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BENJAMIN

  • Son of Jacob by Rachel
    Genesis 35:18, 24; 46:19

    • Taken into Egypt
      Genesis 42; 43; 44; 45

    • Prophecy concerning
      Genesis 49:27

    • Descendants of
      Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:38-41

  • Tribe of

    • Census of

      • At Sinai
        Numbers 1:37

      • On the plain of Moab
        Numbers 26:41

    • Clans of
      Numbers 26:38-40; 1Chronicles 7:6-12; 8

    • Position of, in camp and march
      Numbers 2:18, 22

BENJAMIN

  • Tribe of

    • Moses' benediction upon
      Deuteronomy 32:12

    • Allotment in the land of Canaan
      Joshua 18:11-28

    • Reallotment
      Ezekiel 48:23

    • Did not exterminate the Jebusites
      Judges 1:21

    • Join Deborah in the war against Sisera
      Judges 5:14

    • Territory of, invaded by the Ammonites
      Judges 10:9

    • Did not avenge crime of the Gibeonites against Levite's concubine, the war that followed
      Judges 19; 20

    • Saul, the first king of Israel, from
      1Samuel 9:1, 17; 10:20, 21

    • Its rank during the time of Samuel
      1Samuel 9:21

    • Jerusalem within the territory of
      Jeremiah 6:1

    • A company of, joins David at Ziklag
      1Chronicles 12:1, 2, 16

    • Not enrolled by Joab when he took a census of the military forces of Israel
      1Chronicles 21:6

    • Loyal to Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul
      2Samuel 2:9, 15, 31; 1Chronicles 12:29

    • Subsequently joins David
      2Samuel 3:19; 19:16, 17

    • Loyal to Rehoboam
      1Kings 12:21; 2Chronicles 11:1

    • Military forces of during the reign of Asa
      2Chronicles 14:8

    • Military forces of during the reign of Jehoshaphat
      2Chronicles 17:17

    • Skill in archery and as slingers of stones
      Judges 3:15; 20:16; 1Chronicles 8:40; 12:2

    • Return to Palestine from the exile in Babylon
      Ezra 1:5

    • Saints of, seen in John's vision
      Revelation 7:8

    • Paul, of the tribe of
      Romans 11:1; Philippians 3:5

    • See ISRAEL

  • Grandson of Benjamin
    1Chronicles 7:10

  • A son of Harim, probably identical with the man mentioned in Nehemiah 3:23
    Ezra 10:32, Nehemiah 3:23

  • A Jew who assisted in purifying the wall of Jerusalem
    Nehemiah 12:34

  • A gate of Jerusalem
    Jeremiah 20:2; 37:13; 38:7; Zechariah 14:10


BENO

  • A descendant of Merari
    1Chronicles 24:26, 27


BEN-ONI

  • Name given to Benjamin by Rachel as she was dying during the birth process
    Genesis 35:18


BEN-ZOHETH

  • Son of Ishi
    1Chronicles 4:20


BEON

  • A place east of the Jordan River, probably same as BAALMEON.

  • General references
    Numbers 32:3, 38


BEOR

  • Father of Bela
    Genesis 36:32; 1Chronicles 1:43

  • Father of Balaam
    Numbers 22:5


BEQUESTS


BERA

  • King of Sodom
    Genesis 14:2


BERACHAH

  • An Israelite who joined David at Ziklag
    1Chronicles 12:3

  • A valley in the south of the territory of the tribe of Judah, where the Israelites blessed the Lord for a victory
    2Chronicles 20:26


BERACHIAH


BERAIAH

  • Son of Shimhi
    1Chronicles 8:21


BEREA

  • A city in the south of Macedonia
    Acts 17:10, 13; 20:4


BEREAVEMENT

  • From God
    Exodus 12:29; Hosea 9:12

  • Mourning in, forbidden to Aaron, on account of his sons' wickedness
    Leviticus 10:6

  • And to Ezekiel, for his wife
    Ezekiel 24:16-18

  • Instances of:

    • Abraham, of Sarah
      Genesis 23:2

    • Jacob, of Joseph
      Genesis 37:34, 35

    • Joseph, of his father
      Genesis 50:1, 4

    • The Egyptians, of their firstborn
      Exodus 12:29-33

    • Naomi, of her husband
      Ruth 1:3, 5, 20, 21

    • David, of his child by Bathsheba
      2Samuel 12:15-23

    • Of Absalom
      2Samuel 18:33; 19:4

  • Resignation in
    2Samuel 12:22, 23; Job 1:18-21; Ecclesiastes 7:2-4; 1Thessalonians 4:13-18

  • See AFFLICTION, CONSOLATION IN,  RESIGNATION IN,  also RESIGNATION


BERECHIAH

  • Fatber of Asaph
    1Chronicles 15:17, 23

    • Called BERACHIAH
      1Chronicles 6:39

  • A warrior of Ephraim
    2Chronicles 28:12

  • A brother of Zerubbabel
    1Chronicles 3:20

  • Son of Asa
    1Chronicles 9:16

  • Son of Iddo
    Zechariah 1:1, 7

  • Son of Meshezabeel
    Nehemiah 3:4, 30; 6:18


BERED

  • A town in the south of Palestine
    Genesis 16:14

  • A son of Shuthelah
    1Chronicles 7:20

    • Probably same as BECHER
      Numbers 26:35

BERI

  • Son of Zophah
    1Chronicles 7:36


BERIAH

  • Son of Asher
    Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:44, 45; 1Chronicles 7:30

  • Son of Ephraim
    1Chronicles 7:20-23

  • A Benjamite
    1Chronicles 8:13

  • Son of Shimei
    1Chronicles 23:10, 11


BERITH


BERNICE

  • Daughter of Agrippa
    Acts 2:5, 13, 23; 26:30


BERODACH-BALADAN


BEROTHAH

  • Part of the northern boundary of Canaan
    Ezekiel 47:16


BEROTHAI

  • A city of Zobah
    2Samuel 8:8


BERYL

  • A precious stone
    Song of Solomon 5:14; Ezekiel 1:16; 10:9

  • Set in the breastplate
    Exodus 28:20; 39:13

  • John saw, in the foundation of the new Jerusalem
    Revelation 21:20


BESAI

  • One of the Nethinim
    Ezra 2:49; Nehemiah 7:52


BESODEIAH

  • Father of Meshullam
    Nehemiah 3:6


BESOR

  • A brook near Gaza
    1Samuel 30:9, 10, 21


BESTIALITY

  • General references
    Exodus 22:19; Leviticus 18:23; 20:16

  • See SODOMY


BETAH

  • A city belonging to Hadadezer
    2Samuel 8:8


BETEN

  • A city of the territory of the tribe of Asher
    Joshua 19:25


BETHABARA

  • A city east of the Jordan
    Judges 7:24

  • John testifies to Christ's messiahship, and baptizes at
    John 1:28

  • Jesus baptizes at
    John 10:39-42


BETHANATH

  • A fortified city of Naphtali
    Joshua 19:38; Judges 1:33


BETHANOTH

  • A city in Judah
    Joshua 15:59


BETHANY

  • A village on the eastem slope of the Mount of Olives
    John 11:18

  • Mary, Martha, and Lazarus dwell at
    Luke 10:38-41

  • Lazarus dies and is raised to life at
    John 11

  • Jesus attends a feast in
    Matthew 26:6-13; John 12:1-9

  • The colt of a donkey upon which Jesus made his triumphal entry into Jerusalem, obtained at
    Mark 11:1-11

  • Jesus sojourns at
    Mark 11:11, Matthew 21:17; 12, 19


BETHARABAH

  • A city in the valley of the Dead Sea
    Joshua 15:6, 61; 18:22

  • Called ARABAH
    Joshua 18:18


BETHARAM

  • A fortified city of Gad
    Joshua 13:27

  • Probably identical with BETHHARAN
    Numbers 32:36


BETHARBEL

  • A city spoiled by Shalman
    Hosea 10:14


BETHAVEN

  • A place on the mountains of Benjamin
    Joshua 7:2; 18:12; 1Samuel 13:5; 14:23; Hosea 4:15; 5:8; 10:5


BETHAZMAVETH

  • A town of Benjamin
    Nehemiah 7:28

  • Called AZMAVETH
    Nehemiah 12:29; Ezra 2:24


BETHBAALMEON

  • A place in the territory of the tribe of Reuben
    Joshua 13:17

  • Called BAALMEON
    Numbers 32:38; Ezekiel 25:9

  • Called BEON
    Numbers 32:3

  • Called BETHMEON
    Jeremiah 48:23

  • Subdued by the Israelites
    Numbers 32:3, 4

  • Assigned to the Reubenites
    Joshua 13:17


BETHBARAH

  • A place east of the Jordan River
    Judges 7:24


BETHBIREI

  • A town of the territory of the tribe of Simeon
    1Chronicles 4:31

  • See BETH-LEBAOTH


BETHCAR

  • A place west of Mizpeh
    1Samuel 7:11


BETHDAGON

  • A city of the territory of the tribe of Judah
    Joshua 15:41

  • A city of the territory of the tribe of Asher
    Joshua 19:27


BETHDIBLATHAIM

  • A city of Moab
    Jeremiah 48:22

  • Called ALMON-DIBLATHAIM
    Numbers 33:46


BETHEL

  • A city north of Jerusalem

    • The ancient city adjacent to, and finally embraced in, was called Luz
      Joshua 18:13; Judges 1:23-26

    • Abraham estblishes an altar at
      Genesis 12:8; 13:3, 4

    • The place where Jacob saw the vision of the ladder
      Genesis 28:10-22; 31:13; Hosea 12:4

    • And builds an altar at
      Genesis 35:1-15

    • Deborah dies at
      Genesis 35:8

    • Conquered by Joshua
      Joshua 8:17 with Joshua 12:16

    • Conquered by the household of Joseph
      Judges 1:22-26

    • Allotted to Benjamin
      Joshua 18:13, 22

    • Court of justice held at, by Deborah
      Judges 4:5

    • Court of justice held at, by Samuel
      1Samuel 7:16

    • Tabernacle at, and called HOUSE OF GOD
      Judges 20:18, 31; 21:2

    • Jeroboam institutes idolatrous worship at
      1Kings 12:25-33; 2Kings 10:29

    • Idolatry at
      Jeremiah 48:13; Amos 4:4

    • Shalmanezer sends a priest to
      2Kings 17:27, 28

    • Prophecies against the idolatrous altars at
      1Kings 13:1-6, 32; 2Kings 23:4, 15-20; Amos 3:14

    • The school of prophets at
      2Kings 2:3

    • The young men of, mock Elisha
      2Kings 2:23, 24

    • People of, return from Babylon
      Ezr 2:28; Nehemiah 7:32

    • Prophecies against
      Amos 5:5

  • A city in the south of territory of the tribe of Judah
    1Samuel 30:27

  • A mountain
    1Samuel 13:2


BETH-EL-APHRAH

  • A place in Philistia
    Micah 1:10


BETHEMEK

  • A city of the territory of the tribe of Asher
    Joshua 19:27


BETHER

  • Mountains of
    Song of Solomon 2:17


BETHESDA

  • The pool of
    John 5:24


BETHEZEL

  • A town of territory of the tribe of Judah
    Micah 1:11


BETHGADER

  • A place in territory of the tribe of Judah
    1Chronicles 2:51

  • Probably identical with GEDER
    Joshua 12:13

  • And with GEDOR in
    Joshua 15:58


BETHGAMUL

  • A city of Moab
    Jeremiah 48:23


BETHHACCEREM

  • A mountain in the territory of the tribe of Judah
    Nehemiah 3:14; Jeremiah 6:1


BETH-HAGGAN

  • A garden house
    2Kings 9:27

  • Probably identical with EN-GANNIM
    Joshua 19:21


BETH-HANAN


BETHHARAN

  • A fortified city east of the Jordan River
    Numbers 32:36

  • Probably identical with BETHARAM
    Joshua 13:27


BETHHOGLA

  • A place on the border of the territory of the tribe of Judah
    Joshua 15:6; 18:19, 21


BETHHORON

  • Two ancient cities of Canaan, near which Joshua defeated the Amorites
    Joshua 10:10, 11; 16:3, 5; 18:13; 1Samuel 13:18; 1Chronicles 7:24

  • Solomon builds
    1Kings 9:17; 2Chronicles 8:5

  • Taken from the tribe of Judah by the ten tribes
    2Chronicles 25:13


BETHJESHIMOTH

  • A place in Moab
    Joshua 12:3; 13:20; Ezekiel 25:9

  • Called BETH-JESIMOTH
    Numbers 33:49


BETH-JOAB


BETHLEBAOTH

  • A town of Simeon
    Joshua 19:6

  • Called LEBAOTH
    Joshua 15:32

  • And BETHBIREI
    1Chronicles 4:31


BETHLEHEM

  • A city southwest of Jerusalem

    • General references
      Judges 17:7; 19:18

    • Called EPHRATAH and EPHRATH
      Genesis 48:7; Psalm 132:6; Micah 5:2

    • And BETHLEHEMJUDAH
      Judges 17:7-9; 19:1, 18; Ruth 1:1; 1Samuel 17:12

    • Rachel dies and is buried at
      Genesis 35:16, 19; 48:7

    • The city of Boaz
      Ruth 1:1, 19; 2:4; 4

    • Taken and held by the Philistines
      2Samuel 23:14-16

    • Jeroboam converts it into a military stronghold
      2Chronicles 11:6

    • The city of Joseph
      Matthew 2:5, 6; Luke 2:4

    • Birthplace of Jesus
      Micah 5:2; Matthew 2; Luke 2:4, 15

    • Herod murders the infants of
      Matthew 2:16-18

  • A town of Zebulun.

    • Six miles west of Nazareth
      Joshua 19:15

    • Israel judged at
      Judges 12:10

BETHMAACHAH

  • A city of the territory of the tribe of Manasseh
    2Samuel 20:14, 15, 18; 2Kings 15:29


BETHMARCABOTH

  • A town of the territory of the tribe of Simeon
    Joshua 19:5; 1Chronicles 4:31

  • Probably identied with MADMANNAH
    Joshua 15:31


BETHMEON


BETH-NIMRAH

  • A fenced city east of the Jordan River
    Joshua 13:27

  • Called NIMRAH
    Numbers 32:3


BETHPALET

  • A city in Judah
    Joshua 15:27

  • Called BETHPHELET
    Nehemiah 11:26


BETHPAZZEZ

  • A town of the territory of the tribe of Issachar
    Joshua 19:21


BETHPEOR

  • A place in the territory of the tribe of Reuben
    Deuteronomy 3:29; 4:46; 34:6

  • Near the burial place of Moses
    Joshua 13:20


BETHPHAGE

  • A village on the Mount of Olives
    Matthew 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29


BETHPHELET


BETHRAPHA

  • Son of Eshton
    1Chronicles 4:12


BETH-REHOB

  • A place in Dan
    Judges 18:28; 2Samuel 10:6

  • Called REHOB
    2Samuel 10:8


BETHSAIDA

  • A city of Galilee

    • The city of Philip, Andrew, and Peter
      John 1:44; 12:21

    • Jesus visits
      Mark 6:45

    • Jesus cures a blind man in
      Mark 8:22

    • Jesus prophesies against
      Matthew 11:21; Luke 10:13

  • Desert of, east of the sea of Galilee, Jesus feeds more than five thousand people in
    Luke 9:10; Matthew 14:13; Mark 6:32


BETH-SHAN


BETHSHEAN

  • A city of the tribe of Manasseh
    1Chronicles 7:29; Joshua 17:11

    • Not subdued
      Judges 1:27

    • Bodies of Saul and his sons exposed in
      1Samuel 31:10, 12

    • Called BETHSHAW
      1Samuel 31:10, 12; 2Samuel 21:12

    • District of, under tribute to Solomon's commissariat
      1Kings 4:12


BETHSHEMESH

  • A priestly city of the tribe of Dan
    Joshua 21:16; 1Samuel 6:15; 1Chronicles 6:59

    • On the northern border of territory of the tribe of Judah
      Joshua 15:10; 1Samuel 6:9, 12

    • In later times transferred to the tribe of Judah
      2Kings 14:11

    • Mentioned in Solomon's commission districts
      1Kings 4:9

    • Amaziah taken prisoner at
      2Kings 14:11-13; 2Chronicles 25:21-23

    • Retaken by the Philistines
      2Chronicles 28:18

    • Called BETH-SHMESH
      Joshua 19:41

  • A city near Jerusalem
    Joshua 19:22

  • A fortified city of the territory of the tribe of Naphtali
    Joshua 19:38; Judges 1:33

  • An idolatrous temple
    Jeremiah 43:13


BETHSHITTAH

  • A place near the Jordan River
    Judges 7:22


BETHTAPPUAH

  • A town of the territory of the tribe of Judah
    Joshua 15:53


BETHUEL

  • Son of Nahor, father of Rebekah
    Genesis 22:22, 23; 24:15, 24; 25:20; 28:2, 5


BETHUL

  • A city of the territory of the tribe of Simeon
    Joshua 19:4

  • Called CHESIL
    Joshua 15:30

  • And BETHUEL
    1Chronicles 4:30


BETH-ZUR

  • A town in Judah
    Joshua 15:58; 1Chronicles 2:45; 2Chronicles 11:7; Nehemiah 3:16


BETONIM

  • A town of territory of the tribe of Gad
    Joshua 13:26


BETRAYAL

  • Of Jesus
    Matthew 26:14-16, 45-50; Luke 22:3-6, Mark 14:10, 11; 47, 48; John 13:21

  • Of others, foretold
    Matthew 20:18; 24:10

  • Of David, by Doeg
    1Samuel 22:9, 10 with 1Samuel 21:1-10

  • Of cities
    Judges 1:24, 25

  • See CONFIDENCE BETRAYED


BETROTHAL

  • Of Jacob
    Genesis 29:18-30

  • Exempts from military duty
    Deuteronomy 20:7

  • A quasi-marriage
    Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:27

  • Figurative
    Isaiah 62:4; Hosea 2:19-20; 2Corinthians 11:2

  • See MARRIAGE


BETTING

  • By Samson
    Judges 14:12-19


BEULAH

  • General references
    Isaiah 62:4


BEZAI

  • Head of a Jewish family, which retumed from Babylon
    Ezra 2:17; Nehemiah 7:23

  • A family that sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
    Nehemiah 10:18


BEZALEL

  • A divinely-inspired mechanic and master workman who built the tabernacle
    Exodus 31:2; 35:30-35; 36:1; 37:1; 38:1-7, 22

  • Son of Pahath-moab
    Ezra 10:30


BEZEK

  • Residence of Adoni-bezek
    Judges 1:5

  • A rendezvous of Israel under Saul
    1Samuel 11:8


BEZER

  • A city of refuge, east of the Jordan
    Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8; 21:36; 1Chronicles 6:78

  • Son of Zophah
    1Chronicles 7:37


BIBLE


BICHRI

  • A Benjamite
    2Samuel 20


BIDKAR

  • Jehu's captain
    2Kings 9:25


BIER

  • A coffin
    2Samuel 3:31; Luke 7:14


BIGAMY


BIGOTRY

  • General references
    Isaiah 65:5; Mark 2:16; Luke 9:49, 50; 15:2; 18:9-14; Acts 10:28, 45; 18:12, 13

  • Paul's argument against
    Romans 3:1-23; 4:1-16, 23-25

  • Instances of:

    • Joshua, through envy, seeking to suppress Eldad and Medad, who were prophesying
      Numbers 11:27-29

    • Of Jews:

      • With regard to the Samaritans
        John 4:9, 27

      • Jews in rejecting the teachings of Jesus at Nazareth
        Luke 4:28

      • In falsely accusing Jesus:

        • Of blasphemy
          John 5:18

        • Of being a gluttonous man and a winebibber a wino
          Matthew 11:18, 19

        • Of keeping company with sinners
          Luke 7:39; 15:2; 19:5-7

        • Of not conforming to the traditions
          Luke 11:38, 39

      • In their treatment of the young man who was born blind, whom Jesus restored to sight
        John 9:28, 29, 34

      • With regard to Paul's preaching
        Acts 21:28, 29; 22:22

    • Of the Samaritans in refusing to receive Jesus
      Luke 9:52, 53

    • Of the disciples in forbidding children to be brought to Jesus
      Matthew 19:13; Mark 10:13; Luke 18:15

    • Of the early Christians:

      • In opposing the preaching of the gospel to the Gentiles
        Acts 10:45; 11:2, 3; 21:20-25

      • In regard to circumcision
        Acts 15:1-10, 24; Galatians 2:3-5

    • In zeal
      Romans 10:2, 3

    • In persecutions
      1Thessalonians 2:15, 16

    • Of John in forbidding the casting out of demons by one who did not follow Jesus
      Mark 9:38-40; Luke 9:49, 50

    • James and John in desiring to call down fire upon the Samaritans who would not receive Jesus
      Luke 9:51-56

    • Of Saul, in persecuting the Christians
      Acts 22:3, 4 with Acts 9:1-5; 26:9; Galatians 1:13, 14; Philippians 3:6

    • See INTOLERANCE, RELIGIOUS,  PERSECUTION,  UNCHARITABLENESS


BIGTHAN

  • A conspiring Persian courtier
    Esther 2:21-23; 6:2


BIGVAI

  • Head of Jewish family
    Ezra 2:2; 8:14; Nehemiah 7:7, 19; 10:16


BILDAD

  • One of Job's friends
    Job 2:11; 8:1; 18:1; 25:1


BILEAM

  • A town of the territory of the tribe of Manasseh
    1Chronicles 6:70

  • Called IBLEAM
    Joshua 17:11

  • GATHRIMMON
    Joshua 21:25


BILGAH

  • One of the chiefs of the priestly shifts in the temple
    1Chronicles 24:14

  • A priest, Perhaps identical with BILGAI
    Nehemiah 10:8 Nehemiah 12:5, 18


BILGAI

  • A priest
    Nehemiah 10:8


BILHAH

  • Rachael's servant

    • Bears children by Jacob
      Genesis 29:29; 30:3, 4; 37:2

    • Mother of Dan and Naphtali
      Genesis 30:1-8; 35:25; 46:23-25

    • Reuben's incest with
      Genesis 35:22; 49:4

  • A place in the land of Simeon
    1Chronicles 4:29

    • Called BALAH
      Joshua 19:3

    • And BAALAH
      Joshua 15:29


BILHAN

  • A Horite chief
    Genesis 36:27; 1Chronicles 1:42

  • A Benjamite
    1Chronicles 7:10


BILL OF DIVORCE


BILSHAN

  • A Jew of the captivity
    Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7


BIMHAL

  • Son of Japhlet
    1Chronicles 7:33


BINEA

  • A descendant of King Saul
    1Chronicles 8:37; 9:43


BINNUI

  • A Jew of the captivity
    Nehemiah 7:15

    • Called BANI
      Ezra 2:10

  • A Levite of the captivity
    Nehemiah 12:8; 3:24; 10:9

  • Father of Noadiah
    Ezra 8:33

  • Son of Pahathmoab
    Ezra 10:30

  • Son of Bani
    Ezra 10:38


BIRDS

  • Creation of, on the fifth creative day
    Genesis 1:20-30

  • Man's dominion over
    Genesis 1:26, 28; 9:2, 3; Psalm 8:5-8; Jeremiah 27:6; Daniel 2:38; James 3:7

  • Appointed for food
    Genesis 9:2, 3; Deuteronomy 14:11-20

  • What species were unclean
    Leviticus 11:13-20; Deuteronomy 14:12-19

  • Divine care of
    Job 38:41; Psalm 147:9; Matthew 10:29; Luke 12:6, 24

  • Songs of, at the break of day
    Psalm 104:12; Ecclesiastes 12:4; Song of Solomon 2:12

  • Domesticated
    Job 41:5; James 3:7

  • Solomon's proverbs of
    1Kings 4:33

  • Nests of
    Psalm 104:17; Matthew 8:20; 13:32

  • Instincts of
    Proverbs 1:17

  • Habits of
    Job 39:13-18, 26-30

  • Migrate
    Jeremiah 8:7

  • Moses' law protected the mother from being taken with the young
    Deuteronomy 22:6, 7

  • Cages of
    Jeremiah 5; 27; Revelation 18:2


BIRSHA

  • A king of Gomorrah
    Genesis 14:2-10


BIRTH

  • Pangs in giving
    Psalm 48:6; Isaiah 13:8; 21:3; Jeremiah 4:31; 6:24; 30:6; 31:8

  • Giving, ordained to be in sorrow
    Genesis 3:16

  • See ABORTION,  CHILDREN


BIRTHDAY

  • Celebrated by feasts
    Genesis 40:20; Matthew 14:6

  • Cursed
    Job 3; Jeremiah 20:14, 18


BIRTHRIGHT

  • Belonged to the first born
    Deuteronomy 21:15, 16

  • Entitled the firstborn to a double portion of inheritance
    Deuteronomy 21:15-17

  • Royal succession
    2Chronicles 21:3

  • An honorable title
    Exodus 4:22; Psalm 89:27; Jeremiah 31:9; Romans 8:29; Colossians 1:15; Hebrews 1:6; 12:23; Revelation 1:5

  • Sold by Esau
    Genesis 25:29-34; 27:36 with Genesis 25:33; Hebrews 12:16; Romans 9:12, 13

  • Forfeited by Reuben
    1Chronicles 5:1, 2

  • Set aside, that of:

    • Manasseh
      Genesis 48:15-20

    • Adonijah
      1Kings 2:15

    • Hosah's son
      1Chronicles 26:10

    • See FIRSTBORN


BIRZAVITH

  • A descendant of the tribe of Asher
    1Chronicles 7:31


BISHLAM

  • A Samaritan who obstructed the rebuilding of the temple at Jerusalem
    Ezra 4:7-24


BISHOP

  • An overseer, a supervisor
    Philippians 1:1; Acts 20:28; 1Timothy 3:2-7; Titus 1:5-11

  • A title of Jesus
    1Peter 2:25

  • See ELDER


BIT

  • Part of a bridle
    Psalm 32:9; James 3:3


BITHIAH

  • Daughter of Pharaoh
    1Chronicles 4:18


BITHRON

  • A district bordering on the edge of the Jordan River
    2Samuel 2:29


BITHYNIA

  • A Roman province in Asia Minor
    Acts 16:7; 1Peter 1:1


BITTER HERBS

  • Eaten symbolically with the Passover meal
    Exodus 12:8; Numbers 9:11


BITTER WATER

  • At Marah
    Exodus 15:23

  • A ceremonial water used by the priest
    Numbers 5:18-27


BITTERN

  • A species of heron
    Isaiah 14:23; 34:11; Zephaniah 2:14


BITUMEN

  • An inflammable mineral
    Genesis 11:3; 14:10; Exodus 2:3

  • See PETROLEUM


BIZJOTHJAH

  • A town in Judah
    Joshua 15:28

  • Called BIZJOTHJAH-BAALAH
    Joshua 15:32

  • Called BAALATHBEER
    Joshua 19:8

  • And BALAH
    Joshua 19:3


BIZTHA

  • A Persian chamberlain
    Esther 1:10


BLACKNESS


BLACKSMITH


BLAIN

  • An inflammatory abscess
    Exodus 9:9, 10


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