International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Bered (2)

be'-red (beredh; Barad): A place in the Negeb mentioned in the story of Hagar (Ge 16:14). The well Beer-lahai-roi was "between Kadesh and Bered." The Onkelos Targum renders it C...

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Berenice

ber'-e-nes.SeeBERNICE.

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Beri

be'-ri (beri, "wisdom"): A descendant of Asher (1Ch 7:36).

328

Beriah; Beriites

be-ri'-a, be-ri'-its (beri`ah, "in shouting," probably derived from a Hebrew root meaning "to make noise," or "in evil," from another Hebrew root):(1) A son of Asher and father ...

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Berites

be'-rits (berim; according to Klostermann and others, bikhrim): The word is found only once in the Old Testament (2Sa 20:14). The passage seems to be doubtful. The suggestion of...

330

Berith

be'-rith (berith, "covenant").SeeBAAL-BERITH.

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Bernice

Henry E. Dosker

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Berodach-Baladan

be-ro'-dak-bal'-a-dan.SeeMERODACH-BALADAN.

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Beroea

be-re'-a (Beroia or Berroia):(1) A town of southwestern Macedonia, in the district of Emathia. It lay at the foot of Mt. Bermius, on a tributary of the Haliacmon, and seems to h...

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Beroth

be'-roth (1 Esdras 5:19). SeeBEEROTH.

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Berothah

be-ro'-tha (Eze 47:16: berothah; Septuagint Codex Vaticanus, Abthera; orBEROTHAH #2Sa 8:8; berothai, where for mibberothai Septuagint reads ek ton eklekton poleon, "from the sel...

336

Berothite

be'-roth-it.SeeBEEROTHITE.

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Berries

ber'-is: Occurs inJas 3:12(the King James Version) in the phrase "olive berries" (elaiai). The Revised Version (British and American) reads simply "olives."

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Beryl

ber'-il.SeeSTONES, PRECIOUS.

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Berytus

ber'-i-tus, be-ri'-tus (Berutos; Arabic: modern Beirut, Beyrout, Beyrouth): An ancient Phoenician city situated on the North side of a promontory jutting out from the base of Le...

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Berzelus

ber-ze'-lus.SeeZORZELLEUS.

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Besai

be'-si (becay, "downtrodden"): The descendants of Besai (Nethinim) returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezr 2:49;Ne 7:52= Basthai, 1 Esdras 5:31).

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Beset

be-set' (euperistatos): The most common sense of this word is "to surround." This is the thought inPs 139:5, and teaches the omnipresence of God. Often wicked men find that the ...

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Beside

be-sid': Near to, or close to (Ps 23:2). It is often used to refer to the mental state, to the derangement of the mind (existemi,Mr 3:21;Ac 26:24the King James Version). Or it m...

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Besiege

be-sej'.SeeSIEGE.

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Besodeiah

bes-o-de'-ya, bes-o-di'-a (becodheyah, "in the confidence or counsel of Yah"; compareJer 23:18,22; and HPN, 207, 221, 286): Father of Meshullam, the builder (Ne 3:6).

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Besom

be'-zum: Occurs only once in Scripture: "I will sweep it with the besom of destruction" (Isa 14:23). Refers to what was in store for Babylon. The Hebrew word maT'ate', rendered ...

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Besor, The Brook

be'-sor, (nachal besor; Codex Alexandrinus, Bechor, Codex Vaticanus, Beana;1Sa 30:9,20,21; Josephus, Ant, VI, xiv, 6): A torrent-bed (nachal) mentioned in the account of David's...

348

Best

Of five Hebrew originals the chief is Tobh, "good," expressing quality, character. Variously used of objects pleasing to the senses, feelings, mind, moral sense, e.g. "best of t...

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Bestead

be-sted' (niqsheh, "caught in a snare," "entrapped"; as Judah hard pressed in their own land by the Assyrians (Isa 8:21the King James Version)): Found only here. Old English wor...

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Bestiality

bes-ti-al'-i-ti.SeeCRIMES.

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Bestow

be-sto': The seven Hebrew words rendered by this term variously mean "to put" or "place," "to give"; "do," "deposit," as e.g. to locate chariots and horsemen in cities (1Ki 10:2...