This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with ''B'' in English transcription. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External Links.
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Baal, ''"owner" or "lord", also "husband" (as possessor of the wife);'' ''possessor, controller''
[Lockyer, p. 63]
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Baalah
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Baalath
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Baalath-Beer A town named Baalath-Beer is mentioned in the Masoretic Text of Joshua 19:8, which places near the end of a list of towns belonging to the Tribe of Simeon (19:1-9). Where the Masoretic Text reads "Baalath-beer Ramath-negeb", one version of the Septu ...
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Baal-berith
Baʿal Berith ( he, בעל ברית, lit=Baʿal of the Covenant) and El Berith ( he, link=no, אל ברית, lit=God of the Covenant) are two gods, worshiped in Shechem, in ancient Canaan, according to the Bible. The term for "covenant" ( he, ב ...
*Baal
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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 (Josh. 13:5; 11:17; 12:7). It was the most northern point to which Joshua's conquests extended. It probably deri ...
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Baal-hamon
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Baal-hermon Baal-Hermon (בַּעַל חֶרְמוֹן) is a biblical geographical locale of uncertain boundaries in northern Israel or southern Lebanon, perhaps on Mount Hermon. The area is mentioned in the Book of Judges () as not being involved in the invasi ...
*Ball-hanan, ''the Lord is gracious''
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Baali
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Baalim
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Baalis, ''lord of joy, rules''
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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 Ma`in in Jordan. It was allegedly the birthplace of the prophet Elisha
Elisha ( ; or "God is my salvation", Gr ...
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Baal-peor
Numbers 31 is the 31st chapter of the Book of Numbers, the fourth book of the Pentateuch (Torah), the central part of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), a sacred text in Judaism and Christianity. Scholars such as Israel Knohl and Dennis T. Olson ...
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Baal-perazim
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Baal-shalisha Shalishah or Baal-Shalisha is a place of uncertain identification mentioned in the Book of Kings (2 Kings 4:42) and the Talmud (Sanhedrin 12a).
Baal-Shalisha is translated as "lord or master of three things", or "the third idol, the third husband ...
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Baal-tamar
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Baal-zebub
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Baal-zephon
*Baana, ''affliction''
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Baanah, ''son of grief''
[Lockyer, p. 64]
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Baara
*Baaseiah, ''Jehovah is bold''
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Baasha, ''boldness, offensive, he who lays waste''
''confusion; mixture'' ''gate of God''
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Babylon
''Bābili(m)''
* sux, 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠
* arc, 𐡁𐡁𐡋 ''Bāḇel''
* syc, ܒܒܠ ''Bāḇel''
* grc-gre, Βαβυλών ''Babylṓn''
* he, בָּבֶל ''Bāvel''
* peo, 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢 ''Bābiru''
* elx, 𒀸𒁀𒉿𒇷 ''Babi ...
, ''Gate Of The Deity, anointment or consecration or confusion or mixing''
*Baca
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Bahurim
Bahurim (etymology uncertainMcKenzie, John, ''Dictionary of the Bible'', Simon & Schuster, 1995, p77) was a village mentioned in the Hebrew Bible east of Jerusalem, on the road to the Jordan valley, close to the Mount of Olives. Biblical references ...
*Bajith
*Bakbakkar, ''diligent searcher''
*Bakbuk, ''a flagon, hollow''
*Bakbukiah, ''wasted by Jehovah, effusion of Jehovah''
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Balaam, ''a pilgrim, devouring, lord of the people''
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Baladan
Marduk-apla-iddina II (Akkadian: ; in the Bible Merodach-Baladan, also called Marduk-Baladan, Baladan and Berodach-Baladan, lit. ''Marduk has given me an heir'') was a Chaldean leader from the Bit-Yakin tribe, originally established in the territo ...
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Balak
Balak ( ''Bālāq'') was a king of Moab described in the Book of Numbers in the Hebrew Bible, where his dealings with the prophet Balaam are recounted. Balak tried to engage Balaam for the purpose of cursing the migrating Israelite community. On ...
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Bamah
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Barabbas
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Barachel, father of Elihu
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Barachel of Ammon
BarachelAlso spelled "Barakel" or "Barakhel" in literature. (Ammonite 𐤁𐤓𐤊𐤀𐤋, representing ''Bāraḵʾēl'': "blessed by El") was a king of Ammon in the 670s BCE. He is known from a small (15.9x16.9 mm) black clay bulla bearin ...
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Barachias
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Barak
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Barjesus, ''wise''
*Barjona
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Barnabas
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Barsabas
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Bartholomew
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Bartimeus
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Baruch
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Barzillai
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Bashan
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Bashemath
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Bathsheba
Bathsheba ( or ; he, בַּת־שֶׁבַע, ''Baṯ-šeḇaʿ'', Bat-Sheva or Batsheva, "daughter of Sheba" or "daughter of the oath") was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, according to the Hebrew Bible. She was the mother of ...
*Bathsuha
*Bealiah
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Bealoth
*Bebai
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Becher
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Bechorath
*Bedad
*Bedaiah
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Bedan
Bedan ( he, בְּדָן ''Bəḏān'') is named as one of the deliverer of Israelites in 1 Samuel 12:11.
He is not mentioned elsewhere as a judge of Israel. Bishop Simon Patrick and others (including the Talmud) posit the name to be a contrac ...
*Beeliada
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Beelzebub
*Beer
*Beera
*Beerelim
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Beeri
*Beer-lahai-roi
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Beeroth
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Beersheba
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Behemoth
Behemoth (; he, בְּהֵמוֹת, ''bəhēmōṯ'') is a beast from the biblical Book of Job, and is a form of the primeval chaos-monster created by God at the beginning of creation; he is paired with the other chaos-monster, Leviathan, and ...
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Bekah
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Belah
Belah is a suburb of Carlisle in the City of Carlisle district, in the county of Cumbria, England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The I ...
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Belial
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Belshazzar
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Belteshazzar
Daniel (Aramaic and he, דָּנִיֵּאל, translit=Dānīyyēʾl, lit=God is my Judge; gr, Δανιήλ, translit=Daniḗl, translit-std=ALA-LC; ) is the main character of the Book of Daniel. According to the Hebrew Bible, Daniel was a no ...
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Ben
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Benaiah
Benaiah ( he, בניה, "Yahweh builds up") is a common name in the Hebrew Bible.
Etymology
In the etymology of the name, the first part of Benaiah comes from the root-verb בנה (bana), which is a common Hebrew verb meaning "to build". The se ...
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Ben-ammi
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Beneberak Benebarak ("Sons of Barak") ( he, wikt:בני ברק, בְּנֵי בְּרַק, ''Bnei Brak'') was a biblical city mentioned in the Book of Joshua. According to the biblical account it was allocated to the Tribe of Dan. Its archaeological site is ...
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Bene-jaakan
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Benhadad
*Benhail
*Benhanan
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Benjamin
Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thir ...
*Benimi
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Beno
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Benoni
*Benzoheth
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Beon, meaning uncertain
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Beor
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Bera
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Berachah
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Berachiah
Berechiah is a Jewish name that occurs several times in the Bible. It is derived from Berakhah, "blessing".
People named Berechiah
In scripture
* the father of the Hebrew prophet Zechariah (Hebrew prophet), Zechariah and son of Iddo (prophet), ...
*Beraiah
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Berea Berea may refer to:
Places Greece
* Beroea, a place mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, now known as Veria or Veroia
Lesotho
* Berea District
Romania
* Berea, a village in Ciumești Commune, Satu Mare County
* Berea, a tributary of the Va ...
*Bered
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Beri
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Beriah
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Berith
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Bernice
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Berodach-baladan
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Berothai Berothah (Hebrew ''bērôṯâ'') is a city named in Ezekiel 47:16, located on the northern boundary of the ideal state of Israel. It is probably to be identified with Berothai ''(bērôṯay)'', an ancient Syrian city ruled by Hadadezer bar Reho ...
*Berothath
*Besai
*Besodeiah
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Besor
*Betah
*Beten
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Bethabara
Al-Maghtas ( ar, المغطس, meaning "baptism" or "immersion"), officially known as Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan", is an archaeological World Heritage site in Jordan, on the east bank of the Jordan River, considered to be the orig ...
*Bethanath
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Bethany, ''House of Misery''
*Betharabah
*Beth-aram
*Betharbel (
Hosea 10:14)
*Beth-aven, in It Is opposed to Beth-el
*Beth-azmaveth
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Beth-baalmeon
*Beth-barah
*Beth-birei
*Beth-car
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Beth-dagon Beth Dagon or Dagan (בית-דגון or בית-דגן) is the name of two biblical cities in Israel.
* A city (Joshua 15:41) in the territory of the tribe of Judah "in the plains", that is, the territory below Jaffa between the Judean hills and the ...
*Beth-diblathaim
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Bethel
Bethel ( he, בֵּית אֵל, translit=Bēṯ 'Ēl, "House of El" or "House of God",Bleeker and Widegren, 1988, p. 257. also transliterated ''Beth El'', ''Beth-El'', ''Beit El''; el, Βαιθήλ; la, Bethel) was an ancient Israelite sanct ...
*Bethemek
*Bether
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Bethesda
*Beth-ezal
*Beth-gader
*Beth-gamul
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Beth-haccerem
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Beth-haran
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Beth-horon
*Beth-lebaoth
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Beth-lehem
*Beth-marcaboth
*Beth-meon
*Beth-millo, 2 Kings 12:21
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Beth-nimrah
*Beth-palet
*Beth-pazzez
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Beth-peor
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Bethphage
*Beth-phelet
*Beth-rapha
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Bethsaida
Bethsaida (; from gr, Βηθσαϊδά from Hebrew/Aramaic ''beth-tsaida'', lit. " house of hunting" from the Hebrew root ; ar, بيت صيدا), also known as Julias, is a place mentioned in the New Testament. Julias lay in an administrative d ...
*Bethshan
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Beth-shemesh
Beit Shemesh ( he, בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ ) is a city located approximately west of Jerusalem in Israel's Jerusalem District, with a population of in .
History Tel Beit Shemesh
The small archaeological tell northeast of the modern city wa ...
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Bethuel
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Beth-zur
*Betonim
*Beulah
*Bezai,
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Bezaleel
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Bezek
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Bezer
*Bichri
*Bidkar
*Bigthan
*Bigvai
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Bildad
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Bileam
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Bilgah
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Bilhah
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Bilshan
*Binea
*Binnui
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Birsha,
*Bishlam
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Bithiah
*Bithron
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Bithynia
Bithynia (; Koine Greek: , ''Bithynía'') was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Pa ...
*Bizjothjas
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Blastus
According to the Bible, Blastus was the chamberlain of Herod Agrippa (Acts 12:20), a mediator for the Sidonians and Tyrians, and was believed to be involved in the events that led to Herod's death.
Biblical account
According to Acts 12:20, Hero ...
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Boanerges
There exists a consensus among scholars that the language of Jesus and his disciples was Aramaic. This is generally agreed upon by historians. Aramaic was the common language of Judea in the first century AD. The villages of Nazareth and Caper ...
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Boaz
*Bocheru
*Bochim
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Bohan, ''thumb'' or ''big toe''
[''Holman Bible Dictionary'' (1991),]
Bohan
*Boskath
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Boson
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Bozrah
*Bukki
*Bukkiah
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Bul
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Bunah
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Bunni
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Buz
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Buzi
Buzi (Hebrew: בּוּזִי, ''Būzī'') was the father of Ezekiel and priest of Jerusalem ( Ezekiel 1:3). Ezekiel, like Jeremiah, is said to have been a descendant of Joshua by his marriage with the proselyte Rahab (Talmud Meg. 14b; Midrash Sifr ...
References
*Comay, Joan, ''Who's Who in the Old Testament'', Oxford University Press, 1971,
*Lockyer, Herbert, ''All the men of the Bible'', Zondervan Publishing House (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1958
*Lockyer, Herbert, ''All the women of the Bible'', Zondervan Publishing 1988,
*Lockyer, Herbert, ''All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible'', Zondervan Publishing 1988,
*Tischler, Nancy M., ''All things in the Bible: an encyclopedia of the biblical world '', Greenwood Publishing, Westport, Conn. : 2006
Inline references
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