A•zu•vah (Azubah)
— Abandoned
Az•za•ti (Gazathites)
Ba•‘al (Baal)—the chief male god of the
Phoenicians and Canaanites. The word means "lord,"
"master," and by extension, "husband." Ro 11:4.
Ba•‘al-B’rit (Baal-berith)
Ba•‘al-Cha-nan (Baal-hanan)
Ba•‘al-Gad
Ba•‘al-Ha•mon
Ba•‘al-Ha•nan
Ba•‘al-Ha•tzor (Baal-hazor)
Ba•‘al-Her•mon
Ba•‘al-M•‘on (Baal-meon)
Ba•‘al-P•‘or (Baal-peor)
Ba•‘al-P’rat•zim (Baal-perazim)
Ba•‘al-Sha•li•shah (Baal-shalisha)
Ba•‘al-Ta•mar
Ba•‘al-Tz’•fon (Baal-zephon)
Ba•‘al-Zib•bul (Beelzevul) or Ba•‘al-Z’vuv
(Beelzebub, Baal-zebub); the manuscripts differ—derogatory names for the
Adversary (Satan; see Mt 4:1). The latter is the name of a Philistine god (2
Kings 1:2) and means "lord of the flies." The former means
"lord of heaven, lord of a high abode," hence "prince";
but it also suggests a word play on zevel, "rubbish, excrement." Mt
10:25+.
Ba•‘a•lah
Ba•‘a•lat (Baalath)
Ba•‘a•lat-Be•’er (Baalath-beer)
Ba•‘a•lei-Y’hu•dah (Baale-judah)
Ba•‘a•li (Baali)—my lord, my husband
ba•‘a•lim (Baalim)—pagan gods
Ba•‘a•lis
Ba•‘a•na
Ba•‘a•nah
Ba•‘a•ra
Ba•‘a•se•yah (Baaseiah)
Ba•‘a•sha
Ba•cha•ru•mi (Bacharumite)
Ba•chu•rim (Bahurim)
Ba•kha (Baca)
Bak•ba•kar
Bak•buk
Bak•buk•yah (Bakbukiah)
Bakh•ri (Bachrites)
Bal•’a•dan
Ba•lah
Ba•lak (Balac)—king of Moab who hired Bil‘am
to curse Israel (Numbers 22–24). Rv 2:14.
Ba•lak—Parashah 40; Numbers 22:2–25:9
Bal•‘i (Belaites)
B•‘al•yah (Bealiah)
Ba•mah
Ba•mot (Bamoth)
Ba•mot-Ba•‘al (Bamoth-baal)
Ba•ni
bar [A]—son. "Bar-" before a name means
"son of" or "descendant of," by extension it can also mean
"having the properties of." Compare ben. Mt 10:3+.
Bar-Ab•ba (Barabbas) [A]—criminal released by
Pontius Pilate instead of Yeshua the Messiah. The Aramaic name means "son
of father." Mt 27:16+.
Ba•rak—D’vorah’s general who defeated the
Canaanite general, Sisera (Judges 4–5). MJ 11:32.
Ba•rakh•’el (Barachel)
Bar•chu•mi (Barhumite)
Ba•ri•ach (Bariah)
Bar•kos
Bar-Nab•ba (Barnabas) [A]—talmid who
worked with Sha’ul of Tarsus. At Acts 4:36 the name is said to mean
"the Exhorter"; it may be related to the Hebrew word navi,
"prophet."
Ba•rukh (Baruch)
Ba• rukh
Bar-Sab•ba (Barsabbas; the name may possibly be
Bar-Shabbat, "son of Shabbat") [A]—surname of two
figures. (1) One of the two candidates to replace Y’hudah from K’riot as
an emissary of Yeshua. Ac 1:23. (2) Disciple sent with Sila to Antioch bearing
a letter from the emissaries. Ac 15:22.
Bar-Tal•mai (Bartholomew) [A]—one of the twelve
emissaries. The name may mean "son of ptolemy," that is, son
of an Egyptian ruler. Mt 10:3+.
Bar-Ti•mai (Bartimaeus) [A]—blind beggar whom
Yeshua healed (see Timai). Mk 10:46.
Bar-Ye•shu•a (Barjesus) [A]—false prophet also
called Elymas. Ac 13:6.
Bar-Yo•cha•nan (Barjona, son of John) [A]—Shim‘on
Kefa (Peter) is identified as Shim‘on, son of Yochanan. Mt 16:17; Yn 21:15–17.
Bar•zil•lai
Ba‘•sha (Baasha)
Ba•shan
Bas•mat (Basmath)
bat—daughter. "Bat-" before a name
means "daughter of." Lk 2:36.
Bat-Gal•lim (daughter of Gallim)
bat-kol—voice from heaven; literally,
"daughter of a voice." Mt 3:17; Yn 12:28.
Bat-Rab•bim (Bath-rabbim)
Bat-She•va (Bath-sheba)
Bat-Shu•a (Bath-shua)
Batz•lit (Bazlith)
Batz•lut (Bazluth)
Ba•vai
Ba•vel (Babel, Babylon)
Bav•lim (Babylonians)
B’•chuk•ko•tai—Parashah 33;
Leviticus 26:3–27:34
B’•dad
B’•dan
Be•‘a•lot (Bealoth)
Bed•yah (Bedeiah)
Be•‘el•ya•da (Beeliada)
Be•’er
Be•’e•ra
Be•’e•rah
Be•’er-E•lim
Be•’e•ri
Be•’er-La•chai-Ro•’i (Beer-lahai-roi)
Be•’e•rot (Beeroth)
Be•’e•ro•ti, -ro•tim (Beerothite,
-s)
Be•’er-She•va (Beer-sheba)
Be•he•mot (Behemoth)
Beit-‘A•nat (Beth-anath)
Beit-‘A•not (Beth-anoth)
Beit-An•yah (Bethany)—the name means "house
of poverty." (1) Village east of Yerushalayim, on the Mount of Olives. Mt
21:17+. (2) Village on east bank of Yarden River. Yn 1:28.
Beit-‘A•ra•vah (Beth-arabah)
Beit-Ar•bel (Beth-arbel)
Beit-Ash•be•a (house of Ashbea)
Beit-A•ven (Beth-aven)
Beit-‘Az•ma•vet (Beth-azmaveth)
Beit-Ba•‘al-M•‘on (Beth-baal-meon)
Beit-Ba•rah (Beth-barah)
Beit-Bir•’i (Beth-birei)
Beit-Da•gon (Beth-dagon)
Beit-Dib•la•ta•yim (Beth-diblathaim)
Beit-‘E•den (house of Eden)
Beit-El (Beth-el)
Beit-‘E•mek (Beth-emek)
Beit-Ga•der (Beth-gader)
Beit-Ga•mul (Beth-gamul)
Beit-Gil•gal
Beit-Ha•’E•tzel
Beit-Ha•Gan
Beit-Ha•Ke•rem (Beth-haccerem)
Beit-Ha•ram
Beit-Ha•ran (Beth-haran)
Beit-Ha•Ye•shi•mot (Beth-jeshimoth)
Beit-Hog•lah (Beth-hoglah)
Beit-Ho•ron (Beth-horon)
Beit-Kar
Beit-Lach•mi (Bethlehemite)
Beit-Le•chem (Bethlehem)—birthplace of Yeshua
and of King David; literally, "house of bread." Mt 2:1+.
Beit-L’•va•’ot (Beth-lebaoth)
Beit-Ma•‘a•khah (Beth-maachah)
Beit-Mar•ka•vot (Beth-marcaboth)
Beit-Mil•lo (house of Millo)
Beit-M•‘on (Beth-meon)
Beit-Nim•rah (Beth-nimrah)
Beit-Pa•gei (Bethphage)—village east of
Jerusalem, on the Mount of Olives, near Beit-Anyah. Mt 21:1+.
Beit-Pa•tzetz (Beth-pazzez)
Beit-Pe•let (Beth-palet)
Beit-P•‘or (Beth-peor)
Beit-Ra•fa (Beth-rapha)
Beit-Re•chov (Beth-rehob)
Beit-Sh•’an (Beth-shean)
Beit-Shee•tah (Beth-shittah)
Beit-She•mesh (Beth-shemesh)
Beit-Shim•shi (Beth-shemite)
Beit-Ta•pu•ach (Beth-tappuah)
Beit-Tzai•dah (Bethsaida)—literally, "house
of nets." Native town of Andrew, Kefa and Philip on the west side of Lake
Kinneret. Mt 11:21+.
Beit-Tzur (Beth-zur)
Beit-Ye•shi•mot (Beth-jeshimot)
Beit-Za•ta (Bethzatha); some manuscripts have
Beit-Hisda (Bethesda) [A]—location of pool where Yeshua healed a man ill for
38 years. Beit-Zata may mean "house of olives"; Beit-Hisda means
"house of mercy." Yn 5:2.
Be•kher (Becher)
Bel
Be•la
Bel•sha•tzar (Belshazzar)
Bel•t’•sha•tzar (Belteshazzar)
ben—son. "Ben-" before a name means
"son of" or "descendant of"; by extension it can also mean
"having the properties of." Compare bar. Mt 4:21+.
Ben-‘Am•mi
Ben-Cha•yil (Ben-hail)
Ben-Ha•dad
Ben•Ha M’vo•rakh—Son of the Blessed,
i.e., Son of God. Mk 14:61.
Ben-Ha•nan
Ben-Hin•nom (son of Hinnom)
Ben-O•ni (Benoni)
Ben-Y’mi•ni (Benjamite)
Ben-Zo•chet (Ben-zoheth)
Be•‘on
Be•ra
Be•red
Be•rekh•yah, -ya•hu (Berachiah,
Barachiah, Barachias)—ancestor of the prophet Z’kharyah. Mt 23:35.
Be•ri
Be•rim (Beriites)
Be•ro•tah (Berothah)
Be•ro•tai (Berothai)
Be•sai
B’esh•t’•rah (Beeshterah)
Bet (Beth)—2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Be•ten
Be•ter (Bether)
Be•tzai (Bezai)
Be•tzer (Bezer)
Bid•kar
Be‘•u•lah—Married
Be•zek
B’•ha•’alot •kha—Parashah 36;
Numbers 8:1–12:16
B’•har—Parashah 32; Leviticus 25:1–26:2
Bid•kar
Big•ta (Bigtha)
Big•tan (Bigthan)
Big•ta•na (Bigthana)
Big•vai
Bik•‘at-A•ven (plain of Aven)
Bi•khri (Bichri)
Bil•‘am Ben-B•‘or (Balaam son of Beor
(Bosor))—Midianite prophet hired by King Balak of Moab to curse Israel.
Although he obeyed God and not Balak in blessing Israel, he led Israel astray
into idol worship, including both sexual sin and eating sacrifices offered to
idols (Numbers 22–25, 31; Psalm 106). 2 Kefa 2:15+.
Bil•dad
Bil•gah
Bil•gai
Bil•hah
Bil•han
Bil•shan
Bim•hal
Bin•‘a (Binea)
Bi•nu•i (Binnui)
Bin•ya•min (Benjamin)—one of the twelve tribes
of Israel. The name means "son of (the) right (hand)." Ac 13:21+.
Bin•ya•mi•ni (Benjamite)
Bir•sha
Bir•za•yit (Birzaith)
Bish•lam
Bit•ron (Bithron)
Bit•yah (Bithiah)
Biz•ta (Biztha)
Biz•yot-Yah (Bizjothjah)
B’•kho•rat (Bechorath)
B’li•ya•‘al (Belial)—another name for
Satan, the Adversary. The Hebrew means "without profit, worthless."
2C 6:15.
B’•mid•bar—Parashah 34; Numbers 1:1–4:20
B’•na•yah, -ya•hu (Benaiah)
B’•nei-Brak (Bene-berak)
B’nei-Re•gesh—Greek Boanergês
transliterates either this phrase, which means "sons of rage, sons of
tumult," or Hebrew B’nei-Ro•gez, "sons of anger." Both fit
the translation supplied by the text itself, "Thunderers." Yeshua
gave this name to Zavdai’s sons, probably because of their fiery zeal (Mk
9:38; Lk 9:54). Mk 3:17.
B’•nei-Ya•‘a•kan (Bene-jaakan)
B’•ni•nu (Beninu)
Bo—Parashah 15; Exodus 10:1–13:16
Bo•‘az (Boaz, Boöz)—the great-grandfather of
King David, in Messianic genealogy. Mt 1:5; Lk 3:32.
Bo•khim (Bochim)
Bokh•ru (Bocheru)
B•‘or (Beor)—see Bil‘am ben-B‘or
Bo•tzetz (Bozez)
Botz•kat (Bozkath)
Botz•rah (Bozrah)
Boz•kat
b’ra•khah, -khot—blessing(s),
benedic-tion(s). The word comes from berekh ("knee") and
shows the connection between worship and kneeling. To "make a B’rakhah"
is to say a blessing, to bless. Mt 9:8+.
B’ra•khah (Berachah)
B’ra•yah (Beraiah)
B’•re•sheet—Parashah 1; Genesis 1:1–6:8
B’ri•‘ah (Beriah)
B’ri•‘i (Beriites)
b’rit—covenant, contract. The major biblical
covenants are those God made through Noach (Genesis 9), Avraham (Genesis 17),
Moshe (Exodus 19–24), David (2 Samuel 7) and Yeshua (Jeremiah 31; Mt
26:28+). The first is with all mankind, the next three relate primarily to the
Jewish people, and the last, though made with the Jewish people, brings all
mankind into relationship with all the covenants.
B’rit Ha•da•shah—New Covenant,
New Testament. The term is used in the Introduction but not in the text of the
Complete Jewish Bible. (However, the New Covenant is mentioned at Mt
26:28; Mk 14:24; Lk 22:20; 1C 11:25; Ga 4:24; and throughout MJ 7:22–10:31;
as well as in the Tanakh at Jeremiah 31:30–33(31–34).
b’rit-mi•lah—literally,
"covenant of circumcision" (see Genesis 17). The term can mean
either the act or the ceremony of covenantal circumcision, which is normally
performed on the eighth day of a male Jew’s life and required of any male
Gentile who converts to Judaism. Lk 1:59+.
B’ro•dakh-Bal•’a•dan
(Berodach-baladan)
B’•shal•lach—Parashah 16; Exodus 13:17–17:16
B’•sod•yah (Besodeiah)
B’•to•nim (Betonim)
B’•tu•’el (Bethuel)
B’•tul (Bethul)
B’•tzal•’el (Bezalel)
bub •be•mei•ses [Y]—"old
wives’ tales"; "grandmothers’ stories." 1Ti 4:7.
Bu•ki (Bukki)
Bu•ki•ya•hu (Bukkiah)
Bul
Bu•nah
Bu•ni (Bunni)
Buz
Bu•zi (Buzite)
B’•vai (Bebai)
co•hen, pl. co•ha•nim—priest
(in the temple or tabernacle). Mt 2:4+.
co•hen ga•dol, pl . co•ha•nim
g’do•lim—high priest. Co•hen ha•ga•dol
means "the high priest." Mt 26:3+.
Da•be•shet (Dabbeset)
Da•gon
Da •let (Daleth)—4th letter of Hebrew
alphabet
Dal•fon (Dalphon)
Dal•ma•nu•ta (Dalmanutha)—place of uncertain
location along west shore of Lake Kinneret; perhaps identical with or near
Magdala. Mk 8:10.
Dam•me•sek (Damascus)—ancient city, now
capital of modem Syria. Ac 9:2+.
Dan—(1) Fifth son of Ya‘akov. (2) Tribe of Israel
descended from him.
Da•nah (Dannah)
Da•ni•’el—Tanakh prophet. Mt 24:15.
Dan-Ya‘an (Dan-jaan)
Da•ra
Dar•da
Dar•kon
Dar•ya•vesh (Darius)
Da•tan (Dathan)
Da•vid—king of Israel and ancestor of Yeshua the
Messiah. Mt 1:1+.
Dav•rat (Dabareh)
dav •ven•ing [Y]—praying. Mt 23:14+.
D’•dan (Dedan)
D’•da•nim (Dedanim)
De•ha•yim (Dehavites)
De•ker (Dekar)
de•na•ri•us [O]—a Roman coin, the standard
daily wage for a common laborer. Mt 20:2+.
De•‘u•’el
Di•a•spo•ra, the [O]—the Dispersion, i.e.,
the scattering of the Jewish people in exile (Hebrew galut) to the far
corners of the earth which began during the reign of the Judean kings but was
hastened by the Assyrian conquest (732 b.c.e.), the Babylonian conquest (586
b.c.e.), the destruction of the Temple (70 c.e.) and the Bar-Kokhva Rebellion
(132–135 c.e.). It continues to this day, but reversal started in the 19th
century as Jews began returning to Eretz-Yisra’el. Today 4.5 million
Jews live in Israel and between 9 and 13 million in the Diaspora. Ya 1:1+.
Di•bon
Dib•ri
Di•fat (Diphath)
Dik•lah (Diklah)
Dil•‘an (Dilean)
Dim•nah
Di•mon
Di•mo•nah
Di•nah
Din•ha•vah (Dinhabah)
Di•shan
Di•shon
Div•lah (Diblat)
Div•la•yim (Diblaim)
Di•von (Dibon)
