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Christian Classics Ethereal Library letter B or Smith's Bible Dictionary letter B or Easton's Bible Dictionary letter B for additional definitions and Biblical sources. Most of the men's and women's biblical names can be found in Herbert Lockyer's books with a biblical source where in the bible they can be found. Many also have a short study on the name. Most of the Biblical name definitions for places, cities, countries, angels, gods, mountains and Hebrew names can be found in Nancy M. Tischler's two volume encyclopedia All things in the Bible, an encyclopedia of the biblical world with a short study on each of them.

• Baal
  Baal
  Baʿal is a Northwest Semitic title and honorific meaning "master" or "lord" that is used for various gods who were patrons of cities in the Levant and Asia Minor, cognate to Akkadian Bēlu...
  
  , master; lord, Lord, "owner" or "lord", also "husband" (as possessor of the wife); possessor, controller;
• Baalah, her idol; she that is governed or subdued; a spouse, mistress
• Baalath
  Baalath
  Baalath was a town of the tribe of Dan which was fortified by Solomon.-References:***Strong's Concordance Baalath01191 // tleb // Ba`alath // bah-al-awth' //...
  
  , a rejoicing; our proud lord, see Baal no. 4 the height of the south
• Baalath-Beer
  Baalath-Beer
  A Biblical name, Baalath-Beer, also known as Ramoth of the South or simply Baal. was the name of a city of the Tribe of Simeon. It was located in Negev, evidently south of Beer-Sheba....
  
  , subjected pit Baalah of the well,
• Baal-berith
  Baal-berith
  Baal-Berith was the god of the Canaanite city, who later came to be viewed as the demon Baalberith by Christian demonology. According to the Book of Judges, his temple was destroyed when Abimelech quelled the rising of his subjects. The name denotes a form of Ba'al-worship prevailing in Israel,...
  
  , idol of the covenant Covenant lord
• Baale, same as Baalath
• Baal-gad
  Baal-gad
  A place in ancient Israel, Baal-Gad was a Canaanite town in the valley of Lebanon at the foot of Hermon, near the source of Jordan River. It was the most northern point to which Joshua's conquests extended. It probably derived its name from the worship of Baal...
  
  , idol of fortune or felicity, Lord of fortune
• Baal-hamon
  Baal-hamon
  Ba'al-Hamon was the chief god of Carthage, deity of sky and vegetation, depicted as a bearded older man with curling ram's horns, and considered the consort of the Carthaginian goddess Tanit....
  
  , who rules a crowd, Place of a multitude
• Baal-hermon, possessor of destruction or of a thing cursed, Lord of Hermon
• Ball-hanan, the Lord is gracious;
• Baali
  Baali (title)
  Baali is a former title used by the Israelites for God. The title, which means "my lord," is derived from the possessive form of the honorific Baal. The Judeo-Christian prophet Hosea reproached Jews for applying the title to Jehovah. Instead, he said, they should have used the endearing title...
  
  , my idol; lord over me, My lord An appellation of JEHOVAH
• Baalim, idols; masters; false gods
• Baalis
  Baalis
  Baalis is the name given in the Book of Jeremiah for the king of Ammon. He instigated the murder of Gedaliah, the Babylonian-appointed Jewish governor of Jerusalem.- Seal of Ba’alis :...
  
  , a rejoicing; a proud lord; lord of joy, rules;
• Baal-meon
  Baal-meon
  A Biblical name, Baal-meon, meaning Lord of Dwelling, was the name of a town of Reuben, that some have identified as modern-day M'ain in Israel. It was allegedly the birthplace of the prophet Elisha....
  
  , idol or master of the house
• Baal-peor, master of the opening
• Baal-perazim
  Baal-perazim
  Ba'al-Perazim was a place in ancient Israel.It was the scene of a victory gained by David over the Philistines . It is called Mount Perazim in Isaiah 28:21...
  
  , god of divisions
• Baal-shalisha, the god that presides over three; the third idol
• Baal-tamar
  Baal-tamar
  Baal-tamar is a place of uncertain identification near Gibeah, mentioned the Book of Judges in the account of the battle between the Tribe of Benjamin and the other Israelites. Eusebius knew Baaltamar under the name of "Beth-thamar"; but at the present day it can not be located....
  
  , master of the palm-tree
• Baal-zebub, god of the fly
• Baal-zephon
  Baal-zephon
  Baal-zephon is a Hebrew name which means 'lord of the north', and refers both to a god the Hellenes knew as Zeus Kasios, the god of Mount Aqraa on the Syrian shore and associated with thunderbolts, the sea and a protector of maritime trade, and a place named in the Bible and described as being...
  
  , the idol or possession of the north; hidden; secret
• Baana, , in the answer; in affliction; affliction;
• Baanah, son of grief,
• Baara, a flame; purging
• Baaseiah, in making; in pressing together; Jehovah is bold;
• Baasha, he that seeks, or lays waste; boldness, offensive, he who lays waste;
• Babel, confusion; mixture, confusion, gate of God
• Babylon
  Babylon
  Babylon was an Akkadian city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers south of Baghdad...
  
  , same as Babel, Gate Of The Deity, anointment or consecration or confusion or mixing,
• Baca, a mulberry-tree
• Bahurim
  Bahurim
  Bahurim was a village east of Jerusalem, on the road to the Jordan valley, close to Mount of Olives.It is the place where Palti son of Laish turned back as he cried after his wife, Michal, when she was brought back to her first husband, King David....
  
  , choice; warlike; valiant
• Bajith, a house;
• Bakbakkar, diligent searcher;
• Bakbuk, a flagon, hollow;
• Bakbukiah, wasted by Jehovah, effusion of Jehovah
• Balaam
  Balaam
  Balaam is a diviner in the Torah, his story occurring towards the end of the Book of Numbers. The etymology of his name is uncertain, and discussed below. Every ancient reference to Balaam considers him a non-Israelite, a prophet, and the son of Beor, though Beor is not so clearly identified...
  
  , the ancient of the people; the destruction of the people; a pilgrim, devouring, lord of the people;
• Baladan, one without judgment;
• Balak
  Balak
  Balak was king of Moab around 1200 BC. According to Book of Numbers 22:2, and the Book of Joshua 24:9, Zippor was the father of Balak.Book of Revelation 2:12 - 2:14 says about Balak:...
  
  , who lays waste or destroys;;'
• Bamah
  Bamah
  The high places denote a place of worship of the ancient Israelites. It also became used as a general term referring to any place used for idolatrous worship. Adonai was worshiped on the high places by Isaac.In Modern Hebrew, the word means "stage; platform"....
  
  , an eminence or high place
• Barabbas
  Barabbas
  Barabbas or Jesus Barabbas is a figure in the Christian narrative of the Passion of Jesus, in which he is the insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem.The penalty for Barabbas' crime was death by crucifixion, but according to the four canonical gospels and the...
  
  , son of shame, confusion
• Barachel, that bows before God
• Barachias, same as Barachel
• Barak
  Barak
  Barak , Al-Burāq the son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, was a military general in the Book of Judges in the Bible. He was the commander of the army of Deborah, the prophetess and heroine of the Hebrew Bible...
  
  , thunder, or in vain
• Barjesus, son of Jesus or Joshua son of Jesus, wise
• Barjona, son of a Jonah; of a dove
• Barnabas
  Barnabas
  Barnabas , born Joseph, was an Early Christian, one of the earliest Christian disciples in Jerusalem. In terms of culture and background, he was a Hellenised Jew, specifically a Levite. Named an apostle in , he and Saint Paul undertook missionary journeys together and defended Gentile converts...
  
  , son of the prophet, or of consolation
• Barsabas, son of return; son of rest son of Sabas or rest
• Bartholomew
  Bartholomew
  Bartholomew was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, and is usually identified as Nathaniel . He was introduced to Christ through St. Philip, another of the twelve apostles as per , where the name Nathaniel first appears. He is also mentioned as “Nathaniel of Cana in Galilee” in...
  
  , a son that suspends the waters
• Bartimeus, son of the honorable
• Baruch
  Baruch
  Baruch has been a given name among Jews from Biblical times up to the present, on some occasions also used as surname. It is also found, though more rarely, among Christians—particularly among Protestants who use Old Testament names....
  
  , who is blessed
• Barzillai, son of contempt; made of iron
• Bashan
  Bashan
  Bashan or Basan is a biblical place first mentioned in , where it is said that Chedorlaomer and his confederates "smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth", where Og the king of Bashan had his residence. At the time of Israel's entrance into the Promised Land, Og came out against them, but was utterly routed...
  
  , in the tooth, in ivory
• Bashemath, perfumed; confusion of death; in desolation
• Bathsheba
  Bathsheba
  According to the Hebrew Bible, Bathsheba was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah. She is most known for the Bible story in which King David seduced her....
  
  , daughter of oath
• Bathsuha, daughter of wealth
• Bealiah, the god of an idol; in an assembly
• Bealoth
  Bealoth
  Bealoth is mentioned in the Old Testament as a city in the extreme southern region of Judah*In Joshua 15:24 it is listed as one of the cities of the children of Judah...
  
  , cast under
• Bebai, void, empty
• Becher, first begotten; first fruits
• Bechorath, first fruits
• Bedad, alone; solitary
• Bedaiah, Bedeiah, the only Lord
• Bedan
  Bedan
  Bedan is named as the deliverer of Israelites in 1 Samuel 12:11. He is not mentioned elsewhere as a judge of Israel. Bp. Patrick and others hypothesis the name to be a contraction of ben Dan by which they suppose Samson is meant, as the Targum reads...
  
  , according to judgment
• Beeliada, an open idol
• Beelzebub
  Beelzebub
  Beelzebub -Religious meaning:Ba‘al Zəbûb is variously understood to mean "lord of flies", or "lord of the dwelling". Originally the name of a Philistine god, Beelzebub is also identified in the New Testament as Satan, the "prince of the demons". In Arabic the name is retained as Ba‘al dhubaab /...
  
  , same as Baalzebub
• Beer, a water well|well
• Beera, a well; declaring
• Beerelim, the well of Elim, or of rains
• Beeri
  Beeri
  Beeri was the father of the prophet Hosea.Jewish tradition says that he only uttered a few words of prophecy, and as they were insufficient to be embodied in a book by themselves they were incorporated within the book of Isaiah, viz., verses 19 and 20 of the 8th chapter. As such, Beeri is...
  
  , my well
• Beer-lahai-roi, the well of him that liveth and seeth me
• Beeroth
  Beeroth (north)
  Beeroth was a Biblical town seven miles northwest of Jerusalem.The town was an ancient Hivite settlement, and is mentioned in Joshua 9:17, 18:25, 2 Samuel 4:2, Ezra 2:25 and Nehemiah 7:29....
  
  , wells; explaining
• Beersheba
  Beersheba
  Beersheba is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the seventh-largest city in Israel with a population of 194,300....
  
  , the well of an oath; the seventh well
• Behemoth
  Behemoth
  Behemoth is a mythological beast mentioned in the Book of Job, 40:15-24. Metaphorically, the name has come to be used for any extremely large or powerful entity.-Plural as singular:...
  
  , beasts
• Bekah, half a shekel
• Belah
  Belah
  For the Biblical character, see List of minor Biblical figures#Bela.For the chiefly Australian tree of the genus Casuarina, see Beefwood.Belah is a suburb of Carlisle in the City of Carlisle district, in the county of Cumbria, England....
  
  , destroying
• Belial
  Belial
  Belial is one of the four crown princes of Hell and a demon in the Bible, Jewish apocrypha and Christian apocrypha...
  
  , wicked, worthless
• Belshazzar
  Belshazzar
  Belshazzar, or Balthazar , was a 6th century BC prince of Babylon, the son of Nabonidus and the last king of Babylon according to the Book of Daniel . Like his father, it is believed by many scholars that he was an Assyrian. In Daniel Belshazzar, or Balthazar , was a 6th century BC prince of...
  
  , master of the treasure
• Belteshazzar, who lays up treasures in secret
• Ben
  Ben
  Ben is often a shortened version of the given name Benjamin, Benvolio, Benedict, or less commonly Bentley, although it is also used as a formal given name in its own right...
  
  , a son
• Benaiah
  Benaiah
  Benaiah, son of the priest Jehoiada, was David's general for the army of the Kingdom of Israel and his chief bodyguard . The stories of him follow that he once killed a Egyptian with the Egyptian's own spear and a club. He was also said to have killed a lion in a snowy pit.He was one of David's...
  
  , son of the Lord
• Ben-ammi, son of my people
• Beneberak
  Beneberak
  Benebarak was a biblical city mentioned in the Book of Joshua. According to the biblical account it was allocated to the Tribe of Dan....
  
  , sons of lightning
• Bene-jaakan, sons of sorrow
• Benhadad
  Ben-Hadad I
  Ben-Hadad I was the king of Aram Damascus between 885 BCE and 865 BCE. He was the son of Tabrimmon and grandson of Hezion and a contemporary of Kings Baasha of Israel and Asa of Judah. Asa called on Ben-Hadad I to aid him in attacking northern Israel while Baasha was restricting access to...
  
  , son of Hadad, or noise
• Benhail, son of strength
• Benhanan, son of grace
• Benjamin
  Benjamin
  Benjamin was the last-born of Jacob's twelve sons, and the second and last son of Rachel in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition. He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Benjamin. In the Biblical account, unlike Rachel's first son, Joseph, Benjamin was born in Canaan. He died in Egypt on...
  
  , son of the right hand
• Benimi, our sons
• Beno, his son
• Benoni
  Benjamin
  Benjamin was the last-born of Jacob's twelve sons, and the second and last son of Rachel in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition. He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Benjamin. In the Biblical account, unlike Rachel's first son, Joseph, Benjamin was born in Canaan. He died in Egypt on...
  
  , son of my sorrow, or pain
• Benzoheth, son of separation
• Beon, in affliction
• Beor
  Beor
  Beor is a village and union councilsituated in the Kahuta Tehsil of Rawalpindi District, of Punjab, Pakistan. Its geographical coordinates are 33° 35' 0" North, 73° 34' 0" East....
  
  , burning; foolish; mad, burning or torch, a torch
• Bera
  Bera (Bible)
  Bera is the king of Sodom in Genesis 14. There is no mention of this monarch outside this biblical passage, and no trace of the city of Sodom has ever been found. In the story, Bera joins other Canaanite city kings in rebelling against Chedorlaomer, an Elamite king who rules a vast empire...
  
  , a well; declaring
• Berachah, blessing; bending the knee
• Berachiah, speaking well of the Lord
• Beraiah, the choosing of the Lord
• Berea
  Berea (Bible)
  Berea is mentioned in the book of Acts in the Bible, for the ancient city of Beroea, now known as Veria .It is a small city on the eastern side of Vermion Mountains , where Paul of Tarsus preached, and where the people examined the Scriptures to see if his preaching was true .-Biblical role:Paul...
  
  , heavy; weighty
• Bered, hail
• Beri, my son; my corn
• Beriah, in fellowship; in envy
• Berith, covenant
• Bernice, one that brings victory, bearer of victory,
• Berodach-baladan, the son of death
• Berothai, wells; a cypress
• Berothath, of a well
• Besai, a despising; dirty
• Besodeiah, counsel of the Lord
• Besor
  Besor
  HaBesor is a wadi in southern Israel. The stream begins at Mount Boker , and spills into the Mediterranean Sea near Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip, where it is called Wadi Gaza...
  
  , glad news; incarnation
• Betah, confidence
• Beten, belly
• Bethabara
  Bethabara
  This entry incorporates text from the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia with some modernisation.Bethabara , in modern-day Jordan: According to the King James Version This entry incorporates text from the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia with some modernisation.Bethabara...
  
  , the house of confidence
• Bethanath, house of affliction
• Bethany
  Bethany
  Bethany, in the Bible, was the name of a village near Jerusalem - see Bethany - mentioned in the New Testament as the home of the siblings Mary, Martha, and Lazarus and, according to the Gospel of John, the site of a miracle in which Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead...
  
  , house of song; the house of affliction, house of dates, or house of misery, House of Misery
• Betharabah, house of depression (in the sense of 'desert valley')
• Beth-aram, house of height
• Beth-aven, the house of vanity; of iniquity of trouble
• Beth-azmaveth, house of death's strength
• Beth-baalmeon, an idol of the dwelling-place
• Beth-barah, the chosen house
• Beth-birei, the house of my Creator, the house of my health
• Beth-car, the house of the lamb
• Beth-dagon, the house of corn, or of fish
• Beth-diblathaim, house of dry figs
• Bethel
  Bethel
  Bethel was a border city described in the Hebrew Bible as being located between Benjamin and Ephraim...
  
  , the Beth (Hebrew)|house of God
• Bethemek, house of deepness
• Bether, division, or in the trial
• Bethesda
  Pool of Bethesda
  The Pool of Bethesda is a pool of water in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem, on the path of the Beth Zeta Valley. The Gospel of John describes such a pool in Jerusalem, near the Sheep Gate, which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. It is associated with healing. Until the 19th century, there...
  
  , house of pity or mercy
• Beth-ezal, a neighbor's house
• Beth-gader, a house for a mouse
• Beth-gamul, house of recompense, or of the camel
• Beth-haccerem, house of the vineyard
• Beth-haran, house of grace
• Beth-horon
  Beth-horon
  Bethoron was the name for two adjacent towns, Bethoron Elyon , and Bethoron Tahton , named for the Egypto-Canaanite deity Horon mentioned in Ugaritic literature and other texts...
  
  , house of wrath
• Beth-lebaoth, house of lionesses
• Beth-lehem
  Bethlehem
  Bethlehem is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank of the Jordan River, near Israel and approximately south of Jerusalem, with a population of about 30,000 people. It is the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate of the Palestinian National Authority and a hub of Palestinian culture and tourism...
  
  , (Hebrew) house of bread
• Beth-marcaboth, house of bitterness wiped out
• Beth-meon, house of the dwelling-place
• Beth-millo, 2 Kings 12:21
• Beth-nimrah
  Beth-nimrah
  Beth-Nimrah was a town in ancient Israel.The town was located east of Jordan River and was assigned to the Tribe of Gad. It is described as "in the low plain". The name is preserved in the names Tel Nimrin and Wadi Nimrin, but the location of the old town is believed to be at Tel Bleibil. In the...
  
  , house of leopards
• Beth-palet, house of expulsion
• Beth-pazzez, house of dividing asunder
• Beth-peor, house of gaping, or opening
• Bethphage
  Bethphage
  Bethphage was a place in ancient Israel, mentioned as the place from which Jesus sent the disciples to find a donkey and a colt with her upon which he would ride into Jerusalem....
  
  , house of my month, or of early figs
• Beth-phelet, same as Beth-palet
• Beth-rapha, house of health
• Bethsaida
  Bethsaida
  Bethsaida is a place mentioned in the New Testament.- Bethsaida Julias :...
  
  , house of fruits, or of food, or of snares
• Bethshan, Beth-shean, house of the tooth, or of ivory, or of sleep
• Beth-shemesh, Beth (Hebrew)|house of the sun
• Bethuel
  Bethuel
  Bethuel , in the Hebrew Bible, was an Aramean man, the youngest son of Nahor and Milcah, the nephew of Abraham, and the father of Laban and Rebekah....
  
  , filiation of God
• Beth-zur
  Beth-zur
  Beth-Zur is a biblical site of historic and archaeological importance in the southern West Bank. Beth Zur is mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible and the writings of the Roman Jewish historian Josephus...
  
  , house of a rock
• Betonim, bellies
• Beulah, married
• Bezai, eggs
• Bezaleel, in the shadow of God
• Bezek, lightning; in the chains
• Bezer
  Bezer
  Bezer was a Biblical city in the desert plateau east of the Jordan that was designated a 'city of refuge' for the Reubenites by Moses, to which a person guilty of manslaughter could flee to avoid being killed in vengeance.The city is mentioned in , , , and ....
  
  , vine branches
• Bichri, first-born; first fruits
• Bidkar, in compunction, or sharp pain
• Bigthan, in the press; giving meat
• Bigvai, in my body
• Bildad
  Bildad
  Bildad the Shuhite was one of Job's three friends in the Book of Job. A descendant of Shuah, son of Abraham and Keturah, whose family lived in the deserts of Arabia...
  
  , old friendship
• Bileam, the ancient of the people; the devourer
• Bilgah, ancient countenance
• Bilhah
  Bilhah
  In the Book of Genesis, Bilhah is Rachel's handmaid who becomes a wife of Jacob and bears him two sons, Dan and Naphtali....
  
  , timid
• Bilshan, in the tongue
• Binea, son of the Lord
• Binnui, building
• Birsha, an evil; a son who beholds
• Bishlam, in peace
• Bithiah
  Bithiah
  According to Hebrew beliefs; Bithiah or in Modern Hebrew Bityah was an Egyptian princess, and a daughter of Pharaoh. The name of her father is not in the Bible, but Rabbinic Midrash makes her the daughter of one of the Pharaohs of the Exodus,...
  
  , daughter or worshiper of the Yah
• Bithron, divisions
• Bithynia
  Bithynia
  Bithynia was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor, adjoining the Propontis, the Thracian Bosporus and the Euxine .-Description:...
  
  , violent precipitation
• Bizjothjah, despite
• Blastus
  Blastus
  Blastus was the chamberlain of Herod Agrippa , and a mediator for the Sidonians and Tyrians. Blastus was involved in the events that led to Herod's death.-Biblical account:...
  
  , that buds or brings forth
• Boanerges, son of thunder
• Boaz
  Boaz
  Boaz is a major figure in The Book of Ruth in the Bible. The term is found 24 times in the Scriptures, being two in Greek ....
  
  , a pillar of strength
• Bocheru, the first born
• Bochim, the place of weeping; or of mulberry-trees
• Bohan, in them
• Boskath, in poverty
• Boson
  Boson
  In particle physics, bosons are subatomic particles that obey Bose–Einstein statistics. Several bosons can occupy the same quantum state. The word boson derives from the name of Satyendra Nath Bose....
  
  , taking away
• Bozez, mud; bog
• Bozrah
  Bozrah
  Botsra, Botzrah, Bozrah is an ancient biblical city in southern modern-day Jordan, now Bouseira 20 Km to the south of Tafilah,between Tafilah and Shoubak.-History:...
  
  , in tribulation or distress
• Bukki, void
• Bukkiah, the dissipation of the Lord
• Bul, old age; perishing
• Bunah, building; understanding
• Bunni, building me; my understanding
• Buz
  Children of Eber
  The Sons of Eber or Bnei Ever a synonym for the earliest cultural Hebrews, are first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in Genesis 10:21 . In orthodox circles the term is understood to refer to the wider family of Hebrew peoples from whom Abraham came. Each of the names of the children in question is...
  
  , despised; plundered
• Buzi
  Buzi
  For other uses, see Buzi Buzi was the mother or the father of Ezekiel the priest. . Ezekiel, like Jeremiah, is said to have been a descendant of Joshua by his marriage with the proselyte Rahab For other uses, see Buzi (disambiguation)Buzi (my contempt) was the mother or the father of Ezekiel the...
  
  , my contempt