Bathsheba, Or Bathsheba
(daughter of the oath), (2 Samuel 11:3) etc., also called Bath-shua in (1 Chronicles 3:5) the daughter of Eliam, (2 Samuel 11:3) or Ammiel, (1 Chronicles 3:5) the son of Ahithophel, (2 Samuel 23:34) …
Bathshua
[BATH-SHEBA]
Bathsuha
same as Bathsheba
Battering-ram.
BAT'TERING-RAM. Eze 4:2 and Eze 21:22. This was a long beam of strong wood, usually oak, sometimes connected with a carriage or framework of heavy timber. One end was shaped like a ram's head, which …
Batteringram
(Ezekiel 4:2; 21:22) a large beam with a head of iron which was sometimes made to resemble the head of a ram. It was suspended by ropes to a beam supported by posts, and balanced so as to swing backw…
Battle-axe.
BAT'TLE-AXE. See Armor.
Battle-bow
The war-bow used in fighting (Zech. 9:10; 10:4). “Thy bow was made quite naked” (Hab. 3:9) means that it was made ready for use. By David’s order (2 Sam. 1:18) the young men were taught the use, or r…
Battleaxe
(Jeremiah 51:20) [Maul]
Battlement.
BAT'TLEMENT. Deut 22:8. A wall, parapet, or other structure around the flat roofs of Eastern houses, designed as a partition from an adjoining building or to prevent persons from falling off. The law…
Bavai,
BAV'AI, one who helped rebuild the wall. Neh 3:18.
Bay
Denotes the estuary of the Dead Sea at the mouth of the Jordan (Josh. 15:5; 18:19), also the southern extremity of the same sea (15:2). The same Hebrew word is rendered “tongue” in Isa. 11:15, where …
Bay Tree.
BAY TREE. Ps 37:35. "It may be questioned whether any particular tree is intended by the Psalmist; but if so, it must have been an evergreen, and may possibly be the sweet bay (Laurus nobilis), which…
Bazlith
(asking). “Children of Bazlith” were among the Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 7:54) In (Ezra 2:52) the name is given as Bazluth. (B.C. 536.)
Bazlith, Bazluth
BAZ'LITH, BAZ'LUTH (a stripping), one whose descendants were among the Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel. Ezr 2:52; Neh 7:54.
Bazluth
[Bazlith]
Bdellium.
BDELL'IUM. Gen 2:12. After much discussion, it is still impossible to say whether bdellium is a mineral, an animal production (pearl), or a vegetable exudation. It is probably the latter. There is a …
Beacon.
BEA'CON. Isa 30:17. A mark or signal erected in some conspicuous place for direction or for security against danger. See Banners.
Bealiah
Whose Lord is Jehovah, a Benjamite, one of David’s thirty heroes of the sling and bow (1 Chr. 12:5).
Bealoth
Citizens, a town in the extreme south of Judah (Josh. 15:24); probably the same as Baalath-beer (19:8). In 1 Kings 4:16, the Authorized Version has “in Aloth,” the Revised Version “Bealoth.”
Beam
Occurs in the Authorized Version as the rendering of various Hebrew words. In 1 Sam. 17:7, it means a weaver’s frame or principal beam; in Hab. 2:11, a crossbeam or girder; 2 Kings 6:2, 5, a cross-pi…
Beans.
BEANS. Eze 4:9. The Eastern plant ordinarily thus known (Vieia faba) is quite unlike the garden or field bean of the United States. It is of the same family, but is an erect annual with a stout stem,…
Bear.
BEAR. Prov 17:12. The Syrian bear seems but a variety of the brown bear of Europe and Asia, though it is much lighter in color. Its food is seeds, fruits, and roots, to which it occasionally adds a g…
Bearbel
(house of God’s court), named only in (Hosea 10:14) as the scene of a sack and massacre by Shalman.
Beard.
BEARD. Among the Jews much attention was paid to the beard. To show any contempt toward it by Fig. 1. Egyptian Beards. (After Wilkinson.) Fig. 2. Beards of Assyrian, and other Nations. (After Roselli…
Beast.
BEAST. Gen 2:19. This word is generally used to distinguish all animals from man, as in Ps 36:6. Sometimes quadrupeds only are denoted by it, as Lev 11:2; and in Gen 1:24-25, it is supposed to refer …
Beaten Gold
In Num. 8:4, means “turned” or rounded work in gold. The Greek Version, however, renders the word “solid gold;” the Revised Version, “beaten work of gold.” In 1 Kings 10:16, 17, it probably means “mi…
Beaten Oil.
BEAT'EN OIL. See Olive.
Beaten Work
BEAT'EN WORK. Ex 25:18. Not cast, but wrought.
Beautiful Gate
The name of one of the gates of the temple (Acts 3:2). It is supposed to have been the door which led from the court of the Gentiles to the court of the women. It was of massive structure, and covere…
Bebai
(fatherly).