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Baal

master; lord

Baalah

her idol; she that is governed or subdued; a spouse

Baalath

a rejoicing; our proud lord

Baalath-beer

subjected pit

Baal-berith

idol of the covenant

Baale

same as Baalath

Baal-gad

idol of fortune or felicity

Baal-hamon

who rules a crowd

Baal-hermon

possessor of destruction or of a thing cursed

Baali

my idol; lord over me

Baalim

idols; masters; false gods

Baalis

a rejoicing; a proud lord

Baal-meon

idol or master of the house

Baal-peor

master of the opening

Baal-perazim

god of divisions

Baal-shalisha

the god that presides over three; the third idol

Baal-tamar

master of the palm-tree

Baal-zebub

god of the fly

Baal-zephon

the idol or possession of the north; hidden; secret

Baanah

in the answer; in affliction

Baara

a flame; purging

Baaseiah

in making; in pressing together

Baasha

he that seeks, or lays waste

Babel

confusion; mixture

Babylon

same as Babel

Baca

a mulberry-tree

Bahurim

choice; warlike; valiant

Bajith

a house

Balaam

the ancient of the people; the destruction of the people

Baladan

one without judgment

Balak

who lays waste or destroys

Bamah

an eminence or high place

Barabbas

son of shame, confusion

Barachel

that bows before God

Barachias

same as Barachel

Barak

thunder, or in vain

Barjesus

son of Jesus or Joshua

Barjona

son of a Jona; of a dove

Barnabas

son of the prophet, or of consolation

Barsabas

son of return; son of rest

Bartholomew

a son that suspends the waters

Bartimeus

son of the honorable

Baruch

who is blessed

Barzillai

son of contempt; made of iron

Bashan

in the tooth, in ivory

Bashemath

perfumed; confusion of death; in desolation

Bathsheba

the seventh daughter; the daughter of satiety

Bathsuha

same as Bathsheba

Bealiah

the god of an idol; in an assembly

Bealoth

cast under

Bebai

void, empty

Becher

first begotten; first fruits

Bechorath

first fruits

Bedad

alone; solitary

Bedaiah

Bedeiah, the only Lord

Bedan

according to judgment

Beeliada

an open idol

Beelzebub

same as Baalzebub

Beer

a well

Beera

a well; declaring

Beerelim

the well of Elim, or of rains

Beeri

my well

Beer-lahai-roi

the well of him that liveth and seeth me

Beeroth

wells; explaining

Beersheba

the well of an oath; the seventh well

Behemoth

beasts

Bekah

half a shekel

Belah

destroying

Belial

wicked, worthless

Belshazzar

master of the treasure

Belteshazzar

who lays up treasures in secret

Ben

a son

Benaiah

son of the Lord

Ben-ammi

son of my people

Beneberak

sons of lightning

Bene-jaakan

sons of sorrow

Benhadad

son of Hadad, or noise

Benhail

son of strength

Benhanan

son of grace

Benjamin

son of the right hand

Benimi

our sons

Beno

his son

Benoni

son of my sorrow, or pain

Benzoheth

son of separation

Beon

in affliction

Beor

burning; foolish; mad

Bera

a well; declaring

Berachah

blessing; bending the knee

Berachiah

speaking well of the Lord

Beraiah

the choosing of the Lord

Berea

heavy; weighty

Bered

hail

Beri

my son; my corn

Beriah

in fellowship; in envy

Berith

covenant

Bernice

one that brings 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

glad news; incarnation

Betah

confidence

Beten

belly

Bethabara

the house of confidence

Bethanath

house of affliction

Bethany

the house of song; the house of affliction

Betharabah

house of sweet smell

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

Beth-el

the house of God

Bethemek

house of deepness

Bether

division, or in the trial

Bethesda

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

house of wrath

Beth-lebaoth

house of lionesses

Beth-lehem

house of bread

Beth-marcaboth

house of bitterness wiped out

Beth-meon

house of the dwelling-place

Beth-nimrah

house of rebellion

Beth-palet

house of expulsion

Beth-pazzez

house of dividing asunder

Beth-peor

house of gaping, or opening

Bethphage

house of my month, or of early figs

Beth-phelet

same as Beth-palet

Beth-rapha

house of health

Bethsaida

house of fruits, or of food, or of snares

Bethshan

Beth-shean, house of the tooth, or of ivory, or of sleep

Beth-shemesh

house of the sun

Bethuel

filiation of God

Beth-zur

house of a rock

Betonim

bellies

Beulah

married

Bezai

eggs

Bezaleel

in the shadow of God

Bezek

lightning; in the chains

Bezer

vine branches

Bichri

first-born; first fruits

Bidkar

in compunction, or sharp pain

Bigthan

in the press; giving meat

Bigvai

in my body

Bildad

old friendship

Bileam

the ancient of the people; the devourer

Bilgah

ancient countenance

Bilhah

Bilhan, who is old or confused

Bilshan

in the tongue

Binea

son of the Lord

Binnui

building

Birsha

an evil; a son who beholds

Bishlam

in peace

Bithiah

daughter of the Lord

Bithron

divisions

Bithynia

violent precipitation

Bizjothjah

despite

Blastus

that buds or brings forth

Boanerges

son of thunder

Boaz

or Booz, in strength

Bocheru

the first born

Bochim

the place of weeping; or of mulberry-trees

Bohan

in them

Boskath

in poverty

Boson

taking away

Bozez

mud; bog

Bozrah

in tribulation or distress

Bukki

void

Bukkiah

the dissipation of the Lord

Bul

old age; perishing

Bunah

building; understanding

Bunni

building me

Buz

despised; plundered

Buzi

my contempt

Roswell D. Hitchcock, Bible Names Dictionary, from An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names (1869). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.