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BAAL

  • A Phoenician sun god idol Israelites worshiped during the time of the judges.
    Judges 2:10-23; 1Samuel 7:3, 4

    • Wickedly worshipped by the kingdom of Israel
      2Kings 17:16; Jeremiah 23:13; Hosea 1; 2; 13:1

      • Under Ahab
        1Kings 16:31-33; 18:18; 19:18

      • Under Jehoram
        2Kings 3:2

      • By the Jews
        2Kings 21:3; 2Chronicles 22:2-4; 24:7; 28:2; 33:3

    • Jeremiah expostulates against the worship of
      Jeremiah 2:8, 23; 7:9

    • Altars of, destroyed by:

      • Gideon
        Judges 6:25-32

      • Jehoiada
        2Kings 11:18

      • Josiah
        2Kings 23:4, 5

BAAL

  • Prophets of, slain by Elijah
    1Kings 18:40

  • All worshipers of, destroyed by Jehu
    2Kings 10:18-25

  • A Benjamite
    1Chronicles 8:30; 9:36

  • A Reubenite
    1Chronicles 5:5

  • A city in the tribe of Simeon
    1Chronicles 4:33

    • Called BAALATHBEER
      Joshua 19:8


BAALAH

  • A city in the south of Judah
    Joshua 15:29

    • Apparently identical with BALAH
      Joshua 19:3

    • Apparently identical with BILHAH
      1Chronicles 4:29

  • A city in the north of Judah also called KIRJATH-JEARIM

  • A mountain in the territory of the tribe of Judah
    Joshua 15:11

    • Probably identical with MOUNT JEARIM
      Joshua 15:10


BAALATH

  • A city of the tribe of Dan
    Joshua 19:44; 1Kings 9:18; 2Chronicles 8:6


BAALATH-BEER


BAALBERITH

  • A god of the Shechemites
    Judges 9:4

  • Worshiped by Israelites
    Judges 8:33

  • Called BERITH
    Judges 9:46


BAALE


BAAL-GAD

  • A city of the Canaanites
    Joshua 11:17; 12:7; 13:5

  • Probably identical with BAAL-HERMON
    Judges 3:3; 1Chronicles 5:23


BAALGUR


BAALHAMON

  • A place in Mount Ephraim
    Song of Solomon 8:11

  • Called HAMMON
    Joshua 19:28


BAALHANAN

  • A king of Edom
    Genesis 36:38, 39; 1Chronicles 1:49, 50

  • One of David's overseers
    1Chronicles 27:28


BAA-HAZOR

  • The place where Amnon was killed
    2Samuel 13:23


BAALHERMON

  • A city near Mount Hermon
    1Chronicles 5:23

  • A mountain of Lebanon
    Judges 3:3


BAALI

  • An appellation of JEHOVAH
    Hosea 2:16


BAALIM

  • Plural form of BAAL
    Judges 2:11; 1Samuel 7:4; Hosea 2:13, 17; 11:2

  • See BAAL


BAALIS

  • King of the Ammonites
    Jeremiah 40:14


BAALMEON

  • A city of the Reubenites
    Numbers 32:38; 1Chronicles 5:8; Ezekiel 25:9

  • Called BETH-MEON
    Jeremiah 48:23

  • Called BETHBAAL-MEON
    Joshua 13:17

  • Called BEON
    Numbers 32:3


BAALPEOR

  • An idol of Moab
    Numbers 25:3, 5; Deuteronomy 4:3; Psalm 106:28; Hosea 9:10


BAALPERAZIM

  • A place in the valley of Rephaim
    2Samuel 5:20; 1Chronicles 14:11

  • Called PERAZIM
    Isaiah 28:21


BAALSHALISHA

  • A place near Gilgal
    1Samuel 9:4; 2Kings 4:42


BAALTAMAR

  • A place near Gibeah
    Judges 20:33


BAALZEBUB

  • A god of the Philistines
    2Kings 1:2, 3, 6, 16


BAALZEPHON

  • An Egyptian city on the Red Se
    a Exodus 14:2, 9; Numbers 33:7


BAANA

  • Son of Ahilud
    1Kings 4:12

  • Father of Zadok
    Nehemiah 3:4


BAANAH

  • A captain of Ish-bosheth's army
    2Samuel 4:2, 5, 6, 9

  • Father of Heleb
    2Samuel 23:29; 1Chronicles 11:30

  • A chief Jew of the exile
    Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7; 10:27

  • The name is spelled BAANA, Son of Hushai
    1Kings 4:16


BAARA

  • Wife of Shaharaim
    1Chronicles 8:8

  • Called HODESH
    1Chronicles 8:9


BAASEIAH

  • A Levite
    1Chronicles 6:40


BAASHA

  • King of Israel
    1Kings 15:16-22, 27-34; 16:1-7; 21:22; 2Kings 9:9; 2Chronicles 16:1-6; Jeremiah 41:9


BABBLER

  • A sarcastic epithet applied to Paul
    Acts 17:18


BABEL

  • A city in the plain of Shinar.

  • Tower built, and tongues confused at
    Genesis 11:1-9

  • See BABYLON


BABES

  • In the mouths of, is praise perfected
    Matthew 21:16

  • A symbol of the guileless
    Psalm 8:2; Matthew 11:25; Luke 10:21

  • A symbol of the children of the kingdom of heaven
    Matthew 18:2-6; Mark 10:15; Luke 18:17

  • Figurative of weak Christians
    Romans 2:20; 1Corinthians 3:1; Hebrews 5:13; 1Peter 2:2

  • See CHILDREN,  PARENTS


BABYLON

  • City of:

    • Built by Nimrod
      Genesis 10:10

    • In the land of Shinar
      Genesis 10:10; 11:2

    • Tower of
      Genesis 11:1-9

    • Capital of the kingdom of Babylon
      Daniel 4:30; 2Chronicles 36:6, 7, 10, 2Kings 25:13; 18, 20

    • Gates of
      Isaiah 45:1, 2; Jeremiah 51:58

    • Walled
      Jeremiah 51:44, 58

    • Splendor of
      Isaiah 14:4

    • Peter writes from
      1Peter 5:13

    • Prophecies concerning
      Psalm 87:4; 137:8, 9; Isaiah 13; 14:4-26; 21:1-10; 46:1, 2; 47; 48:14, 20; Jeremiah 21:4-10; 25:12-14; 27:1-11; 28:14; 32:28; 34:2, 3; 42:11, 12; 43; 46:13-26; 49:28-30; 50; 51; Ezekiel 21:19; 26; 29:17-20; 30:10; 32:11; Daniel 2:21-38; 4:10-26; 5:25-29; 7; Habakkuk 1:5-11; Zechariah 2:7-9

    • Figurative
      Revelation 14:8; 16:19; 17; 18

  • Empire of:

    • Founded by Nimrod
      Genesis 10:10

    • Called land of:

      • SHINAR
        Genesis 10:10; 11:2; 14:1, 9; Isaiah 11:11; Daniel 1:2; Zechariah 5:11

      • SHESHACH
        Jeremiah 25:26; 51:41

      • MERATHAIM
        Jeremiah 50:21

    • Called also CHALDEA

    • Divisions of
      2Kings 17:24; 24:7; Isaiah 23:12, 13; Daniel 3:1; Acts 7:4

    • Extent of, at the time of Nebuchadnezzar
      Daniel 2:37, 38; 4:1; 6:1

    • Extent of, at the time of Ahasuerus
      Esther 1:1; 8:9; 9:30

    • Armies of, invade:

      • Aancient Canaan
        Genesis 14

      • Samaria
        2Kings 17:5-24

      • Judah
        2Kings 24:1-16

    • Jews carried to
      2Kings 25; 1Chronicles 9:1; 2Chronicles 33:11; 36:17-21; Jeremiah 32:2; 39; 52

    • Colonists from, sent to Samaria
      Ezra 4:9, 10; with 2Kings 17:29-32

    • Conquest of Egypt by
      2Kings 24:7

    • Prophecies of conquests by
      2Kings 20:16-19; Jeremiah 20:4-7; 21; 22; 25:1-11; 27; 28; 29; 32:28, 29; 34; 36:29; 38:17, 18; 43:8-13; 46:13-26; Ezekiel 12; 17; 19; 21; 24; 26; 29:18-20; 30; 32

    • Prophetic denunciations against
      Psalm 137:8, 9; Isaiah 13; 14:21; 43:14-17; 47; Jeremiah 50; 51

    • Government of:

      • A limited monarchy
        Esther 1:13-19; Daniel 6:8, 8:8; 14, 17

      • Tyrannical
        Esther 3:7-15; Daniel 3

    • Sovereigns of,  BELSHAZZAR,  CYRUS,  DARIUS,  EVIL-MERODACH,  NEBUCHADNEZZAR,  CHALDEA


BACA

  • Valley of
    Psalm 84:6


BACKBITING


BACKSLIDERS

  • General references
    Leviticus 26:14-42; Deuteronomy 4:9; 8:11-14; 28:15-68; 29:18-28; 32:15-30; Joshua 24:20-27; 1Kings 9:6-9; 2Chronicles 15:2-4; Ezra 8:22; Job 34:26, 27; Psalm 44:20, 21; 73:27; 85:8; 125:5; Proverbs 2:17; 14:14; 24:16; 26:11; Jeremiah 17:13; Ezekiel 3:20; 18:24, 26; 33:12, 23:35; 13, 18; Hosea 11:7, 8; Jonah 2:4; Matthew 5:13; 12:45; 24:12; 26:31; Mark 4:7, 15-19; 8:38; 9:50; Luke 9:62; 11:21-26; 17:32; John 6:67; 15:6; 1Corinthians 10:1-13; 2Corinthians 12:20, 21; Galatians 1:6, 7; 3:1; 4:9, 11; 5:7; 1Timothy 1:19; 6:10, 5:15; 20, 21; 2Timothy 1:8; 2:12; 4:10; Hebrews 3:12, 13; 4:1, 11; 5:11, 12; 10:26-29, 6:4-8; 38, 39; 11:14, 15; 12:15; 2Peter 1:9; 2:20, 21; Revelation 2:4, 2John 1:9; 5, 21; 3:2, 3; 21:8

  • See APOSTASY,  BACKSLIDING OF ISRAEL,  CHURCH, BACKSLIDDEN,  REPROBACY

  • Instances of:

    • Saul
      1Samuel 15:11, 26-28

    • Solomon
      1Kings 11:4-40; Nehemiah 13:26

    • Amon
      2Kings 21:22, 23

    • Rehoboam
      2Chronicles 12:1, 2

    • Asa
      2Chronicles 16:7-9

    • Joash
      2Chronicles 24:24

    • Amaziah
      2Chronicles 25:27

    • Syrians
      Isaiah 17:10, 11

    • Jonah
      Jonah 1:3

    • The disciples
      Matthew 26:56; John 6:66

    • Peter
      Matthew 26:69-75

    • Corinthian Christians
      1Corinthians 5:1-8; 2Corinthians 12:20, 21

    • Galatians
      Galatians 1:6; 3:1; 4:9-11; 5:6, 7

    • Hymenaeus and Alexander
      1Timothy 1:19, 20

    • Phygellus and Hermogenes
      2Timothy 1:15

    • Demas
      2Timothy 4:10

    • Churches of Asia
      Revelation 2:4, 14, 1Timothy 5:15; 3:2, 15, 20; 3, 15-18

  • Promises to
    Leviticus 26:40-42; Deuteronomy 4:29, 30; 32:26, 30:1-10; 28, 29; 1Kings 8:33-53; 2Chronicles 30:9; Job 22:23-30; Psalm 17:5; 56:13; 81:13, 14; Isaiah 42:3; 57:18, 19; 4:1, Jeremiah 3:4-7, 12-22; 2, 14; 6:16; Hosea 14:4; Zechariah 10:6; Malachi 3:7; Matthew 23:37; Revelation 3:8, 15-21

    See PENITENCE,  PENITENT,  SEEKERS

  • Return of
    Psalm 80:3-7, 14-19; Isaiah 17:7; 29:24; 31:6, 7; Jeremiah 50:4-6; Hosea 3:5; 6:1-3

    • Instances of:

      • Jews
        Ezra 6:16-21; 10

      • Jonah
        Jonah 2; 3

      • Peter
        Matthew 26:75; Mark 14:72; Luke 22:62

      • Thomas
        John 20:27-29

  • Backsliding of Israel

    • General references
      Exodus 17:7; Numbers 14:43; Deuteronomy 4:25-31; 32:5, 6, 31:16-30; 15, 18; Judges 2:12; 10:12-14; 2Chronicles 24:20; 2Kings 18:1, 12; 2Chronicles 13:11; 27:2; Ezra 9:10, 29:6, 8; 13, 14; Psalm 78:10, 11, Nehemiah 9:26; 40-43, 56-64; Isaiah 1:4-7, 106:13, 14; 21, 22; 2:6; 5:12-30; 9:13-21; 17:10, 11; 24:5, 6; 30:9, 15; 31:6; 43:22, 24; 50:1; 51:17-20; 63:17; Jeremiah 2:5, 11-13, 17, 19, 21, 27, 65:2, 3; 31, 32; 3:1-25; 5:1-31; 6:30; 7:12-34; 8:1-22; 10:17-22; 11:9-17; 12:7; 13:24, 25; 14:7, 10; 15:1-14; 18:13-15; 19; 32:30, 31; 50:6; Ezekiel 2:3-8; 5:1-17; 11:1-21; 15; 16:43; 22:18; 23; Hosea 1:1-9; 2; 3; 4:6, 10, 16; 5:1-15; 6:4-11; 8:14; 9:1-17; 11:2, 7; 13:16; 14:1; Amos 2:4; Zephaniah 1:6; Malachi 1:6; 3:7; Hebrews 3:16-18

    • Parable of the vine
      Ezekiel 15

    • Parables of an unfaithful wife
      Ezekiel 16, 23; Hosea 2-3

    • Instances of Israel's backsliding:

      • At Meribah
        Exodus 17:1-7

      • When Aaron made the golden calf
        Exodus 32

      • After Joshua's death
        Judges 2

      • During Asa's reign
        2Chronicles 15

      • Hezekiah's reign
        2Chronicles 30:2-12


BAD COMPANY


BADGER

  • Skins of, used for:

    • Covering of the tabernacle
      Exodus 25:5; 26:14; 35:7, 23; 36:19; 39:34; Numbers 4:6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 25
    • Shoes
      Ezekiel 16:10


BAG

  • Sack or pouch for holding anything.
    Deuteronomy 25:13; 2Kings 5:23; Matthew 10:9-10


BAGPIPE

  • Daniel 3:5

BAHURIM

  • A village between the fords of the Jordan River and Jerusalem
    2Samuel 3:16; 16:5; 17:18; 19:16; 1Kings 2:8


BAIL


BAJITH

  • A place of idolatrous worship in Moab
    Isaiah 15:2


BAKBAKKAR

  • A Levite
    1Chronicles 9:15


BAKBUK

  • An ancestor of the Nethinim
    Ezra 2:51; Nehemiah 7:53


BAKBUKIAH

  • A Levite
    Nehemiah 11:17; 12:9, 25


BAKER

  • General references
    1Samuel 8:13; Jeremiah 37:21; Hosea 7:4, 6

  • Pharaoh's chief baker
    Genesis 40

  • See BREAD


BALAAM

  • Son of Beor.

  • From Mesopotamia
    Deuteronomy 23:4

  • A soothsayer
    Joshua 13:22

  • A prophet
    Numbers 24:2-9; 2Peter 2:15, 16

  • Balak sends for, to curse Israel
    Numbers 22:5-7; Joshua 24:9; Nehemiah 13:2; Micah 6:5

  • Anger of, rebuked by his ass
    Numbers 22:22-35; 2Peter 2:16

  • Counsel of, an occasion of Israel's corruption with the Midianites
    Numbers 31:16; Revelation 2:14, 15

  • Covetousness of
    2Peter 2:15; Jude 1:11

  • Death of
    Numbers 31:8; Joshua 13:22


BALAC


BALAH

  • A city of the territory of the tribe of Simeon
    Joshua 19:3

  • Called BILHAH
    1Chronicles 4:29


BALAK

  • King of Moab
    Numbers 22:4; Joshua 24:9; Judges 11:25; Micah 6:5

  • Tries to bribe Balaam to curse Israel
    Numbers 22:5-7, 15-17

  • See BALAAM


BALANCES

  • Used for weighing
    Job 31:6; Isaiah 40:12, 15; Ezekiel 5:1

  • Money weighed with
    Isaiah 46:6; Jeremiah 32:10

  • Must be just
    Leviticus 19:36; Proverbs 16:11

  • False balance used
    Hosea 12:7; Amos 8:5; Micah 6:11

  • False Balance, an abomination
    Proverbs 11:1; 20:23

  • Figurative
    Job 6:2; Job 31:6; Psalm 62:9; Isaiah 40:12; Daniel 5:27; Revelation 6:5

BALDNESS

  • General references
    Leviticus 13:40, 41

  • A judgment
    Isaiah 3:24; Jeremiah 47:5; 48:37; Ezekiel 7:18

  • Artificial, a sign of mourning
    Isaiah 22:12; Jeremiah 16:6; Ezekiel 27:31; 29:18; Amos 8:10; Micah 1:16

  • Artificial, as an idolatrous practice, forbidden
    Leviticus 21:5; Deuteronomy 14:1

  • Instances of, Elisha
    2Kings 2:23


BALL

  • Playing at
    Isaiah 22:18


BALM

  • A medicinal balsam
    Genesis 37:25; 43:11; Jeremiah 8:22; 46:11; 51:8; Ezekiel 27:17


BAMAH

  • A high place
    Ezekiel 20:29


BAMOTH

  • A camping place of the Israelites
    Numbers 21:19, 20

  • Called BAMOTH-BAAL, a city of Reuben
    Joshua 13:17


BANI

  • A Gadite
    2Samuel 23:36

  • A Levite
    1Chronicles 6:46

  • A descendant of Pharez
    1Chronicles 9:4

  • Father of returned exiles
    Ezra 2:10; 10:29

  • A Levite of the returned exiles
    Nehemiah 3:17; 8:7; 9:4, 5; 10:13; 11:22


BANISHMENT

  • General references
    Ezra 7:26

  • Of Adam and Eve, from Eden
    Genesis 3:22-24

  • Of Cain, to be "a fugitive and vagabond,"
    Genesis 4:14

  • Of Jews, from Rome
    Acts 18:2

  • Of John, to Patmos
    Revelation 1:9

  • See EXILE


BANNER

  • Figurative
    Psalm 20:5, 60:4; Song of Solomon 2:4, 6:4; Isaiah 13:2

  • See  ENSIGN,  STANDARD

BANQUET


BAPTISM

  • John's
    Matthew 3:5-8, 11, 13-16; Mark 1:4, 21:25; 5, 8-10; 11:30; Luke 3:7, 8, 12, 21; 7:29, 30; John 1:25, 26, 28, 20:4; 31, 33; 3:23; 10:40; Acts 1:5, 22; 10:37; 11:16; 19:3, 4
  • Christian
    Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:16-17; John 3:5; Acts 2:38-41, 8:14-17, 10:44-48; 19:1-6, 22:16; Romans 6:3-4; 1Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 3:27; Colossians 2:12; 1Peter 3:21 - Additional Scriptures - John 3:22, 4:1, 2; Acts 1:5, 22; 8:12, 36-38; 9:18; 16:14, 15, 33; 18:8, 25; 1Corinthians 1:13-17; 10:1, 2; 1Corinthians 15:29; Ephesians 4:5; 5:26; Hebrews 6:2

  • Of the Holy Spirit
    Isaiah 44:3; Joel 2:28, 29; Zechariah 12:10; Matthew 3:11, 16; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16, 22; 24:49; John 1:32, 33; 3:5; 2:1-4, Acts 1:5; 38, 41; 10:38, 44, 8:15-17; 45, 47; 11:15, 16; 19:2, 6; 1Corinthians 12:13; Titus 3:5, 6; 1Peter 3:20, 21

  • See HOLY SPIRIT


BARABBAS

  • A prisoner released by Pilate
    Matthew 27:16-26; Mark 15:7-15; Luke 23:18-25; John 18:40; Acts 3:14


BARACHEL

  • Father of Elihu
    Job 32:2, 6


BARACHIAH

  • Also called BERECHIAH, father of Zechariah
    Zechariah 1:1, 7

  • Called BARACHIAS
    Matthew 23:35


BARAK

  • A judge in Israel
    Judges 4; 5; Hebrews 11:32


BARBARIAN

  • A foreigner
    Acts 28:2-4; Romans 1:14; 1Corinthians 14:11; Colossians 3:11

  • See STRANGER


BARBER

  • General references
    Ezekiel 5:1


BARIAH

  • Son of Shechaniah
    1Chronicles 3:22


BAR-JESUS

  • A false prophet
    Acts 13:6


BAR-JONA

  • Surname of Peter
    Matthew 16:17


BARKOS

  • A Jew whose descendants returned from exile
    Ezra 2:53; Nehemiah 7:55


BARLEY

  • A product of Egypt
    Exodus 9:31

  • A product of Palestine
    Deuteronomy 8:8; 1Chronicles 11:13; Jeremiah 41:8

  • Fed to horses
    1Kings 4:28

  • Used in offerings
    Numbers 5:15; Ezekiel 45:15

  • Traffic in
    2Chronicles 2:10; Hosea 3:2

  • Tribute in
    2Chronicles 27:5

  • Priests estimated value of
    Leviticus 27:16; 2Kings 7:1; Revelation 6:6

  • Absalom burns Joab's field of
    2Samuel 14:30

  • Loaves of
    John 6:9, 13


BARN

  • General references
    2Kings 6:27; Job 39:12; Proverbs 3:10; Joel 1:17; Haggai 2:19; Matthew 6:26; 13:30; Luke 12:18, 24

  • See GARNER


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