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Boaz in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Explained in margin 1 Kings 7:15-21, "in it (is) strength." Others, fleetness. 1. Of Bethlehem: Elimelech's (Naomi's husband's) kinsman. When the next of kin to Ruth, Naomi's daughter-in- law, declined to do the part of redeemer (god) (See BLOOD) of the inheritance of her deceased husband Mahlon (compare Deuteronomy 25:5-10), Boaz did so by m...

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Buz in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(contempt). 1. The second son of Milcah and Nahor. Ge 22:21 Elihu "the Buzite" was probably a descendant of Buz. 2. A name occurring in the genealogies of the tribe of Gad. 1Ch 5:14...

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Caesar in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

se'-zar (Kaisar): Originally the surname of the Julian gens (thus, Caius Julius Caesar); afterward a name borne by the Roman emperors. In the New Testament the name is definitely applied to Augustus (Lk 2:1, "Caesar Augustus"), to whom it belonged by adoption, and to Tiberius (Lk 3:1, "Tiberius Caesar"; compare Mt 22:17,21). The "Caesar" to wh...

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Caiaphas in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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 11:49; 18:13, 14). He held this office during the whole of Pilate's administration. His wife was the daughter of Annas, who had formerly been ...

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Boanerges in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

"Sons of thunder." The Aramaic name given to James and John by Jesus. Hebrew beney regesh; Their fiery zeal appears in (Luke 9:54) their desiring the Lord's permission that they should command fire from heaven (like Elias) to consume the Samaritans who would not receive Him, "because His face was as though He would go to Jerusalem." Also in (M...

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Boaz in Hitchcock's Bible Names

or Booz...

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Buz in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("contempt".) 1. Second son of Milcah and Nahor, Abraham's brother (Genesis 22:21). Kennel was the father of Aram, i.e. Syria. Elihu (Job 32:2) is called "the son of Barachal the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram" (i.e. Aram); he therefore probably was descended from Buz. The family settled in Arabia Deserta, for Jeremiah (Jeremiah 25:23), in de...

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Caesar in Naves Topical Bible

1. AUGUSTUS Lu 2:1 -2. TIBERIUS Lu 3:1; 20:22 -3. CLAUDIUS Ac 11:28 -4. NERO Php 4:22...

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Joseph Caiaphas in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Appointed high priest (after Simon ben Camith) by the procurator Valerius Gratus, under Tiberius. He continued in office from A.D. 26 to 37, when the proconsul Vitellius deposed him. The president of the Jewish council (Sanhedrim) which condemned the Lord Jesus, Caiaphas declaring Him guilty of blasphemy. (See ANNAS , his father-in-law, and f...

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Boanerges in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

"Sons of thunder." The Aramaic name given to James and John by Jesus. Hebrew beney regesh; Their fiery zeal appears in (Luke 9:54) their desiring the Lord's permission that they should command fire from heaven (like Elias) to consume the Samaritans who would not receive Him, "because His face was as though He would go to Jerusalem." Also in (M...

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