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Berechiah in Naves Topical Bible

1. Fatber of Asaph 1Ch 15:17,23 Called BERACHIAH 1Ch 6:39 -2. A warrior of Ephraim 2Ch 28:12 -3. A brother of Zerubbabel 1Ch 3:20 -4. Son of Asa 1Ch 9:16 -5. Son of Iddo Zec 1:1,7 -6. Son of Meshezabeel Ne 3:4,30; 6:18...

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Barak in Easton's Bible Dictionary

lightning, the son of Abinoam (Judg. 4:6). At the summons of Deborah he made war against Jabin. She accompanied him into the battle, and gave the signal for the little army to make the attack; in which the host of Jabin was completely routed. The battle was fought (Judg. 4:16) in the plain of Jezreel (q.v.). This deliverance of Israel is c...

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Barkos in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

bar'-kos (barqoc, "party-colored'' (?): compare Gray, Studies in Hebrew Proper Names, 68, note 2): The descendants of Barkos returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezr 2:53; Neh 7:55). Compare Barchus (1 Esdras 5:32)....

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Barnabas in Easton's Bible Dictionary

son of consolation, the surname of Joses, a Levite (Acts 4:36). His name stands first on the list of prophets and teachers of the church at Antioch (13:1). Luke speaks of him as a "good man" (11:24). He was born of Jewish parents of the tribe of Levi. He was a native of Cyprus, where he had a possession of land (Acts 4:36, 37), which he s...

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Barabbas in Hitchcock's Bible Names

son of shame...

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Barachias in Smiths Bible Dictionary

Mt 23:35 [ZACHARIAS]...

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Barkos in Naves Topical Bible

A Jew whose descendants returned from exile Ezr 2:53; Ne 7:55...

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Barachel in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

bar'-a-kel (barakh'el, "God blesses"): Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was the father of Elihu, who was the last one to reason with Job (Job 32:2,6). Compare BUZ; RAM....

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Barak in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("lightning".) So the family name of Hannibal was Barres, "the thunderbolt of war"; also Boanerges, "sons of thunder," applied to James and John. Son of Abinoam, of Kedesh, a refuge city of Naphtali. Incited by Deborah the prophetess to deliver Israel from the yoke of Jabin II, king of northern Canaan, of which Hazor, on lake Merom (now Hulah)...

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Barnabas in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("son of prophecy, or exhortation and consolation.") The surname given by the apostles to Joses or Joseph (as the Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, and Alexandrinus manuscripts read), a Levite, settled in Cyprus (Acts 4:36). As a Christian, he brought the price of his field and laid it as a contribution at the apostles' feet. It was he who took Saul afte...

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