International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Buffet

buf'-et (kolaphizo, "to beat with the fist"): Refers to bodily maltreatment and violence: "Then did they spit in his face and buffet him" (Mt 26:67;Mr 14:65;1Co 4:11;1Pe 2:20). ...

Bugean

bu-je'-an, ba'-je-an (Bougaios): An epithet given to Haman in Apocrypha, Additions to Esther 12:6, the Revised Version (British and American); the King James Version has "Agagite".

Build; Building

bild, bild'-ing (banah, binyah, once (Eze 41:13); oikodomeo).1. Building Conditions:The building conditions existing at the time of the Hebrew conquest were rude and untutored, ...

Builder

bild'-er (banah; oikodomeo, technites): "To build," "builder," ete, are in the Old Testament commonly the translation of banah, "to build," occurring very frequently; seeBUILD, ...

Bukki

buk'-i (buqqi, "mouth of Jah"):(1) A Danite, son of the tribal prince Jogli (Nu 34:22); he was one of the representative chiefs who assisted in the division of the land.(2) Son ...

Bukkiah

buk-i'-a (buqqiyahu, "proved of God"): A Levite, son of Heman (1Ch 25:4,13).SeeBAKBUKIAH.

Bul

bul (bul): Name of the 8th month of the Jewish year (1Ki 6:38). It is of Phoenician origin and signifies the month of rain, the beginning of the rainy season.SeeCALENDAR.

Bull, Wild

SeeANTELOPE;CATTLE.

Bull; Bullock

bool, bool'-ok.SeeCATTLE.

Bulls, Jeroboam's

SeeCALF (GOLDEN).

Bulrush

bool'-rush.SeeREED.

Bulrushes, Ark Of

SeeARK OF BULRUSHES.

Bulwark

bool'-wark: The word represents several Hebrew terms (chel,Isa 26:1; chelah,Ps 48:13; matsodh,Ec 9:14; matsor,De 20:20). In2Ch 26:15the word is translated in the Revised Version...

Bunah

bu'-na (bunah); A son of Jerahmeel (1Ch 2:25).

Bunch

bunsh: Is used of(1) a "bunch of hyssop" (Ex 12:22, 'aghuddah);(2) a "cluster of raisins" (2Sa 16:1the King James Version;1Ch 12:40the King James Version tsimmuq = "something dr...

Bundle

bun'-d'-l: Represents in English Versions of the Bible the words tseror, from a verb meaning "cramp" "bind," etc. (Ge 42:35;1Sa 25:29;So 1:13); tsebheth, from a verb probably me...

Bunni

bun'-i (bunni, buni, bunni; compareBANI):(1) A Levite (Ne 9:4). The repetition of Bani's name in this passage is probably a scribal error. The Syriac version for the second "Ban...

Burden

bur'-dn.1. In the Old Testament:In the Old Testament more than one word is rendered "burden."(1) massa', from a root nasa' "he lifted up." Thus literally any load is called mass...

Burglary

bur'-gla-ri.SeeCRIMES.

Burial

ber'-i-al (qebhurah; compare New Testament to entaphidsai):I. IMMEDIATE BURIAL CONSIDERED URGENT1. Reasons for This2. The Burial of Jesus3. The Usual Time4. Duties of Next of Ki...

Burier

ber'-i-er (kabhar): "Set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it" (Eze 39:15). "When the searchers found any human remains as they passed through the land, they were to...

Burn; Burning

burn, burn'-ing: Figurative: In addition to the ordinary meaning, burn is used metaphorically in the following passages of the New Testament:(1) kaio (Lu 24:32), "Was not our he...

Burnt Offering

Burnt Sacrifice

SeeSACRIFICE.

Bush

(1) (ceneh,Ex 3:2-4;De 33:16; batos,Mr 12:26;Lu 6:44, "bramble bush"; 20:37;Ac 7:30,35. All the Old Testament references and the New Testament references, exceptLu 6:44, are to ...

Bush, Burning

burn'-ing.1. Meaning and Use:The scene at the burning bush (ceneh, "a bush," Septuagint batos, "blackberry bush") reveals God to the world in one of theophanies with fire, of wh...

Bushel

boosh'-el (modios): A dry measure containing about a peck, but as it is used in the New Testament (Mt 5:15;Mr 4:21;Lu 11:33) it does not refer to capacity but is used only to in...