Smith's Bible Dictionary

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BAKBUKIAH

(wasting of Jehovah), a Levite in the time of Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 11:17; 12:9) (B.C. before 536.)

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BAKE

Reference to baking is found in (Leviticus 26:26; 1 Samuel 8:13; 2 Samuel 13:8; Jeremiah 7:18; 37:21; Hosea 7:4-7)

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BALAAM

(B.C. 1451), the son of beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy. (Numbers 22:5) He is mentioned in conjunction with the five kings of Midian, apparently as a person of the...

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BALAC

(Revelation 2:14) [BALAK]

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BALADAN

[MERODACH-BALADAN]

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BALAH

(Joshua 19:3) [BAAL, Geogr. No. 2, b]

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BALAK

(spoiler), son of Zippor, king of the Moabites, who hired Balaam to curse the Israelites; but his designs were frustrated int he manner recorded in (Numbers 22:24) (B.C. 1451.)

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BALAMO

[BAAL, Geogr. No. 6]

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BALANCES

Reference to balances is found in (Leviticus 19:36) They were in common use, gold and silver being paid out and received by weight. Reference is also made in (Micah 6:11; Hosea ...

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BALDNESS

Natural baldness seems to have been uncommon, since it exposed people to public derision. (Leviticus 13:29; 2 Kings 2:23; Isaiah 3:24; 15:2; Jeremiah 47:5; Ezekiel 7:18) Artific...

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BALM

(from balsam, Heb. tzori, tezri) occurs in (Genesis 37:25; 43:11; Jeremiah 8:22; 46:11; 51:8; Ezekiel 27:17) (It is an aromatic plant, or the resinous odoriferous sap or gum whi...

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BAMAH

(high place). Found only in (Ezekiel 20:29) applied to places of idolatrous worship.

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BAMOTHBAAL

(heights of Baal), a sanctuary of Baal in the country of Moab (Joshua 13:17) which is probably mentioned in (Numbers 21:19) under the shorter form of Bamoth, or Bamoth-in-the-ra...

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BAND

The "band of Roman soldiers" referred to in (Matthew 27:27) and elsewhere was the tenth part of a legion. It was called a "cohort," and numbered 400 to 600 men. [See ARMY]

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BANI

(built).A Gadite, one of David’s mighty men. (2 Samuel 23:36) (B.C. 1046.)A Levite of the line of Merari, and forefather to Ethan. (1 Chronicles 6:46)A man of Judah of the line ...

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BANNER

[See ENSIGN]

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BANQUETS

among the Hebrews, were not only a means of social enjoyment, but were a part of the observance of religious festivity. At the three solemn festivals the family also had its dom...

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BAPTISM

It is well known that ablution or bathing was common in most ancient nations as a preparation for prayers and sacrifice or as expiatory of sin. In warm countries this connection...

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BARABBAS

(son of Abba), a robber, (John 18:40) who had committed murder in an insurrection, (Mark 15:7; Luke 28:18) in Jerusalem and was lying in prison the time of the trial of Jesus be...

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BARACHEL

(God has blessed), father of Elihu. (Job 32:2,6) [BUZ]

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BARACHIAS

(Matthew 23:35) [ZACHARIAS]

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BARAK

(lightning), son of Abinoam of Kedesh, a refuge city in Mount Naphtali, was incited by Deborah, a prophetess of Ephraim, to deliver Israel from the yolk of Jabin. Judges 4. He u...

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BARBARIAN

"every one not a Greek is a barbarian" is the common Greek definition, and in this strict sense the word is sued in (Romans 1:14) It often retains this primitive meaning, as in ...

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BARHUMITE, THE

[BAHURIM]

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BARIAH

(fugitive), a descendant of the royal family of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:22) (B.C. before 410.)

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BARJESUS

(son of Jesus). [ELYMAS]

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BARJONA

(son of Jonah). [PETER]