International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Beersheba

be-er-she'-ba (be'er shebha`; Bersabee): Allotted originally to Simeon (Jos 19:2), one of "the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah" (Jos 15:28).1. The Meaning...

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Beeshterah

be-esh'-te-ra (Jos 21:27).SeeASHTAROTH.

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Beetle

be'-t'-l (the Revised Version (British and American)CRICKET; chargol; SeeLOCUST): This name occurs only inLe 11:22as one of four winged Jumping insects (sherets ha-`oph) which m...

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Beeves

bevs (Le 22:21the King James Version).SeeCATTLE.

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Before

be-for': The translation of a great variety of Hebrew and Greek words. "Haran died before (the English Revised Version "in the presence of," literally "before the face of") his ...

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Beg; Beggar; Begging

1. No Law Concerning Beggars or Begging in Israel:It is significant that the Mosaic law contains no enactment concerning beggars, or begging, though it makes ample provision for...

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Beggarly

beg'-er-li (ptochos): The word has the thought of "to crouch" or "cringe," such as is common with professional beggars. It is used inMt 5:3andGa 4:9, and in both cases means com...

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Begin

be-gin': To make the first movement toward a given end (chalal; archomai). Those who interpret it in many passages pleonastically mean by this, that in such passages as "began t...

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Beginning

be-gin'-ing (re'-shith; arche): The natural meaning of the word is with reference to time. The primitive Greek root means "to be long," "to draw out." Thus, it is used to refer ...

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Begotten

be-got'-'-n (yaladh; "to bear," "bring forth," "beget"; denotes the physical relation of either parent to a child,Ge 3:16;4:18): Used metaphorically of God's relation to Israel ...

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Beguile

be-gil': In2Pe 2:14the King James Version (compareJas 1:14) the word deleazo, is translated "beguile," and means particularly to "entice," "catch by bait." Doubtless Peter got t...

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Behalf

be-haf': "On the part of" (Ex 27:21, i.e. so far as it affects them); "on the side of" (Job 36:2). For huper, "over," in the sense of furnishing assistance, as in2Co 5:20, "in t...

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Behavior

be-hav'-yer (Ta`am, "taste," "flavor," hence, "intellectual taste," i.e. judgment, reason, understanding): Of significance as referring to David's feigning madness before Aehish...

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Beheading

be-hed'-ing.SeePUNISHMENTS.

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Behemoth

be'-he-moth, be-he'-moth (behemoth:Job 40:15): Apparently the plural of behemah, "a beast," used of domestic or wild animals. The same form, behemoth, occurs in other passages, ...

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Beholding

be-hold'-ing: Many Hebrew and Greek words are so rendered in English Versions of the Bible, but epopteusantes, "your good works, which they behold" (1Pe 2:12); "beholding your c...

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Behoove

be-hoov': Used in the New Testament for two Greek words dei (Lu 24:26;Ac 17:3) and opheilo (Heb 2:17); the former referring to a physical, and the latter to a moral, necessity (...

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Beirut

ba'-root'.SeeBERYTUS.

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Beka

be'-ka (beqa`, "half"): Half a shekel, the amount contributed by each male of the Israelites for the use of the Sanctuary (Ex 38:26). Its value varied according to the standard ...

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Bel

bel, bal (bel): Appellative name of a Bah god (compare BAAL), in the Old Testament and Apocrypha identified with Marduk or Merodach, the tutelary deity of Babylon (compareIsa 46...

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Bel And The Dragon

SeeDANIEL, BOOK OF, sec. X.

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Bel, And The Dragon

bel, bal, drag'-un (Greek words: drakon, "dragon," "serpent"; ektos, "except"; horasis "vision," "prophecy"; ophis, "serpent"; sphragisamenos, "having sealed"; choris, "except,"...

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Bela

be'-la.SeeZOAR.

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Bela; Belah

be'-la (bela`, "destruction"; the King James Version Belah,Ge 46:21):(1) Bela, the son of Beor, was the first king of Edom previous to the kingdom of Israel and reigned in the c...

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Belaites

be'-la-its (bal`i, "belonging to Bela"): The descendants of Bela (Nu 26:38). CompareBELA (2).

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Belch

belsh: The primary idea of this word is "to gush forth" as a fountain. As used inPs 59:7the thought is that these enemies had so cherished these evil thoughts and bitter wrath t...

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Belemus

bel'-e-mus (Belemos; Balsamus): An officer of King Artaxerxes in Palestine associated with Beeltethmus in hindering the rebuilding of the temple (1 Esdras 2:16): called Bishlam ...