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Buzi in Easton's Bible Dictionary

the father of the prophet Ezekiel (1:3)....

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Caiaphas in Naves Topical Bible

High priest Lu 3:2 -Son-in-law of Annas Joh 18:13 -Prophesies concerning Jesus Joh 11:49-51; 18:14 -Jesus tried before Mt 26:2,3,57,63-65; Joh 18:24,28 -Peter and other disciples accused before Ac 4:1-22...

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Boaz in Easton's Bible Dictionary

alacrity. (1.) The husband of Ruth, a wealthy Bethlehemite. By the "levirate law" the duty devolved on him of marrying Ruth the Moabitess (Ruth 4:1-13). He was a kinsman of Mahlon, her first husband. (2.) The name given (for what reason is unknown) to one of the two (the other was called Jachin) brazen pillars which Solomon erected in th...

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Buz in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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 district in Arabia Petrea (Jer. 25:23)....

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Buzi in Hitchcock's Bible Names

my contempt...

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Caiaphas in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(depression), in full JOSEPH CAIAPHAS, high priest of the Jews under Tiberius. Mt 26:3,57; Joh 11:49; 18:13,14,24,28; Ac 4:6 The procurator Valerius Gratus appointed him to the dignity, He was son-in-law of Annas. [ANNAS]...

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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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