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Bilgah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. 1 Chronicles 24:14. 2. Nehemiah 12:5; Nehemiah 12:18; Nehemiah 10:8....

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Birsha in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

bur'-sha (birsha`): King of Gomorrah (Gen 14:2), who joined the league against Chedorlaomer. The name is probably corrupt; some have tried to explain it as beresha`, "with wickedness," a name purposely used by the writer in referring to this king....

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Blastus in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(sprout), the chamberlain of Herod Agrippa I. Ac 12:20...

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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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