Bible Names A-G

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 Naves Topical Bible

Surname of the sons of Zebedee Mr 3:17...

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Bigthan in Hitchcock's Bible Names

in the press; giving meat...

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Bilgah in Naves Topical Bible

1. One of the chiefs of the priestly shifts in the temple 1Ch 24:14 -2. A priest Ne 12:5,18 Perhaps identical with BILGAI Ne 10:8...

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Bilshan in Easton's Bible Dictionary

son of the tongue; i.e., "eloquent", a man of some note who returned from the Captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2; Neh. 7:7)....

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Birsha in Hitchcock's Bible Names

an evil; a son who beholds...

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Boanerges in Smiths Bible Dictionary

a name signifying sons of thunder, given by our Lord to the two sons of Zebedee, James and John, probably on account of their fiery earnestly. Mr 3:17 See Lu 9:54; Mr 9:38 comp. Matt 20:20 etc....

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