Biziothiah (Beersheba)

BIZIOTHIAH

biz-yo-thi'-a, biz-joth'-ja (bizyotheyah; Septuagint hai komai auton, literally "their villages"; the King James Version Bizjot...
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Bochim (Bethel)

BOCHIM

bo'-kim (ha-bokhim): A place on the mountain West of Gilgal said to have been so named (literally "the weepers") because Israel wep...
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Bor-ashan (Ashnah)

ASHNAH

ash'-na ('ashnah): Two sites,(1) Joshua 15:33, a site in the lowlands of Judah, probably near Estaol and Zorah. The small ruin Asli...
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Bozez

BOZEZ

bo'-zez (botsets; Bazes, probably from an obsolete root batsats, corresponding to the Arabic batstsa, "to shine" or "to ooze"): The...
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Bozkath (Lachish)

BOZKATH

boz'-kath (botsqath, "stony"; Septuagint Basedoth): A town in the Shephelah of Judah named between Lachish and Eglon (Joshua 15:39...
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Bozrah

BOZRAH

boz'-ra (botsrah, "sheepfold"; Bosorrha, Bosor):(1) The capital of Edom, a city of great antiquity (Genesis 36:33 1 Chronicles 1:44...
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Bozrah 2 (Bezer)

BEZER

be'-zer (betser; Bosor, "strong"):(1) A city of refuge, set apart by Moses for the Reubenites and located in the "plain country" (or...
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Broad Wall (Jerusalem)

JERUSALEM

je-roo'-sa-lem:I. THE NAME1. In Cuneiform2. In Hebrew3. In Greek and Latin4. The Meaning of Jerusalem5. Other NamesII. GEOLOGY,...
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Brook of Egypt

BROOK OF EGYPT, THE

(nachal = "a flowing stream," "a valley"; best translated by the oriental word wady, which means, as the Hebrew word d...
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Brook of the Arabah (Hamath)

HAMATH

ha'-math (chamath; Hemath, Haimath; Swete also has Hemath): The word signifies a defense or citadel, and such designation was very...
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