Beth-Zacharias
beth-zak-a-ri'-as (Baith-zacharia): Here Judas Maccabeus failed in battle with Antiochus Eupator, and his brother Eleazar fell in conflict with an elephant (1 Macc 6:32 ff; the ...
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Beth-Zur
beth'-zur (beth-tsur; Baith-sour, "house of rock"; less probably "house of the god Zur"):(1) Mentioned (Jos 15:58) as near Halhul and Gedor in the hill country of Judah; fortifi...
Bethabara
beth-ab'-a-ra beth`abharah; (Bethabara, "house of the ford"): According to the King James Version (following Textus Receptus of the New Testament) the place where John baptized ...
Bethany
beth'-a-ni (Bethania):(1) A village, 15 furlongs from Jerusalem (Joh 11:18), on the road to Jericho, at the Mount of Olives (Mr 11:1;Lu 19:29), where lived "Simon the leper" (Mr...
Betharam
beth-a'-ram (beth haram).SeeBETH-HARAM.
Bethasmoth
beth-az'-moth (the King James Version Bethsamos; Baithasmoth (1 Esdras 5:18); corresponds to Beth-azmaveth inNe 7:28): A town in the territory of Benjamin, and may be identified...
Bethbasi
beth-ba'-si (Baithbasi): The name may mean "place of marshes" = Hebrew beth-betsi. According to G. A. Smith there is a Wady el-Bassah East of Tekoa in the wilderness of Judea. T...
Bethel
beth'-el (beth-'el; Baithel and oikos theou, literally, "house of God"):(1) A town near the place where Abraham halted and offered sacrifice on his way south from Shechem.1. Ide...
Bethel, Mount
(har beth-'el; Baithel louza (1Sa 13:2, the Revised Version (British and American) "the mount of Bethel";Jos 16:1)): The hill which stretches from the North of the town to Tell ...
Bethelite
beth'-el-it: The term applied to a man who in the days of Ahab rebuilt Jericho (1Ki 16:34).SeeHIEL.
Bether
be'-ther (bether): InSo 2:17mention is made of "the mountains of Bether." It is doubtful if a proper name is intended. The Revised Version, margin has, "perhaps, the spice malob...
Bethesda
be-thez'-da (Bethesda; Textus Receptus of the New Testament,Joh 5:2(probably beth chicda', "house of mercy"); other forms occur as Bethzatha and Bethsaida):1. The Conditions of ...
Bethink
be-think' (heshibh 'el lebh, "to lay to heart," hence, "recall to mind"): Anglo-Saxon word used only in seventh petition of Solomon's prayer at the dedication of the Temple. If ...
Bethlehem
beth'-le-hem (bethlechem; Baithleem, or Bethleem, "house of David," or possibly "the house of Lakhmu," an Assyrian deity):I. Bethlehem Judah:Bethlehem Judah, orEPHRATHorEPHRATHA...
Bethlehem, Star Of
SeeSTAR OF THE MAGI.
Bethphage
beth'-fa-je, beth'-faj (from beth paghah; Bethphage, or Bethphage; in Aramaic "place of young figs"): Near the Mount of Olives and to the road from Jerusalem to Jericho; mention...
Bethsaida
beth-sa'-i-da (Bethsaida, "house of fishing"):(1) A city East of the Jordan, in a "desert place" (that is, uncultivated ground used for grazing) at which Jesus miraculously fed ...
Bethsamos
beth-sa'-mos.SeeBETHASMOTH.
Bethsura; Bethsuron
beth-su'-ra (Baithsoura (1 Macc 4:29, etc.)), (2 Macc 11:5 the Revised Version (British and American)): The Greek form of the nameBETH-ZUR(which see).
Bethuel (1)
be-thu'-el (bethu'el; "dweller in God"): A son of Nahor and Milcah, Abraham's nephew, father of Laban and Rebekah (Ge 22:23;24:15,24,47,50;25:20;28:2,5). In the last-named passa...
Bethuel (2)
be-thu'-el, beth'-u-el (bethu'el, "destroyed of God"): A town of Simeon (1Ch 4:30), the same as Bethul (Jos 19:4), and, probably, as the Beth-el of1Sa 30:27.
Bethul
beth'-ul, be'-thul (bethul):SeeBETHUEL; CHESIL.
Bethulia
be-thu'-li-a (Baithouloua): A town named only in the Book of Judith (4:6; 6:10 ff; 7:1 ff; 8:3; 10:6; 12:7; 15:3,6; 16:21 ff). From these references we gather that it stood besi...
Betimes
be-timz': In the sense of "early" is the translation of two Hebrew words:(1) shakham, a root meaning "to incline the shoulder to a load," hence "to load up," "start early": inGe...
Betolion
be-to'-li-on (Betolio (Codex Alexandrinus), or (Codex Vaticanus) Betolio; the King James Version Betolius, be-to'-li-us): A town the people of which to the number of 52 returned...
Betomesthaim; Betomasthaim
be-to-mes'-tha-im, be-to-mes'-tham the King James Version Betomestham, (Betomesthaim (Judith 4:6)): the King James Version Betomasthem (Baitornasthaim (Judith 15:4)): The place ...
Betonim
bet'-o-nim, be-to'-nim (beTonim; Botanei or Botanin): A town East of the Jordan in the territory of Gad (Jos 13:26). It may be identical with BaTneh, about 3 miles Southwest of ...