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Buzi in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

buz, bu'-zi, buz'-it ( buz): (1) Second son of Nahor (Gen 22:21). The word occurs again in Jer 25:23, by the side of Dedan (Gen 10:7) and Tema (Gen 25:15), and is probably, therefore, the name of a people living in the neighborhood of Edom. Buz and Hazo (Gen 22:22) are probably the countries of Bazu and Chazu (the former described as ful...

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Caesar in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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 (John 19:15; Acts 17:7). The Jews paid tribute to Caesar (Matt. 22:17), and all Roman citizens had the right of appeal to him (Acts 25:11). Th...

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Cain in Naves Topical Bible

1. Son of Adam Ge 4:1 Jealousy and crime of Ge 4:3-15; Heb 11:4; 1Jo 3:12; Jude 1:11 Sojourns in the land of Nod Ge 4:16 Children and descendants of Ge 4:17,18 -2. A city of Judah Jos 15:57...

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Boaz in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

bo'-az (bo`az; Booz; "quickness" (?) Ruth 2 through 4; 1 Ch 2:11,12; Mt 1:5; Lk 3:32): (1) A resident of Bethlehem and kinsman of Elimelech, Naomi's husband. In Ruth 2:1 he is described as a gibbor chayil, a phrase which can mean either "a mighty man of valor" or else "a man of position and wealth." The latter is probably the sense in which th...

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Bosor in Easton's Bible Dictionary

the Chaldee or Aramaic form of the name Beor, the father of Balaam (2 Pet. 2:15)....

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Buzzi in Naves Topical Bible

Father of Ezekiel Eze 1:3...

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Caesar in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

The common title of the successive Roman emperors, taken from Julius Caesar. In the New Testament Augustus in Luke 2:1, Tiberius in Luke 3:1, Claudius in Acts 11:28, Nero in Acts 25:11, etc. Roman citizens as Paul had the right of "appeal to Caesar," and in criminal cases were sent for judgment to Rome, where was the emperor's court (Philemon ...

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Cain in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(possession). Gen. 4. He was the eldest son of Adam and Eve; he followed the business of agriculture. In a fit of jealousy, roused by the rejection of his own sacrifice and the acceptance of Abel's, he committed the crime of murder, for which he was expelled from Eden, and led the life of an exile. He settled in the land of Nod, and built a ci...

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Boaz in Naves Topical Bible

1. An ancestor of Jesus Mt 1:5; Lu 3:32 History of Ru 2; 3; 4 -2. One of the bronze pillars of the temple 1Ki 7:21; 2Ch 3:17...

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Buz in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

buz, bu'-zi, buz'-it ( buz): (1) Second son of Nahor (Gen 22:21). The word occurs again in Jer 25:23, by the side of Dedan (Gen 10:7) and Tema (Gen 25:15), and is probably, therefore, the name of a people living in the neighborhood of Edom. Buz and Hazo (Gen 22:22) are probably the countries of Bazu and Chazu (the former described as ful...

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