Bible Names A-G

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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Bigthan in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Persian and Sanskrit, Bagadana, "gift of fortune" (Esther 2:21; Esther 6:2). "Wroth," because degraded at the same time as Queen Vashti, and a keeper of the door, Bigthan with Teresh "sought to lay bands on Ahasuerus." Detected by Mordecai, he was hanged. The Septuagint states that the conspirators' cause of wrath was Mordecai's advancement; b...

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Bilgah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

bil'-ga bil'-ga-i (bilgah; bilgay, "cheerfulness"): A priest or priestly family in the time of the Return (Neh 12:5), and (under the form of "Bilgai," Neh 10:8) in the time of Nehemiah. According to 1 Ch 24:14, Bilgah is the 15th of the 24 divisions of the priests who officiated in the Temple. In the Septuagint, the names read Belgai, Bel...

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Bilshan in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(eloquent), one of Zerubbabel's companions on his expedition from Babylon. Ezr 2:2; Ne 7:7 (B.C. 536)....

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Birsha in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

King of Gomorrah, at Chedorlaomer's invasion (Genesis 14:2)....

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Boanerges in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

bo-a-nur'-jez (Boanerges; bene reghesh, "sons of thunder"): The surname bestowed by Jesus upon James and John, the sons of Zebedee, when they were ordained to the apostleship (Mk 3:17). See JAMES. It has also been regarded as an equivalent of the "Heavenly Twins," the Sons of Zeus or Thunder. According to this interpretation, the name Boanerge...

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Bigthan in Hitchcock's Bible Names

in the press; giving meat...

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