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Bealiah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(Jehovah is lord), a Benjamite who went over to David at Ziklag. 1Ch 12:5 (B.C. 1062.)...

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Bartholomew in Easton's Bible Dictionary

son of Tolmai, one of the twelve apostles (Matt. 10:3; Acts 1:13); generally supposed to have been the same as Nathanael. In the synoptic gospels Philip and Bartholomew are always mentioned together, while Nathanael is never mentioned; in the fourth gospel, on the other hand, Philip and Nathanael are similarly mentioned together, but nothi...

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Bartimeus in Hitchcock's Bible Names

son of the honorable...

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Barzillai in Naves Topical Bible

1. A friend of David 2Sa 17:27-29; 19:31-39; 1Ki 2:7; Ezr 2:61; Ne 7:63 -2. Father of Adriel 2Sa 21:8 -3. A priest Ezr 2:61; Ne 7:63...

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Bealiah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

whose Lord is Jehovah, a Benjamite, one of David's thirty heroes of the sling and bow (1 Chr. 12:5)....

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Bartholomew in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("son of Tolmai or Talmai"), an Old Testament name, Joshua 14:14. One of Christ's 12 apostles (Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:14; Acts 1:13). His own name probably was Nathanael (John 1:45-51), just as Joses or Joseph is called Barnabas. The three synoptical Gospels never mention Nathanael, John never mentions Bartholomew; the two names belon...

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Barzillai in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(iron, i.e., strong). 1. A wealthy Gileadite who showed hospitality to David when he fled form Absalom. 2Sa 17:27 (B.C. 1023.) He declined the king's offer of ending his days at court. 2Sa 19:32-39 2. A Meholathite, whose son Adriel married Michal, Saul's daughter. 2Sa 21:8 (B.C. before 1062.) 3. Son-in-law to Barzillai the Gileadite. Ezr 2:6...

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Bealiah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Combining Baal and Jah (1 Chronicles 12:5)....

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Baruch in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ba'-ruk, bar'-uk (baruk; Barouch, "blessed"): (1) Son of Neriah and brother of Seraiah, King Zedekiah's chamberlain (Jer 51:59). He was the devoted friend (Jer 32:12), the amanuensis (36:4 ff,32) and faithful attendant (36:10 ff; Josephus, Ant, X, vi, 2) of the prophet Jeremiah. He seems to have been of noble family (see Ant, X, ix, 1; compare...

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Barachel in Easton's Bible Dictionary

whom God has blessed, a Buzite, the father of Elihu, one of Job's friends (Job 32:2, 6)....

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