Bildad [BÔöÇ┬íl’dÔöÇ├ód] SON OF CONTENTION, LORD ADAD or OLD FRIENDSHIP. One of Job's three friends, a Shuhite, descended from Shuah, Abraham's son by Keturah (Job 2:11; 8:1; 18:1; 25:1; 42:9). The Man Who Made a Speech Bildad's name is an interesting study. One meaning of it is "Lord of Hadad" and "Hadad" means to shout. […]
“What should we learn from the tribe of Benjamin?”……In Genesis 49 the patriarch Jacob, sensing his impending death, gathers his sons to his bedside to bless them. Each son became the progenitor of the twelve tribes of Israel. Benjamin, as the youngest, receives his father's blessing last: "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning […]
Balaam [BÔöÇ├╝’laam] a pilgrim, consumer or lord of the people. diviner, son of Beor and resident of the town of Pethor…Num. 22; Num. 23; Num. 24; …Deut. 23:4…These nations did not welcome you with food and water when you came out of Egypt. Instead, they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in distant Aram-naharaim […]
Belshazzar[BÔöÇ├▓lshÔöÇ├óz’zar] bel protect the king or the lord's leader. …The son of Nebuchadnezzar and last of the kings of Babylon …Daniel 5…Daniel 7:1…Earlier, during the first year of King Belshazzar's reign in Babylon,(The first year of Belshazzar's reign (who was co-regent with his father, Nabonidus) was 556 b.c. (or perhaps as late as 553 b.c.). […]
Barabbas[BÔöÇ├╝rÔöÇ├ób’bas]…–son of a father or son of return. The notable prisoner, committed to prison for robbery and murder, but preferred to Christ (Matt. 27:16-26). The Man Who Had a Substitute Barabbas should have died for his crimes but Jesus occupied his cross, along with the two other thieves. What a night Barabbas must have spent […]
“What should we learn from the life of Barnabas?”……In the book of Acts, we find a Levite from Cyprus named Joses (Acts 4:36), whom the apostles called Barnabas. That nickname, translated "Son of Encouragement" (Acts 4:36-37) or "Son of Exhortation" was probably given to him because of his inclination to serve others (Acts 4:36-37, 9:27) […]
Bartholomew [BÔö£├▒rthÔö╝├àl’omew] –son of tolmai. …One of the twelve, mentioned only in the lists of the apostles (Matt. 10:3, Mark 3:18Luke 6:14Acts 1:13). Bartholomew is really not a name but a patronymic. This apostle is identified as Nathanael.