Bush
In which Jehovah appeared to Moses in the wilderness (Ex. 3:2; Acts 7:30). It is difficult to say what particular kind of plant or bush is here meant. Probably it was the mimosa or acacia. The words …
Bushel
[Weights And Measures AND Measures]
Butler,
BUT'LER, an honorable officer of the king's household, called ''cupbearer" Neh 1:11, it being his duty to fill and bear the cup or drinking-vessel to the king. The chief butler had the charge and ove…
Butter
(Heb. hemah), curdled milk (Gen. 18:8; Judg. 5:25; 2 Sam. 17:29), or butter in the form of the skim of hot milk or cream, called by the Arabs kaimak, a semi-fluid (Job 20:17; 29:6; Deut. 32:14). The …
Buz
Contempt. (1.) The second son of Nahor and Milcah, and brother of Huz (Gen. 22:21). Elihu was one of his descendants (Job 32:2). (2.) One of the chiefs of the tribe of Gad (1 Chr. 5:14). (3.) A distr…
Buzi
The father of the prophet Ezekiel (1:3).
Buzite
BUZ'ITE, THE . Elihu is so called. Job 32:2, 1 Chr 24:6; probably because he was the descendant of Buz. Gen 22:21.
Buzite, The
BUZ'ITE, THE . Elihu is so called. Job 32:2, 1 Chr 24:6; probably because he was the descendant of Buz. Gen 22:21.
By
In the expression “by myself” (A.V., 1 Cor. 4:4), means, as rendered in the Revised Version, “against myself.”
By And By
Immediately (Matt. 13:21; R.V., “straightway;” Luke 21:9).
By-ways
Only in Judg. 5:6 and Ps. 125:5; literally “winding or twisted roads.” The margin has “crooked ways.”
By-word
Hebrew millah (Job 30:9), a word or speech, and hence object of talk; Hebrew mashal (Ps. 44:14), a proverb or parable. When it denotes a sharp word of derision, as in Deut. 28:37, 1 Kings 9:7, 2 Chr.…
Byt
BYT expression of respect and honor. Matt 23:20; Luke 11:48. The most famous sepulchres in Palestine are the Machpelah, the burial-place of the patriarchs, under the great mosque of Hebron, to which,…
Bythinia
BYTHIN'IA . See Bithynia.
C L
C L. W. Grimm: Lexicon Graeco-Latinum in Libros Novi Testamenti (2d ed., Leipzig, 1879). An English ed. enlarged by Dr. Thayer will be publ. by the Harpers, N. Y., in 1884 or 1885. Herrmann Cremer, B…
Cab
Hollow (R.V., “kab”), occurs only in 2 Kings 6:25; a dry measure, the sixth part of a seah, and the eighteenth part of an ephah, equal to about two English quarts.
Cabbon,
CAB'BON, a place in Judah. Josh 15:40. Three places have been suggested as its site — el-Kufeir, 10 miles southeast of Ashkelon; el-Kaheibeh,near Beit Jibrin; and Abu Kabus.
Cabins,
CAB'INS, Jer 37:16, or CELLS, were probably niches or apartments within the dungeon, for the separate confinement of prisoners. The idea conveyed is, that the prophet suffered the most severe and loa…
Cabul
How little! as nothing. (1.) A town on the eastern border of Asher (Josh. 19:27), probably one of the towns given by Solomon to Hiram; the modern Kabul, some 8 miles east of Accho, on the very border…
Caesar
The title assumed by the Roman emperors after Julius Caesar. In the New Testament this title is given to various emperors as sovereigns of Judaea without their accompanying distinctive proper names (…
Caesar Augustus
CAE'SAR AUGUS'TUS. See Augustus.
Caesar, Claudius
CAESAR, CLAU'DIUS . See Claudius.
Caesara Philippi
A city on the northeast of the marshy plain of el-Huleh, 120 miles north of Jerusalem, and 20 miles north of the Sea of Galilee, at the “upper source” of the Jordan, and near the base of Mount Hermon…
Caesarea
(Palestinae), a city on the shore of the Mediterranean, on the great road from Tyre to Egypt, about 70 miles northwest of Jerusalem, at the northern extremity of the plain of Sharon. It was built by …
Caesarea-philippi
CAESARE'A-PHILIPPI, the Greek Paneas, now called Banias by the Arabs, is a town at the base of Mount Hermon, about 20 miles north of the Sea of Galilee and 45 miles south-west of Damascus. It was the…
Caesars House Hold
CAE'SAR'S HOUSE' HOLD, Phil 4:22, was Paul's phrase for the servants and dependents in the palace of the Roman emperor, some of whom were converts. It is unlikely that any members of the imperial fam…
Cage
(Heb. kelub’, Jer. 5:27, marg. “coop;” rendered “basket” in Amos 8:1), a basket of wicker-work in which birds were placed after being caught. In Rev. 18:2 it is the rendering of the Greek phulake, pr…
Caiaphas
The Jewish high priest (A.D. 27-36) at the beginning of our Lord’s public ministry, in the reign of Tiberius (Luke 3:2), and also at the time of his condemnation and crucifixion (Matt. 26:3, 57; John…
Caiaphas, Or Caiaphas
(depression), in full Joseph CAIAPHAS, high priest of the Jews under Tiberius. (Matthew 26:3,57; John 11:49; 18:13,14,24,28; Acts 4:6) The procurator Valerius Gratus appointed him to the dignity, He …
Cain
A possession; a spear. (1.) The first-born son of Adam and Eve (Gen. 4). He became a tiller of the ground, as his brother Abel followed the pursuits of pastoral life. He was “a sullen, self-willed, h…