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BRAVERY


BRAY

  • To pound
    Proverbs 27:22


BRAZEN SEA


BRAZEN SERPENT

  • Made by Moses for the healing of the Israelites
    Numbers 21:9

  • Worshiped by Israelites
    2Kings 18:4

  • A symbol of Christ
    John 3:14, 15


BRAZIER

  • An artificer in brass and copper
    Genesis 4:22; 2Timothy 4:14

  • A utensil used for warming houses
    Jeremiah 36:22-24


BREAD

  • Called the Staff of Life
    Ezekiel 4:16; 5:16; 14:13

  • Kinds of:

    • Bread of affliction
      1Kings 22:27; Psalm 127:2; Hosea 9:4; Isaiah 30:20

    • Leavened (made with yeast)
      Leviticus 7:13; 23:17; Hosea 7:4; Amos 4:5; Matthew 13:33

    • Unleavened (made without yeast)
      Genesis 19:3; Exodus 29:2; Judges 6:19; 1Samuel 28:24

  • Made of:

    • Wheat flour
      Exodus 29:2; 1Kings 4:22; 5:11; Psalm 81:16

    • Manna
      Numbers 11:8

    • Meal
      1Kings 17:12

    • Barley
      Judges 7:13

  • How prepared:

    • Mixed with oil
      Exodus 29:2, 23

    • Mixed with Honey
      Exodus 16:31

    • Mixed with leaven, or ferment

    • See LEAVEN

    • Kneaded
      Genesis 18:6; Exodus 8:3; 12:34; 1Samuel 28:24; 2Samuel 13:8; Jeremiah 7:18; Hosea 7:4

    • Made into:

      • Loaves
        1Samuel 10:3; 17:17; 25:18; 1Kings 14:3; Mark 8:14

      • Cakes
        2Samuel 6:19; 1Kings 17:12

      • Wafers
        Exodus 16:21; 29:23

      • Cracknels
        1Kings 14:3

    • Baked:

      • In Ovens
        Exodus 8:3; Leviticus 2:4; 7:9; 11:35; 26:26; Hosea 7:4

      • In pans
        Leviticus 2:5, 7; 2Samuel 13:6-9

      • On hearths
        Genesis 18:6

      • On coals
        1Kings 19:6; Isaiah 44:19; John 21:9

      • On coals of dung
        Ezekiel 4:12, 15

  • Made by:

    • Men
      Genesis 40:2

    • Women
      Leviticus 26:26; 1Samuel 8:13; Jeremiah 7:18

  • Traffic in
    Jeremiah 37:21; Mark 6:37

  • Sacrificed

    • General references
      Leviticus 21:6, 8, 17, 21, 22; 22:25; 1Samuel 2:36; 2Kings 23:9

    • By idolaters
      Jeremiah 7:18; 44:19

    • See SHEWBREAD,  OFFERINGS

  • Figurative

    • General references
      Isaiah 55:2; 1Corinthians 10:17; 2Corinthians 9:10
    • Christ
      John 6:32-35

  • Symbolic of the body of Christ
    Matthew 26:26; Acts 20:7; 1Corinthians 11:23, 24


BREASTPLATE

  • For high priest

    • General references
      Exodus 25:7

    • Directions for the making of
      Exodus 28:15-30

    • Made by Bezaleel
      Exodus 39:8, 21

    • Freewill offering of materials for
      Exodus 35:9, 27

    • Worn by Aaron
      Exodus 29:5; Leviticus 8:8

  • Armor for soldiers
    Revelation 9:9, 17

  • Figurative
    Isaiah 59:17; Ephesians 6:14; 1Thessalonians 5:8


BREATH

  • Of life
    Genesis 2:7; 7:22; Acts 17:25

  • Of God
    2Samuel 22:16; Job 4:9; 15:30; 33:4; 37:10; Psalm 18:15; 33:6; Isaiah 30:33

  • Figurative
    Ezekiel 37:9


BREECHES

  • For the priests
    Exodus 28:42; 39:28; Leviticus 6:10; 16:4; Ezekiel 44:18


BRIBERY

  • General references
    Exodus 23:8; Deuteronomy 16:18, 19; 27:25; 1Samuel 8:1, 3; Job 15:34; Psalm 26:9, 10; Proverbs 15:27; 17:8, 23; 18:16; 21:14; 25:14; 28:21; 29:4; Ecclesiastes 7:7; Isaiah 1:23; 5:22, 23; 33:15, 16; Ezekiel 13:19; 22:12, 13; Amos 2:6; 5:12; Micah 7:3

  • Instances of:

    • Delilah
      Judges 16:5

    • Samuel's sons
      1Samuel 8:3

    • The false prophet, Shemaiah
      Nehemiah 6:10-13

    • Ben-hadad
      1Kings 15:19

    • Haman bribes Ahasuerus to destroy the Jews
      Esther 3:9

    • Chief priests bribe Judas
      Matthew 26:15; 27:3-9; Mark 14:11; Luke 22:5

    • Soldiers bribed to declare that the disciples stole the body of Jesus
      Matthew 28:12-15

    • Governor Felix seeks a bribe from Paul
      Acts 24:26


BRICK

  • Used in building:

    • Babel
      Genesis 11:3

    • Cities in Egypt
      Exodus 1:11, 14

    • Houses
      Isaiah 9:10

    • Altars
      Isaiah 65:3

  • Made by Israelites
    Exodus 5:7-19; 2Samuel 12:31; Jeremiah 43:9; Nahum 3:14


BRICK KILN

  • General references
    Jeremiah 43:9; Nahum 3:14

  • Captives tortured in
    2Samuel 12:31


BRIDE

  • Ornaments of
    Isaiah 49:18; 61:10; Jeremiah 2:32; Revelation 21:2

  • Presents to
    Genesis 24:53

  • Maids of
    Genesis 24:59, 61; 29:24, 29

  • Figurative
    Psalm 45:10-17; Ezekiel 16:8-14; Revelation 19:7, 8; 21:2, 9; 22:17


BRIDEGROOM

  • Ornaments of
    Isaiah 61:10

  • Exempt from military duty
    Deuteronomy 24:5

  • Companions of
    Judges 14:11

  • Joy with
    Matthew 9:15; Mark 2:19, 20; Luke 5:34, 35

  • Parable of
    Matthew 25:1-13

  • Song of
    Song of Solomon 4:7-16

  • Figurative
    Ezekiel 16:8-14


BRIDLE

  • General references
    Psalm 32:9; Proverbs 26:3; Revelation 14:20

  • Figurative
    2Kings 19:28; Psalm 39:1; James 1:26

  • See BIT


BRIER

  • Figurative
    Isaiah 5:6; 55:13; Ezekiel 2:6; 28:24


BRIGANDINE

  • A coat of mail
    Jeremiah 46:4; 51:3


BRIMSTONE

  • Fire and, rained upon Sodom
    Genesis 19:24; Luke 17:29

  • In Palestine
    Deuteronomy 29:23

  • Figurative
    Job 18:15; Psalm 11:6; Isaiah 30:33; Ezekiel 38:22; Revelation 9:17, 18; 14:10; 19:20; 21:8


BROOK


BROTH

  • General references
    Judges 6:19, 20; 2Kings 4:38; Isaiah 65:4

  • Symbolic
    Ezekiel 24:5

BROTHEL


BROTHER

  • Signifies a:

    • Relative
      Genesis 14:16; 29:12

    • Neighbor
      Deuteronomy 23:7; Judges 21:6; Neh 5:7

    • Any Israelite
      Jeremiah 34:9; Obadiah 1:10

    • Mankind
      Genesis 9:5; Matthew 18:35; 1John 3:15

    • Companion
      2Samuel 1:26; 1Kings 13:30; 20:33

  • Love of
    Proverbs 17:17; 18:24; Song of Solomon 8:1

  • Unfaithful
    Proverbs 27:10

  • Reuben's love for Joseph
    Genesis 37:21, 22

  • Joseph's, for his brethren
    Genesis 43:30-34; 45:1-5; 50:19-25

  • A fraternal epithet, especially among Christians

    • Instituted by Christ
      Matthew 12:50; 25:40; Hebrews 2:11, 12

    • Used by disciples
      Acts 9:17; 21:20; Romans 16:23; 1Corinthians 7:12; 2Corinthians 2:13

    • Used by Peter
      1Peter 1:22

    • Used among the Israelites
      Leviticus 19:17; Deuteronomy 22:1-4

  • Brother's widow, law concerning Levirate marriage of
    Deuteronomy 25:5-10; Matthew 22:24; Mark 12:19; Luke 20:28


BROTHERLY KINDNESS


BUCKET

  • General references
    Numbers 24:7; Isaiah 40:15


BUCKLER


BUILDER


BUILDING

  • Figurative
    2Corinthians 5:1


BUKKI

  • Son of Abishua
    1Chronicles 6:5, 51; Ezra 7:4

  • A prince of Dan
    Numbers 34:22


BUKKIAH

  • A Levite
    1Chronicles 25:4, 13


BUL

  • The eighth month.

  • The temple completed in
    1Kings 6:38

  • Jeroboam institutes an idolatrous feast in, to correspond with the Feast of Tabernacles
    1Kings 12:32, 33; 1Chronicles 27:11


BULL

  • Wild, caught in nets
    Isaiah 51:20

  • Blood of, in sacrifice
    Hebrews 9:13; 10:4

  • See BULLOCK,  OFFERINGS


BULLOCK or OX

  • Uses of:

    • For sacrifice
      Exodus 29:3, 10-14, 36; Leviticus 4:8, 16; Numbers 7:87, 88; 28:11-31; 29

    • For plowing
      1Samuel 14:14; 1Kings 19:19; Proverbs 14:4; Isaiah 32:20; Jeremiah 31:18

    • For treading out grain
      Deuteronomy 25:4

    • With wagons
      Numbers 7:3-8; 2Samuel 6:3-6

  • Laws concerning:

    • Trespass by
      Exodus 21:28-36

    • Theft of
      Exodus 22:1-10

    • Rest for
      Exodus 23:12

    • Not to be muzzled, when treading grain
      Deuteronomy 25:4; 1Corinthians 9:9; 1Timothy 5:18

    • Not to be yoked with a donkey
      Deuteronomy 22:10

  • Twelve bronze, under the molten sea in Solomon's temple
    1Kings 7:25; 2Chronicles 4:4; Jeremiah 52:20

  • See BULL,  CATTLE

  • Symbolic
    Ezekiel 1:10; Revelation 4:7


BULRUSH

  • Moses' ark of
    Exodus 2:3
  • Boats made of
    Isaiah 18:2

  • Figurative
    Isaiah 58:5


BULWARK

  • General references
    Deuteronomy 20:20; 2Chronicles 26:15; Ecclesiastes 9:14

  • Figurative
    Psalm 48:13; Isaiah 26:1


BUNAH

  • Son of Jerahmeel
    1Chronicles 2:25


BUNNI

  • A Levite, a teacher with Ezra
    Nehemiah 9:4

  • Ancestor of Shemaiah
    Nehemiah 11:15

  • A family of Jews
    Nehemiah 10:15


BURDEN

  • Figurative:

    • Of oppressions
      Isaiah 58:6; Matthew 23:4; Luke 11:46; Galatians 6:2

    • Of the prophetic message
      Isaiah 13:1; 15:1; 17:1; 19:1


BURGLARY


BURIAL

  • Rites of
    Jeremiah 34:5

  • Soon after death
    Deuteronomy 21:23; Joshua 8:29; John 19:38-42; Acts 5:9, 10

  • With spices
    2Chronicles 16:14; Mark 16:1; Luke 23:56

  • Bier used at
    2Samuel 3:31; Luke 7:14

  • Attended by relatives and friends:

    • Of Jacob
      Genesis 50:5-9

    • Of Abner
      2Samuel 3:31

    • Of the child of Jeroboam
      1Kings 14:13

    • Of the son of the widow of Nain
      Luke 7:12, 13

    • Of Stephen
      Acts 8:2

  • Lack of, a disgrace
    2Kings 9:10; Proverbs 30:17; Jeremiah 16:4; 22:19; Ezekiel 39:15

  • Directions given about, before death:

    • By Jacob
      Genesis 49:29, 30

    • By Joseph
      Genesis 50:25

  • Burial of Gog requiring seven months
    Ezekiel 39:12, 13

  • Burial Places:

    • Bought by Abraham
      Genesis 23; 25:9

    • Prepared by Jacob
      Genesis 50:5

    • Prepared by Asa
      2Chronicles 16:14

    • Prepared by Joseph
      Matthew 27:60

    • On hills
      2Kings 23:16; Joshua 24:33

    • In valleys
      Jeremiah 7:32

    • Family
      Genesis 47:30; 49:29; Acts 7:16

    • Of kings
      1Kings 2:10; 2Chronicles 32:33

    • A place of honor
      2Chronicles 24:16, 25; 21:20

    • For poor and strangers
      Jeremiah 26:23; Matthew 27:7

    • Tombs

      • In houses
        1Samuel 25:1; 1Kings 2:34

      • In gardens
        2Kings 21:18, 26; John 19:41

      • In caves
        Genesis 23:9

      • Under trees, Deborah's
        Genesis 35:8

      • King Saul's
        1Samuel 31:13

    • Closed with stones
      Matthew 27:60, 66; John 11:38; 20:1

    • Sealed
      Matthew 27:66

    • Marked with pillars, Rachel's
      Genesis 35:20

    • Marked with inscriptions
      2Kings 23:17

    • Painted and garnished
      Matthew 23:27, 29

    • With shelves
      Isaiah 14:15

    • Demoniacs lived in
      Matthew 8:28

    • Anyone who touched, were unclean
      Numbers 19:16, 18; Isaiah 65:4

    • Refused to the dead
      Revelation 11:9

    • Robbed
      Jeremiah 8:1

    • See CREMATION,  DEAD,  DEATH,  ELEGY,  GRAVE,  MOURNING

  • Figurative
    Isaiah 22:16; Romans 6:4; Colossians 2:12


BURNING


BURNING BUSH

  • General references
    Exodus 3:2-5; Acts 7:30


BURNT OFFERING


BUSH, BURNING


BUSHEL

  • About one peck
    Matthew 5:15; Mark 4:21; Luke 11:33


BUSYBODY

  • General references
    Leviticus 19:16; Proverbs 20:3; 2Thessalonians 3:11, 12; 1Timothy 5:13; 1Peter 4:15

  • See TALEBEARER,  SPEAKING, EVIL


BUTLER

  • Pharaoh's, imprisoned and released
    Genesis 40; 1Kings 10:5; 2Chronicles 9:4; Nehemiah 1:11; 2:1


BUTTER

  • General references
    Genesis 18:8; Deuteronomy 32:14; Judges 5:25; 2Samuel 17:29; Job 20:17; Isaiah 7:15, 22

  • Made by churning
    Proverbs 30:33


BUZ

  • Son of Nahor
    Genesis 22:21

  • Father of Jahdo
    1Chronicles 5:14


BUZZI

  • Father of Ezekiel
    Ezekiel 1:3


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