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Bigthan in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

big'-than big-tha'-na (bighethan, bighethana'; Septuagint omits name): One of the two chamberlains or eunuchs of Xerxes ("Ahasuerus") who conspired against the king's life, the conspiracy being detected by Mordecai and the culprits hanged (Est 2:21). Possibly these men had been partially superseded by the degradation of Vashti and were th...

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Beriah in Naves Topical Bible

1. Son of Asher Ge 46:17; Nu 26:44,45; 1Ch 7:30 -2. Son of Ephraim 1Ch 7:20-23 -3. A Benjamite 1Ch 8:13 -4. Son of Shimei 1Ch 23:10,11...

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Berodach-Baladan in Hitchcock's Bible Names

the son of death...

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Bethuel in Hitchcock's Bible Names

filiation of God...

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Bezer in Naves Topical Bible

1. A city of refuge, East of the Jordan De 4:43; Jos 20:8; 21:36; 1Ch 6:78 -2. Son of Zophah 1Ch 7:37...

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Benaiah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(made by the Lord). 1. The son of Jehoiada the chief priest, 1Ch 27:5 of the tribe of Levi, though a native of Kabzeel, 2Sa 23:20 set by David, 1Ch 11:25 over his body-guard. 2Sa 8:18; 20:23; 1Ki 1:38; 1Ch 18:17 One of the mighty men. 2Sa 23:22,23; 1Ch 11:25; 27:6 The exploits which gave him this rank are narrated in 2Sa 28:20,21; 1Ch 11:22 H...

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Benjamin in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("son of my right hand"), as Jacob named him; first called by his dying mother Rachel Benoni, son of my sorrow (compare Jeremiah 31:15; Matthew 2:17-18). Jesus the antitype was first "a man of sorrows" (Isaiah 53:3), the mother's sorrows attending tits birth also at Bethlehem; afterward "the man of God's right hand," on whom God's hand was lai...

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Bera in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

be'-ra (bera`, "gift"(?); compare HPN, 74 note): King of Sodom (Gen 14:2) who in the battle of Siddim was subdued by Chedorlaomer....

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Berachah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

blessing. (1.) A valley not far from Engedi, where Jehoshaphat overthrew the Moabites and Ammonites (2 Chr. 20:26). It has been identified with the valley of Bereikut. (R.V., "Beracah.") (2.) One of the Benjamite warriors, Saul's brethren, who joined David when at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:3)....

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Bered in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

be'-red (beredh, "hail," from a Hebrew root meaning "to be cold"): The son of Shuthelah of the house of Ephraim (1 Ch 7:20). Compare BECHER....

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