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.
Bride
Jesus Christ - New Testament
A bride is a woman entering marriage. Scripture also uses bride and bridegroom imagery to describe the relationship between Christ and His church, which is presented as His bride awaiting fulfillment and union with Him.
BRIDE-CHAMBER, SONS (CHILDREN) OF THE
People & Groups - New Testament
The “sons of the bride-chamber” were the friends and companions of the bridegroom who joined the wedding procession and feast. In the Gospel passages, the expression refers to Jesus’ disciples.
Bride, Bridegroom
Jesus Christ - New Testament
Bride and bridegroom are the woman and man joined in marriage. Biblical marriage imagery is also applied spiritually to Christ as Bridegroom and His people as the bride.
BRIDGE
Agriculture & Daily Life - Inter-testament
A bridge is a structure for crossing a river or other gap. Bridges are mentioned in the Apocrypha and later historical sources, but no bridge is clearly described in the canonical Scriptures.
Bridle
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
A bridle, bit, or halter is used to control and guide an animal. Scripture uses it figuratively for restraint, including God’s governing power over nations and the discipline that should control human conduct.
Brier
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
A brier is a thorny or prickly plant, including various shrubs, thistles, and the land-caltrop. Briers symbolize desolation, barrenness, and troublesome people or circumstances.
Brigandine
Objects & Symbols - Old Testament
Brigandine is an obsolete term for protective scale armor or a coat of mail. It was worn by soldiers and is mentioned in prophetic descriptions of warfare.
BRIM
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
Brim means the edge, border, or outermost part of something, such as the brink of a river or the rim of a vessel. In John 2:7, filling the jars to the brim means filling them completely.
Brimstone
Sin & Judgment - Both
Brimstone is sulfur, an inflammable mineral associated especially with the region around the Dead Sea. In Scripture, fire and brimstone represent divine judgment, destruction, and dreadful punishment.
BRING
Other - Both
Bring is used in Scripture for many forms of carrying, sending, producing, restoring, presenting, subduing, remembering, rescuing, and bringing to maturity. Its precise meaning depends on the Hebrew or Greek verb and the context.
BROAD
Doctrine & Theology - Both
Broad describes something wide, spacious, or extended, including streets, courts, and structures. Figuratively, Scripture uses it for relief and liberty, but also for the wide way that leads to destruction and for ostentatious religious display.
BROIDERED
Jewish Life & Customs - Both
Broidered means decorated with colored, checkered, twined, or plaited work. The term describes parts of the high priest’s clothing and other ornamental garments, and can also refer to braided adornment.
BROKEN
Other - Both
Broken may describe something bruised, crushed, shattered, frustrated, collapsed, or removed. Scripture uses the word both for physical damage and for the breaking down of people or purposes.
BROKENFOOTED
Law & Covenant - Old Testament
Brokenfooted describes a person with a broken or injured foot. Under the law, this condition was one of the physical blemishes that prevented a priest descended from Aaron from performing priestly service.
BROKENHANDED
Law & Covenant - Old Testament
Brokenhanded describes a person with a broken or injured hand. Under the law, such a physical blemish prevented a priestly descendant from carrying out the priestly office.
BROKENHEARTED
Salvation - Both
The brokenhearted are those who recognize their spiritual poverty and helplessness and long for God’s mercy and salvation. Scripture presents them as humble and contrite people whom God is ready to comfort and bless.
BROOCH
Objects & Symbols - Old Testament
A brooch was a piece of jewelry or a fastening ornament. In Exodus 35:22, the term likely refers to a gold nose-ring or similar ornament brought by Israelite men and women as an offering.
Brook
Places & Geography - Both
A brook is a small stream or torrent, often flowing only during the rainy season in Palestine. The term may also refer to the valley or torrent-bed containing the water, and sometimes denotes a larger river such as the Nile.
BROOK OF EGYPT, THE
Places & Geography - Old Testament
The Brook of Egypt was a desert watercourse and valley near the border of Egypt and Canaan, usually identified with Wadi el-‘Arish. It is mentioned as a boundary of the land promised to Israel.
BROOM
Agriculture & Daily Life - Old Testament
The broom tree was a desert shrub that offered little shade but could provide fuel and charcoal. Elijah sat beneath one while in the wilderness, and its roots or branches could be used in severe hardship.
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