Smith's Bible Dictionary

Azzur (one who helps), one of the heads of the People who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:17) (B.C. 410.) The na ...

Suez, a little below its head, which at that time was about 30 or 40 miles northward of the Present head. the supreme male divin ...

The son of Ahilud, Solmon’s commissariat officer in Jezreel and the north of the Jordan valley. (1 Kings 4:12) (B.C.1000.) • •Fa ...

and 30 feet broad. At either extremity of the bridge was a royal palace, that in the eastern city being the more magnificent of ...

in the Apocalypse, is the symbolical name by which Rome is denoted. (Revelation 14:8; 17:18) The power of Rome was regarded by t ...

[Bahurim] Bahurim (low ground), a village, (2 Samuel 16:6) apparently on or close to the road leading up from the Jordan valley ...

Balances Reference to balances is found in (Leviticus 19:36) They were in common use, gold and silver being paid out and receive ...

among the Hebrews, were not only a means of social enjoyment, but were a part of the observance of religious festivity. At the t ...

“every one not a Greek is a barbarian” is the common Greek definition, and in this strict sense the word is sued in (Romans 1:14 ...

(son of Timeus), a blind beggar of Jericho who, (Mark 10:46) ff., sat by the wayside begging as our Lord passed out of Jericho o ...

Among the smaller vessels for the tabernacle or temple service, many must have been required to receive from the sacrificial vic ...

promised to Solomon, Bath-sheba informed the king of the conspiracy. (1 Kings 1:11,15,23) After the accession of Solomon, she, a ...

Beans (2 Samuel 17:28; Ezekiel 4:9) Beans are cultivated in Palestine, which produces many of the leguminous order of plants, su ...

support for the bedding. Besides we have bedsteads made of ivory, wood, etc. referred to in (3:11; Amos 6:4) The ornamental port ...

(a well), son of Zophah, of the tribe of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:37) (B.C. after 1450.) Beerah prince of the Reubenites, carried ...

not be an absolute pauper. His land was in alienable, except for a certain term, when it reverted to him or his posterity. And i ...

Bells In (Exodus 28:33) the bells alluded to were the golden ones 72 in number, round the hem of the his priest’s ephod. The obj ...

(son of lightning), one of the cities of the tribe of Dan, mentioned only in (Joshua 19:45) Benejaakan (sons of Jaakan), a tribe ...

The proximity of Benjamin to Ephraim during the march to the promised land was maintained in the territory allotted to each. Tha ...

Berachiah (blessed of Jehovah), a Gershonite Levite, father of Asaph. (1 Chronicles 6:39) [Berechiah] Beraiah (created by Jehova ...