BAAL-ZEBUB

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

BAAL-ZEPHON

• An Egyptian city on the Red Sea Ex. 14:2, 9; Num. 33:7

BAANA

1. Son of Ahilud 1 Ki. 4:12
2. Father of Zadok Neh. 3:4

BAANAH

1. A captain of Ish-bosheth's army 2 Sam. 4:2, 5,6, 9
2. Father of Heleb 2 Sam. 23:29; 1 Chr. 11:30
3. A chief Jew of the exile Ezra 2:2; Neh. 7:7; 10:27
4. The name is spelled BAANA (R. V.). Son of Hushai 1 Ki. 4:16

BAARA

• Wife of Shaharaim 1 Chr. 8:8
• Called HODESH 1 Chr. 8:9

BAASEIAH

• A Levite 1 Chr. 6:40

BAASHA

• King of Israel 1 Ki. 15:16-22, 27-34; 16:1-7; 21:22; 2 Ki. 9:9; 2 Chr. 16:1-6; Jer. 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 Gen. 11:1-9
• See BABYLON

BABES

• In the mouths of, is praise perfected Mt. 21:16
• A symbol of the guileless Ps. 8:2; Mt. 11:25; Lk. 10:21
• A symbol of the children of the kingdom of heaven Mt. 18:2-6; Mk. 10:15; Lk. 18:17
• FIGURATIVE
  • Of weak Christians Rom. 2:20; 1 Cor. 3:1; Heb. 5:13; 1 Pet. 2:2
• See CHILDREN
• See PARENTS

BABYLON

1. CITY OF
   • Built by Nimrod Gen. 10:10
   • In the land of Shinar Gen. 10:10; 11:2
   • Tower of Gen. 11:1-9
   • Capital of the kingdom of Babylon Dan. 4:30; 2 Ki. 25:13; 2 Chr. 36:6,7, 10, 18, 20
   • Gates of Isa. 45:1,2; Jer. 51:58
   • Walled Jer. 51:44, 58
   • Splendor of Isa. 14:4
   • Peter writes from 1 Pet. 5:13
   • Prophecies concerning Ps. 87:4; 137:8,9; Isa. 13; 14:4-26; 21:1-10; 46:1,2; 47; 48:14, 20; Jer. 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; Ezek. 21:19; 26; 29:17-20; 30:10; 32:11; Dan. 2:21-38; 4:10-26; 5:25-29; 7; Hab. 1:5-11; Zech. 2:7-9
   • FIGURATIVE Rev. 14:8; 16:19; 17; 18
2. EMPIRE OF
   • Founded by Nimrod Gen. 10:10
   • Called LAND OF SHINAR Gen. 10:10; 11:2; 14:1, 9; Isa. 11:11; Dan. 1:2; Zech. 5:11
     • SHESHACH Jer. 25:26; 51:41
     • MERATHAIM Jer. 50:21
     • Called also CHALDEA
   • Divisions of 2 Ki. 17:24; 24:7; Isa. 23:12,13; Dan. 3:1; Acts 7:4
   • Extent of, at the time of Nebuchadnezzar Dan. 2:37,38; 4:1; 6:1
     • At the time of Ahasuerus Esther 1:1; 8:9; 9:30
   • Armies of, invade ancient Canaan Gen. 14
     • Samaria 2 Ki. 17:5-24
     • Judah 2 Ki. 24:1-16
   • Jews carried to 2 Ki. 25; 1 Chr. 9:1; 2 Chr. 33:11; 36:17-21; Jer. 32:2; 39; 52
   • Colonists from, sent to Samaria Ezra 4:9,10; with 2 Ki. 17:29-32
   • Conquest of Egypt by 2 Ki. 24:7
   • Prophecies of conquests by 2 Ki. 20:16-19; Jer. 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; Ezek. 12; 17; 19; 21; 24; 26; 29:18-20; 30; 32
   • Prophetic denunciations against Ps. 137:8,9; Isa. 13; 14:21; 43:14-17; 47; Jer. 50; 51
   • GOVERNMENT OF
     • A limited monarchy Esther 1:13-19; 8:8; Dan. 6:8, 14, 17
     • Tyrannical Esther 3:7-15; Dan. 3
     • Sovereigns of
       • See BELSHAZZAR
       • See CYRUS
       • See DARIUS
       • See EVIL-MERODACH
       • See NEBUCHADNEZZAR
   • See CHALDEA

BACA

• Valley of Ps. 84:6

BACKBITING

• General scriptures concerning Ps. 15:1-3; Pr. 25:23; Rom. 1:28, 30; 2 Cor. 12:20
• See ACCUSATION, FALSE
• See SLANDER
• See SPEAKING, EVIL

BACKSLIDERS

• General scriptures concerning Lev. 26:14-42; Dt. 4:9; 8:11-14; 28:15-68; 29:18-28; 32:15-30; Josh. 24:20-27; 1 Ki. 9:6-9; 2 Chr. 15:2-4; Ezra 8:22; Job 34:26,27; Ps. 44:20,21; 73:27; 85:8; 125:5; Pr. 2:17; 14:14; 24:16; 26:11; Jer. 17:13; Ezek. 3:20; 18:24, 26; 23:35; 33:12,13, 18; Hos. 11:7,8; Jonah 2:4; Mt. 5:13; 12:45; 24:12; 26:31; Mk. 4:7, 15-19; 8:38; 9:50; Lk. 9:62; 11:21-26; 17:32; Jn. 6:67; 15:6; 1 Cor. 10:1-13; 2 Cor. 12:20,21; Gal. 1:6,7; 3:1; 4:9, 11; 5:7; 1 Tim. 1:19; 5:15; 6:10, 20,21; 2 Tim. 1:8; 2:12; 4:10; Heb. 3:12,13; 4:1, 11; 5:11,12; 6:4-8; 10:26-29, 38,39; 11:14,15; 12:15; 2 Pet. 1:9; 2:20,21; 2 Jn. 1:9; Rev. 2:4,5, 21; 3:2,3; 21:8
• INSTANCES OF
  • Saul 1 Sam. 15:11, 26-28
  • Solomon 1 Ki. 11:4-40; Neh. 13:26
  • Amon 2 Ki. 21:22,23
  • Rehoboam 2 Chr. 12:1,2
  • Asa 2 Chr. 16:7-9
  • Joash 2 Chr. 24:24
  • Amaziah 2 Chr. 25:27
  • Syrians Isa. 17:10,11
  • Jonah Jonah 1:3
  • The disciples Mt. 26:56; Jn. 6:66
  • Peter Mt. 26:69-75
  • Corinthian Christians 1 Cor. 5:1-8; 2 Cor. 12:20,21
  • Galatians Gal. 1:6; 3:1; 4:9-11; 5:6,7
  • Hymenaeus and Alexander 1 Tim. 1:19,20
  • Phygellus and Hermogenes 2 Tim. 1:15
  • Demas 2 Tim. 4:10
  • Churches of Asia 1 Tim. 5:15; Rev. 2:4, 14,15, 20; 3:2,3, 15-18
• PROMISES TO Lev. 26:40-42; Dt. 4:29,30; 30:1-10; 32:26, 28,29; 1 Ki. 8:33-53; 2 Chr. 30:9; Job 22:23-30; Ps. 17:5; 56:13; 81:13,14; Isa. 42:3; 57:18,19; Jer. 3:4-7, 12-22; 4:1,2, 14; 6:16; Hos. 14:4; Zech. 10:6; Mal. 3:7; Mt. 23:37; Rev. 3:8, 15-21
  • See PENITENCE
  • See PENITENT
  • See SEEKERS
• RETURN OF Ps. 80:3-7, 14-19; Isa. 17:7; 29:24; 31:6,7; Jer. 50:4-6; Hos. 3:5; 6:1-3
  • INSTANCES OF
    • Jews Ezra 6:16-21; 10
    • Jonah Jonah 2; 3
    • Peter Mt. 26:75; Mk. 14:72; Lk. 22:62
    • Thomas Jn. 20:27-29
• BACKSLIDING OF ISRAEL Ex. 17:7; Num. 14:43; Dt. 4:25-31; 31:16-30; 32:5,6, 15, 18; Judg. 2:12; 10:12-14; 2 Chr. 24:20; 2 Ki. 18:1, 12; 2 Chr. 13:11; 27:2; 29:6, 8; Ezra 9:10, 13,14; Neh. 9:26; Ps. 78:10,11, 40-43, 56-64; 106:13,14; Isa. 1:4-7, 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; 65:2,3; Jer. 2:5, 11-13, 17, 19, 21, 27, 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; Ezek. 2:3-8; 5:1-17; 11:1-21; 15; 16:43; 22:18; 23; Hos. 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; Zeph. 1:6; Mal. 1:6; 3:7; Heb. 3:16-18
  • INSTANCES OF ISRAEL'S BACKSLIDING
    • At Meribah Ex. 17:1-7
    • When Aaron made the golden calf Ex. 32
    • After Joshua's death Judg. 2
    • During Asa's reign 2 Chr. 15
    • Hezekiah's reign 2 Chr. 30:2-12
• See APOSTASY
• See BACKSLIDING OF ISRAEL
• See CHURCH, BACKSLIDDEN
• See REPROBACY

BAD COMPANY

• See COMPANY, EVIL

BADGER

• (R. V., SEAL or PORPOISE.)
  • Skins of, used for covering of the tabernacle Ex. 25:5; 26:14; 35:7, 23; 36:19; 39:34; Num. 4:6, 8, 10,11,12, 14, 25
  • For shoes Ezek. 16:10
  • (R. V., SEALSKIN.)

BAG

• See PURSE (n/a)

BAGPIPE

• (R. V.,) Dan. 3:5

BAHURIM

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

BAIL

• See SURETY
• See CREDITOR
• See DEBT
• See DEBTOR

BAJITH

• A place of idolatrous worship in Moab Isa. 15:2

BAKBAKKAR

• A Levite 1 Chr. 9:15

BAKBUK

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

BAKBUKIAH

• A Levite Neh. 11:17; 12:9, 25

BAKER

• General scriptures concerning 1 Sam. 8:13; Jer. 37:21; Hos. 7:4, 6
• Pharaoh's chief baker Gen. 40
• See BREAD

BALAAM

• (Son of Beor)
  • From Mesopotamia Dt. 23:4
  • A soothsayer Josh. 13:22
  • A prophet Num. 24:2-9; 2 Pet. 2:15,16
  • Balak sends for, to curse Israel Num. 22:5-7; Josh. 24:9; Neh. 13:2; Mic. 6:5
  • Anger of, rebuked by his ass Num. 22:22-35; 2 Pet. 2:16
  • Counsel of, an occasion of Israel's corruption with the Midianites Num. 31:16; Rev. 2:14,15
  • Covetousness of 2 Pet. 2:15; Jude 1:11
  • Death of Num. 31:8; Josh. 13:22

BALAC

• See BALAK

BALAH

• A city of the territory of the tribe of Simeon Josh. 19:3
• Called BILHAH 1 Chr. 4:29

BALAK

• King of Moab Num. 22:4; Josh. 24:9; Judg. 11:25; Mic. 6:5
• Tries to bribe Balaam to curse Israel Num. 22:5-7, 15-17
• See BALAAM

BALANCES

• Used for weighing Job 31:6; Isa. 40:12, 15; Ezek. 5:1
• Money weighed with Isa. 46:6; Jer. 32:10
• Must be just Lev. 19:36; Pr. 16:11
• False balance used Hos. 12:7; Amos 8:5; Mic. 6:11
  • An abomination Pr. 11:1; 20:23
• FIGURATIVE

BALDNESS

• General scriptures concerning Lev. 13:40,41
• A judgment Isa. 3:24; Jer. 47:5; 48:37; Ezek. 7:18
• Artificial, a sign of mourning Isa. 22:12; Jer. 16:6; Ezek. 27:31; 29:18; Amos 8:10; Mic. 1:16
• Artificial, as an idolatrous practice, forbidden Lev. 21:5; Dt. 14:1
• INSTANCES OF
  • Elisha 2 Ki. 2:23

BALL

• Playing at Isa. 22:18

BALM

• A medicinal balsam Gen. 37:25; 43:11; Jer. 8:22; 46:11; 51:8; Ezek. 27:17

BAMAH

• A high place Ezek. 20:29

BAMOTH

• A camping place of the Israelites Num. 21:19,20
• Called BAMOTH-BAAL, a city of Reuben Josh. 13:17

BANI

1. A Gadite 2 Sam. 23:36
2. A Levite 1 Chr. 6:46
3. A descendant of Pharez 1 Chr. 9:4
4. Father of returned exiles Ezra 2:10; 10:29
   • Called BINNUI Neh. 7:15
5. A Levite of the returned exiles Neh. 3:17; 8:7; 9:4,5; 10:13; 11:22

BANISHMENT

• General scriptures concerning Ezra 7:26
• Of Adam and Eve, from Eden Gen. 3:22-24
• Of Cain, to be "a fugitive and vagabond," Gen. 4:14
• Of Jews, from Rome Acts 18:2
• Of John, to Patmos Rev. 1:9
• See EXILE

BANNER

• FIGURATIVE
  • See ENSIGN
  • See STANDARD

BANQUET

• See FEASTS

BAPTISM

• JOHN'S Mt. 3:5-8, 11, 13-16; 21:25; Mk. 1:4,5, 8-10; 11:30; Lk. 3:7,8, 12, 21; 7:29,30; 20:4; Jn. 1:25,26, 28, 31, 33; 3:23; 10:40; Acts 1:5, 22; 10:37; 11:16; 19:3,4
• CHRISTIAN Mt. 28:19; Mk. 16:16; Jn. 3:5, 22; 4:1,2; Acts 1:5, 22; 2:38, 41; 8:12,13, 16, 36-38; 9:18; 10:46-48; 16:14,15, 33; 18:8, 25; 19:4,5; 22:16; Rom. 6:3,4; 1 Cor. 1:13-17; 10:1,2; 12:13; 15:29; Gal. 3:27; Eph. 4:5; 5:26; Col. 2:12; Heb. 6:2; 1 Pet. 3:18, 21
• OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Isa. 44:3; Joel 2:28,29; Zech. 12:10; Mt. 3:11, 16; Mk. 1:8; Lk. 3:16, 22; 24:49; Jn. 1:32,33; 3:5; Acts 1:5; 2:1-4, 38, 41; 8:15-17; 10:38, 44,45, 47; 11:15,16; 19:2, 6; 1 Cor. 12:13; Tit. 3:5,6; 1 Pet. 3:20,21
  • See HOLY SPIRIT

BARABBAS

• A prisoner released by Pilate Mt. 27:16-26; Mk. 15:7-15; Lk. 23:18-25; Jn. 18:40; Acts 3:14

BARACHEL

• Father of Elihu Job 32:2, 6

BARACHIAH

• Also called BERECHIAH, father of Zechariah Zech. 1:1, 7
• Called BARACHIAS in Mt. 23:35

BARAK

• A judge in Israel Judg. 4; 5; Heb. 11:32

BARBARIAN

• A foreigner Acts 28:2-4; Rom. 1:14; 1 Cor. 14:11; Col. 3:11
• See STRANGER

BARBER

• General scriptures concerning Ezek. 5:1

BARIAH

• Son of Shechaniah 1 Chr. 3:22

BAR-JESUS

• A false prophet Acts 13:6

BAR-JONA

• Surname of Peter Mt. 16:17

BARKOS

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