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Bani in Naves Topical Bible

1. A Gadite 2Sa 23:36 -2. A Levite 1Ch 6:46 -3. A descendant of Pharez 1Ch 9:4 -4. Father of returned exiles Ezr 2:10; 10:29 Called BINNUI Ne 7:15 -5. A Levite of the returned exiles Ne 3:17; 8:7; 9:4,5; 10:13; 11:22...

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Bar-Jesus in Hitchcock's Bible Names

son of Jesus or Joshua...

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Baalis in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ba'-a-lis ba`lic, perhaps for Baalim, "gods"; Septuagint Beleisa, Belisa, [Baalis]; Ant, X, ix, 3, Baalimos: King of the children of Ammon, the instigator of the murder of Gedaliah (Jer 40:14). Compare Ant, X, ix, 3....

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Baana in Smiths Bible Dictionary

1. The son of Ahilud, Solmon's commissariat officer in Jezreel and the north of the Jordan valley. 1Ki 4:12 (B.C.1000.) 2. Father of Zadok, who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem under Nehemiah. Ne 3:4 (B.C. 446.)...

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Baasha in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ba'-a-sha ba`sha', "boldness"): King of Israel. Baasha, son of Ahijah, and of common birth (1 Ki 16:2), usurped the throne of Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, killed Nadab and exterminated the house of Jeroboam. He carried on a long warfare with Asa, the king of Judah (compare Jer 41:9), began to build Ramah, but was prevented from completing this ...

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Balaam in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ba'-lam bil`am, "devourer"): The son of Beor, from a city in Mesopotamia called Pethor, a man possessing the gift of prophecy, whose remarkable history may be found in Nu 22:2 through 24:25; compare Num 31:8,16; Dt 23:4; Josh 13:22; 24:9; Neh 13:2; Mic 6:5; 2 Pet 2:15; Jude 1:11; Rev 2:14. 1. History: When the children of Israel pitched their t...

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Balak in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ba'-ak balaq, "devastator" or "one who lays waste"): Mentioned in connection with the story of Balaam/Balak (Nu 22 through 24; compare Josh 24:9; Jdg 11:25; Mic 6:5; Rev 2:14). He was the king of Moab who hired Balaam to pronounce a curse on the Israelites....

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Bani in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(built). 1. A Gadite, one of David's mighty men. 2Sa 23:36 (B.C. 1046.) 2. A Levite of the line of Merari, and forefather to Ethan. 1Ch 6:46 3. A man of Judah of the line of Pharez. 1Ch 9:4 4. "Children of Bani" returned from captivity with Zerubbabel. Ezr 2:10; 10:29,34; Ne 10:14 1 Esd. 5:12. [BINNUI; MANI] 5. An Israelite "of the sons of...

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Baalis in Naves Topical Bible

King of the Ammonites Jer 40:14...

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Bar-Jonah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

bar-jo'-na (Bar-ionas): Simon Peter's patronymic (Mt 16:17). Bar is Aramaic for "son" (compare Bar-timaeus, Bartholomew, etc.), and corresponds to Hebrew ben. Thus we are to understand that Peter's father's name was Jonah. But in Jn 1:42; 21:15-17, according to the best reading, his name is given as John (so the Revised Version (British and Am...

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