International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Becher

(1) Son of Benjamin (Ge 46:21;1Ch 7:6,8).(2) Son of Ephraim whose family is called Becherites (the King James Version "Bachrites"),Nu 26:35(1Ch 7:20called Bered). CompareBERED.

Bechorath

be-kor'-ath.SeeBECORATH.

Beck; Beckon

bek, bek'-'-n (neuma): This word from neuo, "to nod," "beckon," "make a sign" by moving the head or eyes (Lu 5:7;Joh 13:24;Ac 21:40;24:10), occurs only in 2 Macc 8:18, "Almighty...

Become

be-kum':(1) Greek ginomai, used in New Testament for a change of state, corresponding to Hebrew hayah of Old Testament. CompareMt 18:3withDe 27:9.(2) For what is fitting, suitab...

Becorath

be-ko'-rath (bekhorath, "the first birth"; the King James Version Bechorath): A forefather of Saul of the tribe of Benjamin (1Sa 9:1).

Bectileth

bek'-ti-leth (to pedion Baikteilaith): A plain which is defined as "near the mountain which is at the left hand of the upper Cilicia" (Judith 2:21). The name in Syriac is Beth Q...

Bed; Bedchamber; Bedstead

For the very poor of the East, in ancient times as now, the "bed" was and is, as a rule, the bare ground; and the bedclothes, the gown, simlah, or "outer garment," worn during t...

Bedad

be'-dad (bedhadh, "alone"): Father of Hadad, king of Edom "before there reigned any king over the children of Israel" (Ge 36:35;1Ch 1:46).

Bedan

be'-dan (bedhan, "son of judgment" (?)):(1) One of the leaders in Israel who with Jerubbaal, Jephthah and Samuel is mentioned as a deliverer of the nation (1Sa 12:11). The text ...

Bedchamber

bed'-cham-ber.SeeBED.

Bedeiah

be-de'-ya (bedheydh, "servant of Yah"): A son of Bani who had married a "strange wife" (Ezr 10:35).

Bedstead

bed'-stead.SeeBED.

Bee

be (debhorah; compare Arabic dabr, "a swarm of bees," also Arabic debbur, "a wasp," said to be a corruption of zunbur, "a wasp"; all are apparently from the Hebrew dabhar, "to s...

Beef

bef.SeeCATTLE.

Beeliada

be-e-li'-a-da (be`elyadha`, "the Lord knows";ELIADA, which see; compare HPN, 144, 192, note 1, 202): A son of David (1Ch 14:7).

Beelsarus

be-el'-sa-rus, be-el-sa'-rus (Beelsaros): One who accompanied Zerubbabel in the return from the captivity (1 Esdras 5:8), called Bilshan inEzr 2:2andNe 7:7.

Beeltethmus

be-el-teth'-mus (Beeltethmos; Balthemus): One of the officers of King Artaxerxes in Palestine (1 Esdras 2:16,25). According to Professor Sayce, the name by etymology means "lord...

Beelzebub

be-el'-ze-bub (in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) is an error (after the Vulgate) for Beelzebul (Revised Version margin) Beelzeboul; Westco...

Beer

be'-er (be'er; phrear; Latin puteus = "well"):(1) A station on the march of the Israelites to the North of the Arnon (Nu 21:16). Here it was that they sang round the well this s...

Beer-Elim

be-er-e'-lim (be'er 'elim; phrear tou Aileim, literally "well of Elim"): Probably lay to the North of Moab, answering to Eglaim in the South (Isa 15:8). It may possibly be ident...

Beer-Lahai-Roi

be-er-la-hi'-roi, be-er-la-hi-ro'-i (be'er lachai ro'i, "well of the Living One that seeth me"): "A fountain of water in the wilderness," "the fountain in the way to Shur" (Ge 1...

Beera

Beerah

be-e'-ra, be'-er-a (be'erah; "expounder"): A prince of the house of Reuben whom Tiglath-pileser carried away captive (1Ch 5:6). Compare2Ki 15:29;16:7.

Beeri

be-e'-ri (be'eri, "expounder"):(1) Father of Judith, one of Esau's wives (Ge 26:34).(2) The father of the prophet Hosea (Ho 1:1).

Beeroth

be-e'-roth, be'-er-oth (be'eroth; Beroth): One of the cities of the Canaanites whose inhabitants succeeded in deceiving Israel, and in making a covenant with them (Jos 9:3ff). A...

Beeroth Bene-Jaakan

ben'-e-ja'-a-kan (be'eroth bene ya`aqan; the Revised Version, margin "the wells of the children of Jaakan"): A desert camp of the Israelites mentioned before Moserah (De 10:6). ...

Beerothite; Berothite

be-e'-roth-it, be'-er-oth-it (be'erothi;2Sa 4:5,9;2Sa 23:37; shortened form,1Ch 11:39).SeeBEEROTH.