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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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Buzi in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(contempt), father of Ezekiel the prophet. Eze 1:3...

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Caiaphas in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ka'-a-fas, ki'-a-fas (Kaiaphas; Caiaphas = Kephas (compare Dods in Expositor's Greek Test, I, 803), and has also been interpreted as meaning "depression"): Caiaphas was the surname of Joseph, a son-in-law of Annas (compare Jn 18:13), who filled th e post of high priest from about 18-36 AD, when he was deposed by Vitellius (compare Josephus, An...

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Boaz in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(fleetness). 1. A wealthy Bethlehemite kinsman to Elimelech the husband of Naomi. He married Ruth, and redeemed the estates of her deceased husband Mahlon. Ru 4:1 Boaz is mentioned in the genealogy of Christ, Mt 1:5 (B.C. 1250, but there is great difficulty in assigning his date.) 2. The name of one of Solomon's brazen pillars erected in the...

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Buz in Naves Topical Bible

1. Son of Nahor Ge 22:21 -2. Father of Jahdo 1Ch 5:14...

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