Smith's Bible Dictionary

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BETHSHITTAH

(home of the acacia), one of the spots to which the flight of the host of the Midianites extended after their discomfiture by Gideon. (Judges 7:22)

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BETHTAPPUAH

(house of apples), one of the towns of Judah in the mountainous district, and near Hebron. (Joshua 15:53) comp. 1Chr 2:43 Here it has actually been discovered by Robinson under ...

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BETHUEL

(dweller in God), the son of Nahor by Milcah; nephew of Abraham, and father of Rebekah, (Genesis 22:22,23; 24:15,24,47; 28:2) In (Genesis 25:20) and (Genesis 28:5) he is called ...

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BETHUL

(dweller in God) a town of Simeon in the south named with Eltolad and Hormah, (Joshua 19:4) called also Chesil and Bethuel. (Joshua 15:30; 1 Chronicles 4:30)

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BETHZUR

(house of rock) a town in the mountains of Judah, built by Jeroboam, (Joshua 15:58; 2 Chronicles 11:7) now Beit-zur. It commands the road from Beersheba and Hebron, which has al...

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BETONIM

a town of Gad, apparently on the northern boundary. (Joshua 13:26)

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BETROTHING

[MARRIAGE.1]

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BEULAH

(married), the name which the land of Israel is to bear when "the land shall be married." (Isaiah 62:4)

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BEZAI

(conqueror). "Children of Bezai," to the number of 328, returned from captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:17; Nehemiah 7:23; 10:18)

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BEZALEEL

(in the shadow of God).The son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah and one of the architects of the tabernacle. (Exodus 31:1-6) His charge was chiefly in all works of ...

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BEZEK

(lightning).The residence of Adonibezek, (Judges 1:6) in the lot of Judah. ver. (Judges 1:3)Where Saul numbered the forces of Israel and Judah before going to the relief of Jabe...

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BEZER

(gold ore), son of Zophah, one of the heads of the houses of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:37)

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BEZER IN THE WILDERNESS

a city of refuge in the downs on the east of the Jordan. (4:43; Joshua 20:8; 21:36; 1 Chronicles 6:78)

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BIBLE

The Bible is the name given to the revelation of God to man contained in sixty-six books or pamphlets, bound together and forming one book and only one, for it has in reality on...

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BICHRI

(first-born), (2 Samuel 20:1) an ancestor of Sheba.

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BIDKAR

(son of stabbing, i.e, one who stabs), Jehu’s "captain," originally his fellow officer, (2 Kings 9:25) who completed the sentence on Jehoram, son of Ahab.

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BIER

[BURIAL, SEPULCHRES.1]

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BIGTHA

(gift of God), one of the seven chamberlains or eunuchs of the harem of King Ahasuerus. (Esther 1:10) (B.C. 483.)

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BIGTHAN, OR BIGTHANA

(gift of God), a eunuch (chamberlain, Authorized Version) in the court of Ahasuerus, one of those "who kept the door," and conspired with Teresh against the king’s life. (Esther...

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BIGVAI

(happy)."Children of Bigvai," 2056 (Neh. 2067) in number, returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel, (Ezra 2:14; Nehemiah 7:19) and 72 of them at a later date with Ezra. (Ezra...

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BILDAD

(son of contention), the second of Job’s three friends. He is called "the Shuhite," which implies both his family and nation. (Job 2:11) (B.C. about 2000.)

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BILEAM

(foreigners), a town in the western half of the tribe of Manasseh, named only in (1 Chronicles 6:70) same as Ibleam and Gath-rimmon. (Joshua 17:11) and Josh 21:24

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BILGAH

(first-born).A priest in the time of David; the head of the fifteenth course for the temple service. (1 Chronicles 24:14) (B.C. 1015.)A priest or priestly family who returned fr...

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BILGAI

(Nehemiah 10:8) [BILGAH, 2]

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BILHAH

(timid, bashful), handmaid of Rachel, (Genesis 29:29) and concubine of Jacob, to whom she bore Dan and Naphtali. (Genesis 30:3-8; 35:25; 46:25; 1 Chronicles 7:13) (B.C 53.)

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BILHAN

(modest).A Horite chief dwelling in Mount Seir. (Genesis 36:27; 1 Chronicles 1:42)A Benjamite, son of Jediael. (1 Chronicles 7:10)

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BILSHAN

(eloquent), one of Zerubbabel’s companions on his expedition from Babylon. (Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7) (B.C. 536).