A•zah
(Gaza)—Philip took "the road that goes
down from Yerushalayim to ‘Azah, the desert
road." ‘Azah, some 40 miles south of
modern Tel Aviv, was the southernmost of the five
Philistine cities. A modern " ‘Azah
Road" heads from downtown Yerushalayim
towards Gaza and the Negev desert for a mile or
so before it gets another name. Ac 8:26.
‘A•zan (Azzan)
A•zan•yah
(Azaniah)
‘A•zar•’el
(Azareel)
‘A•zar•yah, -ya•hu
(Azariah)
‘A•zaz
‘Az•’a•zel —
a scapegoat, goat demon
‘A•zaz•ya•hu
(Azaziah)
Az•buk
‘A•ze•kah
‘Az•gad
‘A•zi•’el
‘A•zi•za
‘Az•ma•vet
(Azmaveth)
Az•not-Ta•vor
(Aznoth-tabor)
‘Az•ri•’el
‘Az•ri•kam
‘A•zur
(Azor)—in Messianic genealogy. Mt 1:13.
‘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 A•do•nai–Blessed
be the LORD
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
Boanerg�s 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, Bo�z)—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)
