Belial
be'-li-al, bel'-yal (beliya`al; Beliar): This name, occurring very frequently in the Old Testament, has the sense of "worthlessness" (compare2Sa 23:6margin); accordingly in such...
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, General Editor, 1844–1913 edition.
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be'-li-al, bel'-yal (beliya`al; Beliar): This name, occurring very frequently in the Old Testament, has the sense of "worthlessness" (compare2Sa 23:6margin); accordingly in such...
be-li': Is the translation of kachash, "to be untrue" (Jer 5:12), "They have belied the Lord" (the American Standard Revised Version "denied Yahweh"), here used as synonym of "g...
be-lef'.SeeFAITH.
be-lev'-ers (in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) ofAc 5:14, for posteuontes, the Revised Version, margin "believing"; in the King James Vers...
(metsilloth, pa`amon): The former of these terms occurs only once (Zec 14:20) where it is thus translated. It is derived from a verb meaning "to tingle" or "dirl" (1Sa 3:11), an...
bel'-oz, bel'-us: The word occurs once only in English Versions of the Bible, inJer 6:29, where the prophet is predicting the coming of the destroyer (verse 26), "a great nation...
bel'-i: gachon = "the external abdomen" (Ge 3:14;Le 11:42). qobhah = "the abdominal cavity" (Nu 25:8the American Standard Revised Version "body"). beTen = "the internal abdomen,...
bel'-ma-im, the King James Version Belmen (Belmaim, Judith 7:3; Bailmain, 4:4): A place in the neighborhood of Dothan (Judith 7:3), to which warning was sent to prepare for the ...
bel'-men, bel'-mon.SeeBELMAIM.
bel'-o-man-si.SeeAUGURY, IV, 2.
be-luv'-ed, be-luv'-d' (agapetos): A term of affectionate endearment common to both Testaments; in the Old Testament found, 26 out of 42 times, in Solomon's So of Love. Limited ...
bel-shaz'-ar (belsha'tstsar; Baltasar, Babylonian Bel-shar-usur): According toDa 5:30, he was the Chaldean king under whom Babylon was taken by Darius the Mede. The Babylonian m...
SeeARMOR;DRESS.
bel-te-shaz'-ar (belTsha'tstsar Babylonian BalaT-sharucur "protect his life";Da 4:8): The Bah name given to Daniel (Da 1:7;2:26;5:12). Not to be confounded with Belshazzar.
be'-lus.SeeBABEL.
ben (ben, "son"): A Levite appointed to assist as musician in the temple service (1Ch 15:18). The text seems to be doubtful, since the name is omitted in1Ch 15:20and not mention...
Ben (prefix) (singular ben, "son of"; plural bene, "sons of" = Aramaic bar): This word is used in the singular or plural to express relationship of almost any kind:(1) to a pers...
ben-a-bin'-a-dab, ben-ab-i-na'-dab (ben 'abhinadhabh, "son of Abinadab"): One of the "captains" of Solomon who provided for the king and his household, each for a month in the y...
ben-am'-i (ben `ammi, "son of my kinsman,"Ge 19:38): The progenitor of the Ammonites was a son of Lot's younger daughter, born after the destruction of Sodom. The account of his...
ben-de'-ker (ben-deqer, "son of Deker," the King James Version "son of Dekar"): The word is derived from a Hebrew root meaning "to pierce." Compare HPN, 69. One of the 12 office...
ben-ge'-ber (ben-gebher, "son of Geber"; the King James Version son of Geber; the word is derived from a Hebrew root meaning "to be strong." Compare HPN, 66, 69): One of the twe...
ben-ha'-il (ben-chayil, "son of strength"; compare HPN, 65, 231): One of the princes who was sent by Jehoshaphat "to teach in the cities of Judah" (2Ch 17:7).
ben-ha'-nan (ben-chanan, "son of grace"): A son of Shimon of the house of Judah (1Ch 4:20).
ben-he'-sed (ben-checedh, "son of Hesed"; the King James Version son of Hesed; the word is derived from a Hebrew root meaning "to be kind"): A commissariat officer in the servic...
ben-hur' (ben-chur, "son of Hur"; the King James Version son of Hur; from a Hebrew root meaning "to be white." Compare HPN, 69, note 3): One of the twelve commissariat officers ...
ben-ja'-a-kan.SeeBENE-JAAKAN.
ben-o'-ni (ben-'oni; huios odunes mou, "son of my sorrow"): The name given by the dying Rachel to her new-born son; changed by his father Jacob toBENJAMIN(Ge 35:18) which see.