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Becher in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

be'-ker (bekher, "the firstborn"; compare HPN, 88): (1) Son of Benjamin (Gen 46:21; 1 Ch 7:6,8). (2) Son of Ephraim whose family is called Becherites (the King James Version "Bachrites"), Nu 26:35 (1 Ch 7:20 called Bered). Compare BERED....

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Bartimaeus in Naves Topical Bible

A blind man Mr 10:46-52; Mt 20:29-34; Lu 18:35-43...

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Baruch in Easton's Bible Dictionary

blessed. (1.) The secretary of the prophet Jeremiah (32:12; 36:4). He was of the tribe of Judah (51:59). To him Jeremiah dictated his prophecies regarding the invasion of the Babylonians and the Captivity. These he read to the people from a window in the temple in the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah (Jer. 36). He after...

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Barzillai in Hitchcock's Bible Names

son of contempt; made of iron...

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Becher in Naves Topical Bible

1. Son of Benjamin Ge 46:21; 1Ch 7:6,8 -2. Son of Ephraim Nu 26:35 Called BERED 1Ch 7:20...

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Bartholomew in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

bar-thol'-o-mu (Bartholomaios, i.e. "son of Tolmai or Tolmai"): One of the Twelve Apostles (Mt 10:3; Mk 3:18; Lk 6:14; Acts 1:13). There is no further reference to him in the New Testament. According to the "Genealogies of the Twelve Apostles" (Budge, Contendings of the Apostles, II, 50) "Bartholomew was of the house of Naphtali. Now his name ...

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Bartimaeus in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(son of Timeus), a blind beggar of Jericho who, Mr 10:46 ff., sat by the wayside begging as our Lord passed out of Jericho on his last journey to Jerusalem....

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Baruch in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("blessed, Benedict".) Neriah's son, Jeremiah's (Jeremiah 32:12; Jeremiah 36:4-32) steadfast attendant and amanuensis; brother to Seraiah, of princely family (Jeremiah 51:59) and position. He was the friend to whom Jeremiah in prison entrusted the papers of the purchase of his uncle's field at Anathoth, the year before Jerusalem's destruction,...

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Bealiah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

be-a-li'-a (be`alyah, "Yahweh is Lord," compare HPN, 144, 287): Bealiah, formerly a friend of Saul, joined David at Ziklag (1 Ch 12:5)....

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Becher in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(young or firstborn) 1. The second son of Benjamin, according to the list in both Ge 46:21 and 1Chr 7:6 but omitted in 1Ch 8:1 (B.C. about 1690.) 2. Son of Ephraim, Nu 26:35 called BERED in 1Ch 7:20 Same as the preceding....

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