "one who gives drink" (Ge 40:1-23;41:9), rendered "cupbear...

734

Butter

SeeFOOD.

735

Buying

bi'-ing (karah, laqach, qena', qanah, shabhar; agorazo, oneomai, emporeuomai):I. IN THE EARLIEST PERIODS AND AMONG NOMADS1. The Primitive Stage (the "Shop")2. In Old Testament T...

736

Buz; Buzi; Buzite

(1) Second son of Nahor (Ge 22:21). The word occurs again inJer 25:23, by the side of Dedan (Ge 10:7) and Tema (Ge 25:15), and is probably, therefore, the name of a people livin...

737

By

In the sense of "against" which survives only in dialectal English (compare Wright, Dialect Dict., I, 470, for examples) is the King James Version rendering of the dative emauto...

738

By And By

In the sense of "immediately" is the King James Version translation of exautes, ofMr 6:25(the American Standard Revised Version "forthwith"); of euthus,Mt 13:21(the American Sta...

739

Byblus

bib'-lus.SeeGEBAL.

740

Bypaths

bi'-pathz.SeeBYWAY.

741

Byssus

bis'-us.SeeLINEN.

742

Byway

bi'-wa (nethibhoth): Only inJud 5:6. CompareJer 18:15; the King James Version "paths" (the Revised Version (British and American) "by-paths").

743

Byword

bi'-wurd: shammah = "consternation," "astonishment," "waste," "wonderful language," "object of remark" (De 28:37;1Ki 9:7;2Ch 7:20); mashal, or meshol = "a satire," "byword" (Job...