Berenice
[Bernice, Or Berenice]
Beri
(a well), son of Zophah, of the tribe of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:36)
Beriah
A gift, or in evil. (1.) One of Asher’s four sons, and father of Heber (Gen. 46:17). (2.) A son of Ephraim (1 Chr. 7:20-23), born after the slaughter of his brothers, and so called by his father “bec…
Beriites
BERI'ITES, the descendants of Beriah, 1. Num 26:44.
Beriites, The
A tribe of people who are named with Abel and Beth-maachah, and who were therefore doubtless situated in the north of Palestine. (2 Samuel 20:14)
Berites
BE'RITES, THE (the people of the wells), a family mentioned in 2 Sam 20:14, but it is not known who they were.
Berites, The
BE'RITES, THE (the people of the wells), a family mentioned in 2 Sam 20:14, but it is not known who they were.
Berith
(Judges 9:46) [BAAL-BERITH]
Bernice
Bearer of victory, the eldest daughter of Agrippa I., the Herod Agrippa of Acts 12:20. After the early death of her first husband she was married to her uncle Herod, king of Chalcis. After his death …
Bernice, Or Berenice
(bringing victory), the eldest daughter of Herod Agrippa I. (Acts 12:1) etc. She was first married to her uncle Herod, king of Chaleis, and after his death (A.D. 48) she lived under circumstances of …
Berodach-baladan
The king of Babylon who sent a friendly deputation to Hezekiah (2 Kings 20:12). In Isa. 39:1 he is called Merodach-baladan (q.v.).
Berodachbaladan
(2 Kings 20:12) [MERODACH-BALADAN]
Berothah,
BERO'THAH, and BER'OTHAI (my wells), one in the north of Palestine, Eze 47:16, the other in the same region, 2 Sam 8:8. The two may be the same, and possibly modern Beirut, but more probably farther …
Berothai
wells; a cypress
Berothath
of a well
Berothite, The
(1 Chronicles 11:39) [Beeroth Of The Children Of Jaakan]
Beryl
The rendering in the Authorized Version of the Hebrew word tarshish, a precious stone; probably so called as being brought from Tarshish. It was one of the stones on the breastplate of the high pries…
Besai
(sword). “Children of Besai” were among the Nethinim who returned to Judea with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:49; Nehemiah 7:52)
Besodeiah
(n the secret of the Lord) father of one of the repairers of the wall of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 3:6)
Besom
The rendering of a Hebrew word meaning sweeper, occurs only in Isa. 14:23, of the sweeping away, the utter ruin, of Babylon.
Besor
Cold, a ravine or brook in the extreme south-west of Judah, where 200 of David’s men stayed behind because they were faint, while the other 400 pursued the Amalekites (1 Sam. 30:9, 10, 21). Probably …
Besor, The Brook
(cool), a torrent-bed or wady in the extreme south of Judah. (1 Samuel 30:9,10,21)
Bestead
The rendering in Isa. 8:21, where alone it occurs, of a Hebrew word meaning to oppress, or be in circumstances of hardship.
Betah
Confidence, a city belonging to Hadadezer, king of Zobah, which yielded much spoil of brass to David (2 Sam. 8:8). In 1 Chr. 18:8 it is called Tibhath.
Beten.
BE'TEN. Josh 19:25. A town of Asher, east of Ptolemais; now el Baneh.
Beth
Occurs frequently as the appellation for a house, or dwelling-place, in such compounds as the words immediately following:
Beth- Shittah
BETH- SHIT'TAH (house of acacia), now perhaps the village of Shattah, east of Jezreel. Jud 7:22.
Beth-abara
BETH'-AB'ARA (house of the ford), a place beyond Jordan. John 1:28. Some of the best manuscripts read Bethany same as Beth-abara; possibly at Beth-nimrah, or Nimrin; or, as Conder thinks, at 'Abarah;…
Beth-anath
House of response, one of the fenced cities of Naphtali (Josh. 19:38). It is perhaps identical with the modern village ‘Ainata, 6 miles west of Kedesh.
Beth-anoth
House of answers, a city in the mountainous district of Judah (Josh. 15:59). It has been identified with the modern Beit-‘Anun, about 3 miles northeast of Hebron.