BIMHAL
(circumcised), one of the sons of Japhlet in the line of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:33)
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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BINEA
(fountain), one of the descendants of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:37; 7:43) (B.C. 850.)
BINNUI
(familyship).A Levite, father of Noadiah. (Ezra 8:33)One who had taken a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:30)Another Israelite who had also taken a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:38)Altered from ...
BIRDS
[SPARROW]
BIRSHA
(son of godlessness), a king of Gomorrah. (Genesis 14:2)
BIRTHDAY
The custom of observing birthdays is very ancient, (Genesis 40:20; Jeremiah 20:15) and in (Job 1:4) etc., we read that Job’s sons "feasted every one his day." In Persia birthday...
BIRTHRIGHT
the advantages accruing to the eldest son. These were not definitely fixed in patriarchal times. Great respect was paid to him in the household, and, as the family widened into ...
BIRZAVITH
a name occurring in the genealogies of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:31)
BISHOP
The word originally signified an "overseer" or spiritual superintendent. The titles bishop and elder, or presbyter, were essentially equivalent. Bishop is from the Greek, and de...
BISHOPRIC
the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extended. (Acts 1:20; 1 Timothy 3:1)
BITHIAH
(daughter of the Lord), daughter of a Pharaoh, and wife of Mered. (1 Chronicles 4:18) (B.C. about 1491.)
BITHRON
more accurately the Bithron (a craggy gorge or ravine), a place, doubtless a district, in the Jordan valley on the east side of the river. (2 Samuel 2:29)
BITHYNIA
a Roman province of Asia Minor. Mentioned only in (Acts 16:7) and in 1Pet 1:1 The chief town of Bithynia was Nicaea, celebrated for the general Council of the Church held there ...
BITTER HERBS
The Israelites were commanded to eat the Paschal lamb "with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs." (Exodus 12:8) These "bitter herbs" consisted of such plants as chicory, bitt...
BITTERN
The word occurs in (Isaiah 14:23; 34:11; Zephaniah 2:14) and we are inclined to believe that the Authorized Version is correct. The bittern (Botaurus stellaris) belongs to the A...
BIZJOTHJAH
(contempt of Jehovah), a town in the south of Judah. (Joshua 15:28)
BIZTHA
(eunuch), the second of the seven eunuchs of King Ahasuerus’ harem. (Esther 1:10) (B.C. 483.)
BLAINS
violent ulcerous inflammations, the sixth plague of Egypt, (Exodus 9:9,10) and hence called in (28:27,35) "the botch of Egypt." It seems to have been the black leprosy, a fearfu...
BLASPHEMY
in its technical English sense, signifies the speaking evil of God and in this sense it is found (Psalms 74:18; Isaiah 52:5; Romans 2:24) etc. But according to its derivation it...
BLASTUS
(sprout), the chamberlain of Herod Agrippa I. (Acts 12:20)
BLINDNESS
is extremely common in the East from many causes. Blind beggars figure repeatedly in the New Testament (Matthew 12:22) and "opening the eyes of the blind" is mentioned in prophe...
BLOOD
To blood is ascribed in Scripture the mysterious sacredness which belongs to life, and God reserved it to himself when allowing man the dominion over and the use of the lower an...
BLOOD, 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 ...
BOANERGES
a name signifying sons of thunder, given by our Lord to the two sons of Zebedee, James and John, probably on account of their fiery earnestly. (Mark 3:17) See (Luke 9:54; Mark 9...
BOAR
[SWINE]
BOAZ
(fleetness).A wealthy Bethlehemite kinsman to Elimelech the husband of Naomi. He married Ruth, and redeemed the estates of her deceased husband Mahlon. (Ruth 4:1) Boaz is mentio...
BOCHERU
(youth), son of Azel, according to the present Hebrew text of (1 Chronicles 8:38)