- BUSH in which Jehovah appeared to Moses in the wilderness (Exodus
3:2; Acts 7:30). It is difficult to say what particular kind of plant or bush
is here meant. Probably it was the mimosa or acacia. The words “in the
bush” in Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37, mean “in the passage or paragraph on
the bush;” i.e., in Exodus 3. - BUTLER properly a servant in charge of the wine (Genesis 40:1-13;
41:9). The Hebrew word, mashkeh, thus translated is rendered also
(plural) “cup-bearers” (1 Kings 10:5; 2 Chronicles 9:4). Nehemiah (1:11)
was cup-bearer to king Artaxerxes. It was a position of great responsibility
and honour in royal households. - BUTTER (Hebrews hemah), curdled milk (Genesis 18:8; Judges 5:25; 2
Samuel 17:29), or butter in the form of the skim of hot milk or cream,
called by the Arabs kaimak, a semi-fluid (Job 20:17; 29:6; Deuteronomy
32:14). The words of Proverbs 30:33 have been rendered by some “the
pressure [not churning] of milk bringeth forth cheese.” - BUZ contempt. (1.) The second son of Nahor and Milcah, and brother of
Huz (Genesis 22:21). Elihu was one of his descendants (Job 32:2).
(2.) One of the chiefs of the tribe of Gad (1 Chronicles 5:14).
(3.) A district in Arabia Petrea (Jeremiah 25:23).
- BUZI the father of the prophet Ezekiel (1:3).
- BY in the expression “by myself” (A.V., 1 Corinthians 4:4), means, as
rendered in the Revised Version, “against myself.” - BY AND BY immediately (Matthew 13:21; R.V., “straightway;” Luke
21:9). - BY-WAYS only in Judges 5:6 and Psalm 125:5; literally “winding or
twisted roads.” The margin has “crooked ways.” - BY-WORD Hebrew millah (Job 30:9), a word or speech, and hence
object of talk; Hebrew mashal (Psalm 44:14), a proverb or parable. When
it denotes a sharp word of derision, as in Deuteronomy 28:37, 1 Kings 9:7,
2 Chronicles 7:20, the Hebrew sheninah is used. In Jeremiah 24:9 it is
rendered “taunt.”