Beerothite
Beerothite (be-e'roth-ite), (heb. Ay-roth-ee', Belonging To Beeroth). See Beeroth. Beersheba ( Be'er-she'ba),(heb. , Be Ayr-sheh'bah, Well Of The Oath), A Place In The Southernmost Part Of Canaan, Celebrated For The Sojourn Of The Patriarchs. It Took Its Name From The Well Which Was Dug There By Abraham, And The Oath ...
Beeves
Beeves (bevz), (heb. Haw Kawr'; In Ara Bic, ,zbbakar), Cattle, Herds, Applicable To All Ru Minantia, The Camels Alone Excepted; But More Par Ticularly To The Bovid:e And The Genera Of The Larger Antelopes. Ox Or Beeve, Aluth, The Most Important Of All Clean Beasts (i's. Viii:7; Ler. Xi:to). Bull, ...
Beheading
Beheading (bt-hed'ing), To Cause To Drop, Break Down). See Prnisiiments. Behemoth (be-wmoth), (deb. Mohth', Job Xl:ts; In Coptic, According To Jablon Ski, Pehemontl, Is Regarded As The Plural Of Behe Man, But Commentators Are By No Means Agreed As To Its True Meaning. A Number Of Learned Men, With Bochart ...
Believers
Believers (be-lev'erz), (gr. Rurrol, Fiis-toy' Lat. Fide/es). A Term Applied To Converts (acts V :14 ; I Tim. Iv :r2) ; In The Early Church Baptized Laymen, In Distinction From The Clergy On The One Hand, And Catechumens, Who Were Preparing For Baptism. They Had Special Privileges, Titles And Honors, ...
Belshazzar
Belshazzar (bc-shlz'zar), (hcb. Bale-shats-tsar'), Is The Name Given In The Book Of Daniel To The Last King Of The Chaldees, Under Whom Babylon Was Taken By The Medes And Per Sians. Ilerodottis Calls This King, And Also His Father, Labynelus, Which Is Undouhtcdly A Corruption Of Nabonidus, The Name By ...
Belshazzar And The Monuments
Belshazzar And The Monuments. It Is Interesting To See How Through The Dis Covery Of One Ancient Record After Another, A Name Which Seemed At First But A Shadow, Slowly Become Clothed With Flesh And Made Real. In The Case Of Belshazzar, Whom The Book Of Daniel Describes As The ...
Benaiah
Benaiah (be-na'aih,-ja), (hcb. Ben-ezzo Prue, Built By Jehovah). 1. Son Of Jehoida And Commander Of David's Guard (the Cherethites And Pelethites ; 2 Sam. Viii :18;r Kings 1:38; 1 Chron. Xviii ;17 ; 2 Sam. Xx :23). His Exploits Were Celebrated In Israel. He Overcame Two Moabitish Champions ('lions Of ...
Benhadad
Benhadad (ben'ha'dad), (heb. Ben Had-ad, Son Of Hadad), The Name Of Three Kings Of Damascene-syria. As To The Latter Part Of This Name, Hadad, There Is Little Doubt That It Is The Name Of The Syrian God, Adad. 1. The King Of Syria, Who Was Subsidized By Asa, King Of ...
Beth Horon
Beth-horon (bi'th'heo'ron), Of Caverns Or Holes). Two Places Of This Name Arc Distinguished In Scripture As The Upper And Nether Beth-boron (josh. Xvi: 3, 5; Xviii:13; T Chron. Vii:24). The Nether Beth-horon Lay In The Northwest Corner Of Benjamin ; And Between The Two Places Was A Pass Called Both ...
Beth Shan
Beth-shan (bgth'sban), (heb. I Rr; Bayth Shaven', House Of Rest, Or Rest Town; Sept. Beth San), A City Belonging To The Half-tribe Of Manas Seh, West Of The Jordan, And Situated In A Valley Of That River, Where It Is Bounded Westward By A Low Chain Of The Gilboa Mountains. ...
Bethany
Bethany (t)1"..tll'a-ny), (gr. Briony(a, Bay-than Ee'ah, Place Of Dates). 1- The Place Near The Jordan Where John Bap Tized, The Exact Situation Of Which Is Unknown. Some Copies Here Read Bethabara (which See). 2. Bethany, A Town Or Village About Fifteen Fur Longs Cast-southeast From Jerusalem, On The East Ern ...
Bethel
Bethel (beth'el), (heb. Bayth-ale', House Of God). 1. Originally Luz, An Ancient Town Which Eusebius Places Twelve Roman Miles North Of Jerusalem, On The Right Hand Of The Road To Shechem. Jacob Rested Here One Night On His Way To Padan-aram, And Commemorated The Vision With Which He Was Favored ...
Bethesda
Bethesda (be-thez'da), (gr. Linezzrazi, Bay-thes Dah', House Or Place Of Mercy), A Tool At The Sheep Gate Of Jerusalem, Built Round With Porches Fur The Accommodation Of The Sick Who Sought Benefit From The Healing Virtues Of The Water, And Upon One Of Whom Christ Performed The Healing Miracle Recorded ...
Bethlehem
Bethlehem (bethle-hem Or Beth'le-hem), (heb. Bayth-leh'khem, House Or Place Of Bread, I. E. Bread-town, Or House Of Flesh, Sept. B720xeeii, Bethlehem). 1. A City Of Judah (judg. Xvii :7), Six Miles Southward From Jerusalem. On The Road To Hebron. It Was Generally Called Bethlehem-judah To Distinguish It From Another Bethlehem ...
Bethsaida
Bethsaida (beth'sal-da), (gr. Lirreactad, Bayth Sakee-dah', Fishing-town), A Town Orox‘r, John I:44; Ni Ark Viii:22) (john Xii:21), On The West Ern Side Of The Sea Of Tiberias, Towards The Middle, And Nut Far From Ca Pernaum (mark Vi:45; It Was The Native Place Of Peter, Andrew, And Philip, And The ...
Bible
Bible (bib'1), (gr. Fli(3xla, The Small Books), A Name Supposed To Have Been First Applied In The Fifth Century To Denote The Collect Ive Volume Of The Sacred Writings. I. Name. The Word Occurs In The Prologue To Ecclesiasticus, 'the Law, The Prophets And The Rest Of The Books,' And ...
Biblical Discrepancies
Discrepancies, Biblical Sz) I. Bible Ivritten At Different Times, Etc. The Bible Is A Book Which Was Written During A Space Of Twelve Or Fourteen Hundred Years By Scribes, The First Of Whom Preceded By Cen Turie5 The Most Ancient Philosophers Of Greece And Rome. The Writers Varied In Position, ...
Biblical Theology 1
Biblical Theology 1. Introductory. Biblical Theology Is Based On The Assumption That, As Far As Their Outward Form Is Concerned, The Religious Conceptions Found In The Christian Scriptures Are Subject To The Laws That Govern The Formation And Growth Of Ideas In Other Spheres. It Consists In The Study, Arrangement, ...
Birthright
Birthright (bertb'rit'), (heb. T.,1. O-racu', Belonging To The First-born). This Term De Notes The Rights Or Privileges Belonging To The First-born Among The Hebrews. The Particular Advantages Which These Conferred Were The Fol Lowing: (1) Right To The Priesthood. The First-born Became The Priest In Virtue Of His Priority Of ...
Bishop
Bishop (bish'im). (1) Superintendents. The Apostles Originally Appointed Men To Superintend The Spiritual, And Occasionally Even The Secular, Wants Of The Churches (acts Xiv:23; Xi:3o; See Also 2 Tim. Ii:2), Who Were Ordinarily Called Rpecri3urepot, Fires-bu'ier-oi, Elders, From Their Age, Sometimes Irlatcorot, Eh-pis'ho-poi, Overseers (bishops), From Their Office. They Are ...
Bithynia
Bithynia (bi-thjing-a), (gr. 1310vvta, Bit Hynia), A Province Of Asia Minor, On The Euxine Sea And The Propontis; Bounded On The West By Mysia, On The South And East By Phrygia And Galatia, And On The East By Paphlagonia. The Bithynians Were A Rude And Uncivilized Peo Ple, Thracians Who ...
Blasphemy
Blasphemy (bles'fb-m•, (gr. F3xacronula,blas Iry-meeirh), Signifies The Speaking Evil Of God; Heb. To Curse The Name Of The Lord). 1. Meaning. (i) The Greek Word Blasphemia Is Generic, Denoting Verbal Abuse Proceeding From An Evil Disposition. It Is Equivalent To Defamation, Or Slander, Involving An Attempt To Lessen The Char ...
Bless
Bless (wes), (heb. Aw-shar', To Declare Happy; Baw-rak', To Declare Blessed). Bless, In General, Signifies To Wish Or Do Well To, Or Speak Well Of. When God Is Said To "bless," It Signifies, (1) Td Bestow Plenty Of Temporal Good Things Upon One, And Make His Outward Affairs Prosperous And ...
Blessing
Blessing (bres'ing). Generally, Blessing May Mean Any Advantage Conferred Or Wished For Specially. The Terms 'blessing' And 'to Bless' Occur Very Often In The Scriptures And In Applications Too Obvious To Require Explanation Or Comment. The Patriarchal Blessings Of Sons Form The Exception, These Being, In Fact, Prophecies Rather Than ...
Blindness
Blindness (blind'o6s), (heb. (1) The Frequent Occurrence Of Blindness In The East Has Always Excited The Astonishment Of Travelers. K•olney Says That, Out Of A Hundred Persons In Cairo, He Has Met Twenty Quite Blind, Ten Wanting One Eye, And Twenty Others Having Their Eyes Red, Purulent, Or Blemished (travels ...
Blood
Blood (bitid), (heb. :', Ift^l4t ; Gr, Ataa, Re-ntah). There Are Two Respects In Which The Ordinances Of The Old And New Testaments Elm Tenting Blood Deserve Notice Here—the Prohibi Lion Of Its Use As An Article Of Food, And The Ap Pointment And Significance Of Its Use In The ...
Blood Revenge
Blood-revenge (bliid'--r8-ven1), Or Revenge For Bloodshed, Was Regarded Among The Jews, As Among All The Ancient And Asiatic Nations, Not Only As A Right, But Even As A Duty, Which Devolved Upon The Nearest Relative Of The Murdered Person, Who On This Account Was Called Go-ale', The Reclaimer Of Blood, ...
Blood And Water
Blood And Water (bled And Wa't'er), (john Xix:34), Are Said To Have Issued From Our Lord's Side When The Soldier Pierced Him On The Cross. The Only Natural Explanation That Can Be Offered Of The Fact Is To Suppose That Some Effusion Had Taken Place In The Cavity Of The ...
Bloody Sweat
Bloody Sweat (blild''y Swet'). According To Luke Xxii :44, Our Lord's Sweat Was 'as Great Drops Of Blood Falling To The Ground.' Michaelis Takes The Passage To Mean Nothing More Than That The Drops Were As Large As Falling Drops Of Blood. (1) The Evangelist Does Not Say That It ...
Boaneroes
Boaneroes (1)5'a-neriez), (gr. Boavep.v/r, Bo An-erg-es', Explained As "sons Of Thunder," Mark A Surname Given By Christ To Tames And John, Probably On Account Of Their Fervid, Impetu Ous Spirit (comp. Luke Ix:54, And See Olshausen Thereon). Boar (bol), (heb. Khaz-eer'), (gr. Xorpor, Khoy'ros). Occurs In Lev. Xi:7; Deut. Xiv:8; ...
Board
Board (bard). Four Hebrew Words Are Thus Translated: 1. In Exod. Xxvii:8; Ezck. Xxvii:5 And Else Where, The Word Loo'akh, A Tablet. 2. In Exod. Xxvi:15, Keh'resh, To Split Of Like A Board. 3. In T Kings Vi:t 5, Sed-ay-raw', A Row, Or Set Up In Order. 4. In T ...
Bochim
Bochim (balkim), (heb. Bo-kce»t', Weep Ings), The Name Given To A Place (probably Near Shiloh, Where The Tabernacle Then Was) Where An 'angel Of The Lord' Reproved The Assembled Israelites For Their Disobedience In Making Leagues With The Inhabitants Of The Land, And For Their Remissness In Taking Possession Of ...
Bonnet
Bonnet (bon'net), (heb. Turbans, Hilt-shaped; Fich-ayr', Tires, Orna Ments). Among The Jews, Bonnets And Miters Were The Same. They Were Made Of A Piece Of Linen, Sixteen Yards Long, Which Covered Their Priests' Heads, In Form Of A Helmet ; That Of The Common Priests Being Roundish. And That Of ...
Book Of Baruch
Baruch, Book Of (apocrypha), Tha'ruk, Tiarik Eivt, Follows Next After The Book Of Jeremiah In The Septuagint Version. (1) It Is The Only One Of The Deiitero-eano!ical Books Named In The Catalogue Of The Celebrated Fifty-ninth Canon Of The Council Of Landicea U Baruch, The Scribe Of Jeremiah, Be The ...
Book Of Daniel
Daniel, Book Of (ciin'y61, Book Ov). This Important. And In Many Respects Remark Able, Book Takes Its Name Not Only From The Prin Cipal Person In It, But Also And Chiefly From Him As Its Real Author, There Being No Doubt Whatever That, As The Book Itself Testifies, It Was ...
Book Of Enoch
Enoch, Book Of (e'nok, Book 6v). The Interest That Once Attached To'the Apocryphal Book Of Enoch Has Now Partly Subsided. Yet A Docu Ment Quoted, As Is Generally Believed, By An Inspired Apostle, Can Never Be Wholly Devoid Of Importance Or Utility In Sacred Literature. (1) Authorship And Date. With ...
Book Of Exodus
Exodus, Book Of (mcs' 6-dils), (gr. '"eosos, Eks'o-dos, In The Hebrew Canon, The Second Book Of Moses, So Called From The Principal Event Recorded In It, Namely, The Departure Of The Israelites From Egypt. With This Book Begins The Proper History Of That People, Continuing It Until Their Arrival At ...
Book Of Ezekiel
Ezekiel, Book Of (e-ze'ki-el). (1) Genuineness. The Genuineness Of The Writ Ings Of Ezekiel Has Been The Subject Of Very Little Dispute. According To Jewish Tradition Doubts Were Entertained As To The Canonicity Of The Book On The Ground Of Its Containing Some Apparent Contradictions To The Law, As Well ...
Borrowing
Borrowing (bor'r6-ing). On The General Subject, As A Matter Of Law Or Precept, See Loan. In Exod. Xii :35 We Are Told That The Israelites, When On The Point Of Their Departure From Egypt, 'borrowed Of The Egyptians Jewels Of Silver, And Jewels Of Gold, And Raiment ;' And It ...
Bottle
Bottle (bot'el), Kkay'meth, Gen. Xxi:14• Hos. Vii:5; Node, Judg. Iv:19; Josh. Ix: 4, 13; 've, Nek'bel, I Sam. I:24; X:3; 2 Sam. Xvi:1; Obe, Job Xxxii:19; Gr. (lady, Matt. Ix:17; Mark Ii:22; Luke V:37). (1) Natural Objects, It Is Obvious, Would Be The Earliest Things Employed For Holding And Preserv ...
Bough
Bough (bou), (heb. Aw-meer', A Branch, Is. Xvii.(,). Figurative. (i) Christ Is Called The Branch, And The Branch Of Righteousness. In His Human Nature Lie Sprang Forth Of The Root Of Jesse; His Human Nature Has No Personality Of Its Own, But Consists As An Engrafted Branch In His Divine ...
Bountifulness
Bountifulness (boun'ti-ful-ngs). Several Words In The Original Are So Translated: Heb. 21%4 Lobe, Good, Prov. Xxii:9); Sho'ah, Rich, Is. Xxxii:5; Eaw-mal', Ps. Xiii:6; Gr. Eavyta, Yoo-log-ee'ah, Good Speech Or Blessing, 2 Cor. Ix :5, 6. In General It Denotes Liberality In The Bestowment Of Gifts, Favors, Kindness (1 Kings X:15; ...
Bozrah
Bozrah (bderah),(heb. Bawls-ray?). 1. An Ancient City, Known Also To The Greeks And Romans By The Name Of Rostra. In Most Of The Passages Of The Old Testament Where It Is Mentioned, It Appears As A Chief City Of The Edomites (is, Xxxiv :6; Lxiii:t ; Amos I:12; Jer. Xlix ...
Bracelet
Bracelet (bras'16t), (heb. Els-au/ (1) This Name, In Strict Propriety, Is As Appli Cable To Circlets Worn On The Upper Part Of The Arm As To Those Worn On The Wrist, But As It Has Been Found Convenient To Distinguish The Former As Armlets, The Term Bracelet Must Be Restricted ...
Branch
Branch (branch), A-meer', Sum Mit; Had, Branch). (1) As Trees, In Scripture, Denote Great Men And Princes, So Branches, Boughs, Sprouts Or Plants Denote Their Offspring. In Conformity With This Way Of Speaking, Christ, In Respect Of His Human Nature, Is Styled A Rod From The Stem Of Jesse, And ...
Brass
Brass (bras), (heb. Nekh-o'sheth; Gr. Xanc6s, Khal-kos'). This Word Occurs In The Authorized Version. But Brass Is A Factitious Metal, Not Known To The Early Hebrews, And Wherever It Occurs, Copper Is To Be Understood. That Copper Is Meant Is Shown By The Text: 'out Of Whose Hills Thou Mayest ...
Bread
Bread (brad), Lekh'cm. The Word "bread" Was Of Far More Extensive Meaning Among The Hebrews Than With Us. There Are Passages In Which It Appears To Be Applied To All Kinds Of Victuals (luke Xi :3) ; But It More Generally Denotes All Kinds Of Baked And Pastry Articles Of ...
Breast
Breast (brest). (heb. "t, Shad, The Female Nipple; Dad, Breast). The Females In The East Are More Anxiously Desirous Than Those Of Northern Climates Of A Full And Swelling Breast ; In Fact, They Study Embon Point Of Appearance To A Degree Uncommon Among Ourselves; And What In The Temperate ...
Breastplate Of The High
Breastplate Of The High Priest 'brgst-plat The Hi Prestl, A Splendid Orna Ment Covering The Breast Of The High Priest. It Was Composed Of Richly Embroidered Cloth, In Which Were Set, In Four Rows, Twelve Precious Stones, On Each Of Which Was Engraven The Name Of One Of The Twelve ...
Brick
Brick (brik), (heb. Made Of White Clay). (1) Bricks Compacted With Straw And Dried In The Sun Arc Those Which Are Chiefly Mentioned In The Scriptures. Of Such Bricks The Tower Of Babel Was Doubtless Composed (see Babel, Tower Of; Babvlon), And The Making Of Such Formed The Chief Labor ...
Brother
Brother (brilth'er), (heb. Awkh; New Test.'asex065,ad-el-fos', Brother). This Term Is So Variously And Extensively Ap Plied In Scripture That It Becomes Important Care Fully To Distinguish The Different Acceptations In Which It Is Used. 1. It Denotes A Brother In The Natural Sense, Whether The Offspring Of The Same Father ...
Buddhism And Christianity Trasted
Buddhism And Christianity Trasted. It Is Strange That Even Educated Persons Are Apt To Fall Into Raptures Over The Doctrines Of Buddhism, Attracted By Some Bright Gems Which Its Admirers Cull Out Of Its Moral Code And Display Ostentatiously, While Keeping Out Of Sight All The Dark Spots Of That ...
Building Build
Build, Building (bild, Bild'ing), (heb. Bow-now', To Build; Gr. Obcokukm, Oy-koa'-ont-eleo). (see Architecture; House). Figurative. (t) God's Building Of All Timings, Is His Wise And Powerful Creation Of Them, ;n Proper Connection And Order (heb. And Xi:to). (2) His Building Up A Person, Imports His Giving Him Children, Wealth, Or ...
Bul
Bul ( I Eb. Boo!), The Eighth Ecclesias Tical Month Of The Jewish Year (i Kings Vi:38). It Answers To October. (see Time.) Bull (bul), (heb. Shore), With Other Kin Dred Terms Has Been Already Noticed In The Article Beeves. 1ve May Add Tore, Which Occurs Only In Ezra Vi ...
Burial
Burial (be'r'ri•al) And Sepulchers (sip' (1) Cremation. Two Instances We Meet With In Sacred History Of The Practice Of Burning Hodies To Ashes; The One In The Case Of Saul And His Sons, Whose Bodies Were Probably So Much Mangled As To Preclude Their Receiving The Royal Honors Of Embalmment ...
Butter
Butter (biieter), (hcb. ;1:=7.), Khem-aw'; Ftoorupor, Mo:rum, Curdled Milk, As Distinguished From Khaw-lawy, Fresh Milk ; Hence, Curds,but Ter,and In One Place Probably Cheese), The Oily Part Of Milk. Calmet,with Others,supposesthe Butter Of Scrip Ture To Be The Same With Cream Among The Eastern Nations; But It Is Plain From ...
Byssus
Byssus (bys'sus). (1) The Greek Word Ptiecros, Bus'sos, Fine Linen, Occurs In Luke Xvi:19, Where The Rich Man Is Described As Being Clothed In Purple And Fine Linen And Also In Rev. Xviii:12, 16, And Xix:8, 14, Among The Merchandise, The Loss Of Which Would Be Mourned For By The ...
Cabbon
Cabbon (kab'bon), Kab-bone'; Sept. Xa/3,4ct, Circle, Hamlet, Hilly), A Town In The Low Country (shefelah) Of Judah (josh. Xv:40), Which Is Only Once Mentioned, Perhaps Identical With Maclibenah (t Citron. Ii:49). Three Places Have Been Suggested As Its Site—el-kuferr, Ten Miles Southeast Of Ashkelon; El-kubeibeh, Near Reit Fibrin ; And ...
Cain
Cain Tkain), (heb. Kah•yin, A Lance). 1. The Eldest Son Of Adam And Eve (gen. (1) Derivation. The Derivation Of This Word Is Disputed. Most Writers Trace It To , Or Yin, Kelly .1cquisition (gen. Iv:1). Others Derive It From A Word Meaning A Spear, As Indicative Of The Violence ...
Cainan
Cainan (ka-rnan), (heb. Itt., Kee-nawn', Pos Sessor); Correctly Written Kenan In I Chron. I:2. 1. Son Of Enos And Father Of Malialaleel (gen. V:9-14; I Chron. I:2). 2. Son Of Arphaxad, The Son Of Shem, And Father Of Salah. His Name Is Wanting In The Present Copies Of The Hebrew ...
Caleb
Caleb (kateb), (heb. Kazz'-/abe', Dog). 1. Son Of Jephunneh, Of The Tribe Of Judah. He Was Sent With Joshua And Others To Explore The Land Of Canaan, And In Consequence Of His Joining With Joshua In Opposing The Discourag Ing Accounts Brought Back By The Other Spies, They Were Both ...
Calendar
Calendar (latin Calendarium, From Calere,to Call, Because The Priests Called The People To Notice That It Was New Moon. (see Hours; Days; Year; Watches, And Jewtsti Calendar; In Appendix.) Calf (kaf), (bleb. •.'tt, A/zhe/), Is Mentioned In Several Places, Hut, Not Requiring A Zoological Explanation, It May He Sufficient To ...
Caligula
Caligula (ka-lig'u-la). See Caws Caligula. Calker (heb. Beh'dek, Gap Or Leak; And Khaw-l-ak', To Stop), A Reiairer Of The Breach, As In 2 Kings Xii:s; Xxii:5, But Else Where Used As Now For One Who Stops The Seams In A Vessel (ezek. Xxvii:9, 27). Call Call, Name). 1. To Name ...
Calvary
Calvary (lc:area-ill, (gr. Kran•ce On. A Skull), The Place Where Christ Was Crucified. In Three Of The Gospels The Hebrew Name Of The Place, Golgotha (place Of A Skull). Is Given; And In Luke Xxiii:33, Where We Find Calvary In The Authorized Version, The Original Is Not Cal Vary, But ...