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Beds in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Heb. mittah), for rest at night (Ex. 8:3; 1 Sam. 19:13, 15, 16, etc.); during sickness (Gen. 47:31; 48:2; 49:33, etc.); as a sofa for rest (1 Sam. 28:23; Amos 3:12). Another Hebrew word (er'es) so rendered denotes a canopied bed, or a bed with curtains (Deut. 3:11; Ps. 132:3), for sickness (Ps. 6:6; 41:3). In the New Testament it denotes...

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Beggars in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

1. No Law Concerning Beggars or Begging in Israel: It is significant that the Mosaic law contains no enactment concerning beggars, or begging, though it makes ample provision for the relief and care of "the poor in the land." Biblical Hebrew seems to have no term for professional begging, the nearest approach to it being the expressions ...

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Betrothal in Naves Topical Bible

Of Jacob Ge 29:18-30 -Exempts from military duty De 20:7 -A quasi-marriage Mt 1:18; Lu 1:27 -FIGURATIVE See MARRIAGE...

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Blood in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

THE AVENGING OF BLOOD by the nearest kinsman of the deceased was a usage from the earliest historical times (Genesis 9:5-6; Genesis 34:30; 2 Samuel 14:7). Among the Bedouin Arabs the thar, or law of blood, comes into effect if the offer of money satisfaction be refused. So among the Anglo-Saxons the wer-gild, or money satisfaction for homicide, var...

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Anklets in Smiths Bible Dictionary

This word does not occur in the Authorized Version; but anklets are referred to in Isa 3:16,18,20 They were fastened to the ankle band of each leg; were as common as bracelets and armlets and made of much the same material. The pleasant jingling and tinkling which they made as they knocked against each other was no doubt one of the reasons why...

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Bracelets Scripture - Genesis 24:22

And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten [shekels] weight of gold;...

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Anklets Scripture - Isaiah 3:20

The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,...

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Bread Scripture - Ezekiel 4:9

Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, [according] to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof....

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Beds in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

The outer garment worn by day sufficed the poor for bedstead, bed beneath, and covering above, whence it was forbidden to keep it in pledge after sunset, lest the poor man should be without covering (Deuteronomy 24:13). The bolster was often of platted goat's hair (1 Samuel 19:13). A quilt to wrap one's self in is the bed meant in the miracle ...

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Beggars in Naves Topical Bible

Set among princes 1Sa 2:8 -Not the seed of the righteous Ps 37:25 -The children of the wicked Ps 109:10; Pr 20:4; Lu 16:3 -INSTANCES OF Bartimaeus Mr 10:46 Lazarus Lu 16:20-22 The blind man Joh 9:8 The lame man Ac 3:2-5...

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