Bible Names A-G

Bildad in Easton's Bible Dictionary

son of contention, one of Job's friends. He is called "the Shuhite," probably as belonging to Shuah, a district in Arabia, in which Shuah, the sixth son of Abraham by Keturah, settled (Gen. 25:2). He took part in each of the three controversies into which Job's friends entered with him (Job 8:1; 18:1; 25:1), and delivered three speeches, v...

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Birsha in Naves Topical Bible

A king of Gomorrah Ge 14:2-10...

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Blastus in Easton's Bible Dictionary

chamberlain to king Herod Agrippa I. (Acts 12:20). Such persons generally had great influence with their masters...

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Bigthan in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(gift of God), a eunuch (chamberlain, Authorized Version) in the court of Ahasuerus, one of those "who kept the door," and conspired with Teresh against the king's life. Es 2:21 (B.C. 479.)...

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Bildad in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

BILDAD or BENLEDAD ("son of contention, disputant".) Second of Job's (Job 2:11; Job 2:8; Job 2:18; Job 2:25) three friends. The Shuhite, i.e. sprung from Shuah, Abraham's son by Keturah, who was sent eastward by Abraham and founded an Arab tribe (Genesis 25:2) Syccea, in Arabia Deserta, E. of Batanea, mentioned by Ptolemy, is identified by Ges...

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Bilshan in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

bil'-shan (bilshan): An Israelite who returned with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:2 = Neh 7:7). The name may be explained as "inquirer" (new Hebrew and Aramaic), balash, the ("b" being an abbreviation of ben, as in bidhqar, and bimhal. Bilshan would then be a compound of ben, and lashon. J. Halevy (Revue etudes juives, X, 3) translates the name "pere de l...

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Birsha in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(son of godlessness), a king of Gomorrah. Ge 14:2...

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Blastus in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Herod Agrippa I's chamberlain; mediator between him and the people of Tyre and Sidon, who made him their friend (Acts 12:20)....

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Bigthan in Easton's Bible Dictionary

one of the eunuchs who "kept the door" in the court of Ahasuerus. With Teresh he conspired against the king's life. Mordecai detected the conspiracy, and the culprits were hanged (Esther 2:21-23; 6:1-3)....

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