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96361 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bacenor.2

Bacenor - ba-se’-nor Bakenor: An officer in the army of Judas Maccabee engaged in war against Gorgias, governor of Idumaea ( 2 Maccabees 12:35 ). Compare Ant, XlI, viii, 6.

96362 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Backbite.4

… Corinthians 12:20; Wisdom of Solomon 1:11 ); "evil speaking" ( 1 Peter 2:1 ). glossa trite: "a backbiting tongue" (the King James Version of Ecclesiasticus 28:14, 15 ); more …

96363 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bag.4

… Luke 12:33 King James Version: "Provide yourselves bags which wax not old"). The word rendered "purse" in Matthew 10:9 : "Get you no gold, nor silver, nor brass in your …

96364 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bag.6

… Kings 12:10 where the money of the temple was said to be put up "tied up" in bags). This was a "bag" that could be tied with a string: "Behold, every man’s bundle of money …

96365 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bag.9

… John 12:6 the King James Version, "He was a thief and had the bag"; compare John 13:29 ) was in reality the small "box" (Revised Version, margin) originally used for holding …

96366 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Baggage.4

(2) aposkeue: "Beside the baggage" ( Judith 7:2 ), "a great ado and much baggage" ( 1 Maccabees 9:35, 39 ), "the women and the children and also the baggage" (the King James Version "and other baggage"; 2 Maccabees 12:21 ).

96367 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bagoas.2

Bagoas - ba-go’as Bagoas: The eunuch in charge of the household of Holofernes whom the latter engaged to bring Judith to his palace ( Judith 12:11 ff; 13:1,3; 14:14). Compare JUDITH .

96368 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bakbukiah.4

(2) A Levite who returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 12:9 ).

96369 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bakbukiah.5

(3) A Levite and porter keeping "the watch at the store-houses of the gates" ( Nehemiah 12:25 ).

96370 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Baladan.2

… 20:12 and Isaiah 39:1 to have been the father of Berodach (Merodach)-Baladan, king of Babylon. Some have thought that the Biblical. writer was wrong here, inasmuch …

96371 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Balance.2

… 40:12, 15; Jeremiah 32:10, etc.); (2) qaneh ( Isaiah 46:6 ), and (3) pelec ( Proverbs 16:11 ). It is found in the sing., e.g. "a just balance" ( Proverbs 16:11 ); "a pair of balances" ( Revelation …

96372 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Balance.9

… ( Proverbs 12:7 ) condemns "the balances of deceit" in the hand of the wicked; Am ( Proverbs 8:5 the King James Version) cries out upon "falsifying the balances by deceit …

96373 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Baldness.2

… ; 22:12 ); as the result of any disaster ( Amos 8:10; Micah 1:16 ). The custom arose from the fact that the hair was regarded as a special ornament. It was the custom of the …

96374 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Band.4

… :3, 12; compare 2 Maccabees 8:23; Judith 1:4 - 11 ). (h) (poiein sustrophen): "to make a conspiracy": "The Jews banded together" ( Acts 23:12 ).

96375 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bank.3

(1) (saphah, "lip," "edge"): "By the bank of the Jordan" ( 2 Kings 2:13 ); "Upon the bank of the river were very many trees" ( Ezekiel 47:7, 12 ).

96376 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bank.5

(3) (gidhyah, 1 Chronicles 12:15 ).

96377 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bank; Banking.2

… :10, 12 ). Banks and banking, however, are found in operation in the Greek cities; "moneychangers ," sitting at their tables (trapezai) in the market place, both changed …

96378 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bank; Banking.4

… 21:12, as the Greek signifies, were men who made small change. Such men may be seen in Jerusalem now with various coins pried in slender pillars on a table (compare …

96379 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bank; Banking.7

… Mark 12:41 ). It was mainly for the convenience of these Jews of the Dispersion, and because it was in order to a sacred use, that the people thought it proper to …

96380 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bank; Banking.8

… 21:12, etc. (compare "changers of money," John 2:14, and "changers," John 2:15, English Versions). Christ upbraids the "slothful servant" because he had not given his pound …