International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Bariah

ba-ri'-ah (bariach, "fugitive"): Bariah was a descendant of David in the line of Solomon (1Ch 3:22).

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Barkos

bar'-kos (barqoc, "party-colored" (?) compare Gray, Studies in Hebrew Proper Names, 68, note 2): The descendants of Barkos returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezr 2:53;Ne 7:5...

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Barley

bar'-li (se`orah):(1) In the Bible, as in modern times, barley was a characteristic product of Palestine--"a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees," etc. (De 8:8), t...

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Barn

barn (meghurah, "a granary," "fear,"Hag 2:19; acam, "a storehouse,"Pr 3:10; mammeghurah, "a repository,"Joe 1:17; apotheke,Mt 6:26;13:30;Lu 12:18,24): A place for the storing of...

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Barnabas

bar'-na-bas (Barnabas, "son of exhortation," or possibly "son of Nebo"): This name was applied to the associate of Paul, who was originally called Joses or Joseph (Ac 4:36), as ...

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Barnabas, Epistle Of

SeeAPOCRYPHAL EPISTLES.

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Barnabas, Gospel Of

SeeAPOCRYPHAL GOSPELS.

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Barodis

ba-ro'-dis (Barodeis, 1 Esdras 5:34): The descendants of Barodis (sons of the servants of Solomon) returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem. Omitted inEzr 2andNe 7.

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Barrel

bar'-el: The word "barrel" in the King James Version (see1Ki 17:12,14,16;18:33: "The barrel of meal," "fill four barrels with water," etc.) stands for the large earthenware jar ...

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Barren; Barrenness

bar'-en, (bar'-en-nes tsiyah; melehah; shakhol; `aqar; steiros; argos):(1) Of land that bears no crop, either(a) because it is naturally poor and sterile: tsiyah "dry" (Joe 2:20...

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Barsabas; Barsabbas

bar'-sa-bas, bar-sab'-as.SeeJOSEPH BARSABBAS;JUDAS BARSABBAS.

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Bartacus

bar'-ta-kus (Bartakos; Josephus Rhabezdkes; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A. D.) Bezazes (1 Esdras 4:29)): The father of Apame. He is called "the illustrious," probably...

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Bartholomew

bar-thol'-o-mu (Bartholomaios, i.e. "son of Tolmai or Tolmai"): One of the Twelve Apostles (Mt 10:3;Mr 3:18;Lu 6:14;Ac 1:13). There is no further reference to him in the New Tes...

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Bartholomew, Gospel Of

SeeAPOCRYPHAL GOSPELS;BARTHOLOMEW.

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Bartimaeus

bar-ti-me'-us (Bartimaios): A hybrid word from Aramaic bar = "son," and Greek timaios = "honorable." For the improbability of the derivation from bar-tim'ai = "son of the unclea...

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Baruch

ba'-ruk, bar'-uk (baruk; Barouch, "blessed"):(1) Son of Neriah and brother of Seraiah, King Zedekiah's chamberlain (Jer 51:59). He was the devoted friend (Jer 32:12), the amanue...

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Baruch, Apocalypse Of

SeeAPOCALYPTIC LITERATURE.

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Baruch, Book Of

One of the Apocryphal or Deutero-canonical books, standing between Jeremiah and Lamentations in the Septuagint, but in the Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A. D.) after th...

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Barzillai

bar-zil'-a-i, bar-zil'-i (barzillay; Berzelli, "man of iron" (BDB, but compare Cheyne, Encyclopedia Biblica)):(1) A Gileadite of Rogelim who brought provisions to David and his ...

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Basaloth

bas'-a-loth (A, Baaloth; B, Basalem; 1 Esdras 5:31 = Bazluth (Ezr 2:52) and Bazlith (Ne 7:54)): The descendants of Basaloth (temple-servants) returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem.

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Bascama

bas'-ka-ma (Baskama (1 Macc 13:23)): A town located in the country of Gilead, where Tryphon slew Jonathan, the son of Absalom. CompareJONATHAN(Apocrypha).

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Base

(1) Substantive from Latin basis, Greek basis, a foundation.(a) (mekhonah): the fixed resting-place on which the lavers in Solomon's temple were set (1Ki 7:27-43;2Ki 16:17;25:13...

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Basemath; Bashemath; Basmath

bas'-e-math, bash'-e-math, bas'-math (basemath, "fragrant"):(1) Basemath, one of the wives of Esau, a daughter of Elon, the Hittite (Ge 26:34; the King James Version Bashemath),...

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Bashan

ba'-shan (ha-bashan, "the Bashan"; Basan): This name is probably the same in meaning as the cognate Arabic bathneh, "soft, fertile land," or bathaniyeh (batanaea), "this land so...

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Bashan-Havvoth-Jair

ba'-shan-hav'-oth-ja'-ir (bashan chawwoth ya'ir).SeeHAVVOTH-JAIR.

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Bashemath

bash'-e-math.SeeBASEMATH.

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Basilisk

baz'-i-lisk (tsepha`, tsiph`oni, from obsolete root tsapha`, "to hiss":Isa 11:8;14:29;59:5;Jer 8:17;Pr 23:32m. InPr 23:32, the King James Version has "adder," margin "cockatrice...