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Bera in Easton's Bible Dictionary

gift, or son of evil, king of Sodom at the time of the invasion of the four kings under Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:2, 8, 17, 21)....

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Berechiah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ber-e-ki'-a (berekhyah, berekhyahu, "Yahweh blesses," HPN, 216, 287): (1) A descendant of David (1 Ch 3:20). (2) The father of Asaph, the singer (1 Ch 6:39 the King James Version "Berachiah"; 1 Ch 15:17). (3) A former inhabitant of Jerusalem, a Levee (1 Ch 9:16). (4) A doorkeeper 'for the ark at David's time (1 Ch 15:23). (5) One of the heads of ...

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Bered in Easton's Bible Dictionary

hail. (1.) A town in the south of Israel (Gen. 16:14), in the desert of Shur, near Lahai-roi. (2.) A son of Shuthelah, and grandson of Ephraim (1 Chr. 7:20)....

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Ben-hadad in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("son" i.e. "worshipper" of Hadad"), the Syrian sun-god. A name common to three kings of Damascus. Hadad-ezer ("Hadad helps") is a similar Syrian name. David, having conquered him, put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; Rezon retook Damascus, and reigned there "an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon" (1 Kings 11:23). Ben-Hadad I grandson ...

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Benjamin in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ben'-ja-min (binyamin, or binyamin; Beniaein, Beniamin): 1. The Patriarch: The youngest of Jacob's sons. His mother Rachel died in giving him birth. As she felt death approaching she called him Benoni, "son of my sorrow." Fearing, probably, that this might bode evil for the child--for names have always preserved a peculiar significance in the E...

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Beor in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(burning or torch). 1. The father of Bela, one of the early Edomite kings. Ge 36:32; 1Ch 1:43 2. Father of Balaam. Nu 22:5; 24:3,15; 31:8; De. 23:4; Jos 13:22; 24:9; Mic 6:5 He is called BOSOR in the New Testament. (B.C. before 1450.)...

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Bera in Hitchcock's Bible Names

a well; declaring...

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Berechiah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(blessed of Jehovah). 1. A descendant of the royal family of Judah. 1Ch 3:20 2. A man mentioned as the father of Meshullam, who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. Ne 3:4,30; 6:18 3. A Levite. 1Ch 9:16 4. A doorkeeper for the ark. 1Ch 15:23 5. One of the tribe of Ephraim in the time of Ahaz. 2Ch 28:12 6. Father of Asaph the singe...

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Becher in Hitchcock's Bible Names

first begotten; first fruits...

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Beeri in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. The Hittite = ANAH. frontTHE HORITE.) Father of Judith, Esau's wife was Aholibamah. (See AHOLIBAMAH.) In the narrative where stress is laid on Esau's wife being a Canaanite, her father is called a Hittite; in the genealogy, where the stress is on Esau's marriage connection with the former holders of mount Seir, he is properly termed a Horit...

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