Bible Dictionary
Explore biblical people, places, events, objects, ideas, and other terms. Search the dictionary directly, browse alphabetically, or narrow the list by category or Testament.
Bier
Objects & Symbols - Both
A bier was an open coffin or flat frame used to carry a dead body to the grave. Jesus touched a bier at Nain before raising a widow’s son.
Bigtha
People & Groups - Old Testament
Bigtha was one of the seven eunuchs or chamberlains serving King Ahasuerus. He was responsible for duties connected with the royal harem.
Bigthan
People & Groups - Old Testament
Bigthan was a eunuch who guarded the king’s palace door. He conspired with Teresh against Ahasuerus, but the plot was discovered through Mordecai.
Bigthan, Or Bigthana
People & Groups - Old Testament
Bigthan, also called Bigthana, was a eunuch and chamberlain of Ahasuerus who conspired with Teresh against the king’s life.
Bigvai
People & Groups - Old Testament
Bigvai was the head of a large family that returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. Another man named Bigvai signed the covenant made with Nehemiah.
Bildad
People & Groups - Old Testament
Bildad the Shuhite was one of Job’s three friends. He delivered speeches defending the traditional view that suffering reveals wickedness, and his counsel was ultimately shown to be inadequate.
Bileam
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Bileam was a town in the western territory of Manasseh assigned to the Kohathite Levites. It is probably the same place as Ibleam.
Bilgah
People & Groups - Old Testament
Bilgah was the head of the fifteenth priestly course for temple service. The name was also borne by a priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel.
Bilgai
People & Groups - Old Testament
Bilgai was a priestly name associated with Bilgah and is listed among those who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah.
Bilhah
People & Groups - Old Testament
Bilhah was Rachel’s handmaid and Jacob’s concubine. She bore Dan and Naphtali, and later became involved in Reuben’s serious offense against his father.
Bilhan
People & Groups - Old Testament
Bilhan is a personal name meaning “modest.” The supplied sources provide no further identifying information.
BILL, BOND, ETC.
Measures & Money - New Testament
A written bond or legal acknowledgment of debt, such as the document altered by the steward in Jesus' parable. It served as formal evidence of an obligation and was written and signed by the debtor.
BILLOW
Agriculture & Daily Life - Old Testament
A large rolling wave. The word is used figuratively of overwhelming trouble and sorrow, as when the psalmist describes God's waves and billows passing over him.
Bilshan
People & Groups - Old Testament
Bilshan was one of the Israelites who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel.
Bimhal
People & Groups - Old Testament
Bimhal was a descendant of Asher, one of the sons of Japhlet.
Binea
People & Groups - Old Testament
Binea was a descendant of Saul listed in the genealogy of Benjamin.
Binnui
People & Groups - Old Testament
Binnui was a name borne by several men after the exile, including a Levite, heads of families returning from Babylon, and a builder of Jerusalem’s wall who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah.
Bird
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
Birds were used as food and, under the Mosaic law, were distinguished as clean or unclean. Certain clean birds could be offered in sacrifice, while birds also appear in Scripture as objects of hunting, comparison, and poetic observation.
Birds
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
Birds are frequently mentioned in Scripture as creatures preserved by God, used for food and sacrifice, and employed in poetry and figurative comparisons. Birds of prey, songbirds, doves, and other species appear throughout the biblical narrative.
BIRDS OF PREY
Agriculture & Daily Life - Old Testament
Large, bold birds that fed on carcasses and preyed on animals and sometimes people. Their fierceness and sharp sight made them familiar biblical images of desolation, judgment, and the exposure of the dead.
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