BIZJOTHJAH to BLESSING

BIZJOTHJAH

A town in Judah Jos 15:28

Called BIMOTHIAH-BAALAH, BAALATH-BEER Jos 19:8

And BALAH Jos 19:3

BIZTHA

A Persian chamberlain Es 1:10

BLACKNESS

properly the absence of all colour. In Prov. 7:9 the Hebrew word means, as in the margin of the Revised Version, "the pupil of the eye."

It is translated "apple" of the eye in Deut. 32:10; Ps. 17:8; Prov. 7:2. It is a different word which is rendered "black" in Lev. 13:31,37; Cant. Lev 1:5; 5:11; and Zech. 6:2, 6. It is uncertain what the "black marble" of Esther 1:6 was which formed a part of the mosaic pavement.

FIGURATIVE Job 30:30; Joe 2:6 Blackness of darkness Jude 1:13 .

See COLORS
SYMBOLICAL

BLACKSMITH

See SMITH

BLAIN

An inflammatory abscess Ex 9:9-10

BLASPHEMY

In the sense of speaking evil of God this word is found in Ps. 74:18; Isa. 52:5; Rom. 2:24; Rev. 13:1, 6; 16:9, 11, 21. It denotes also any kind of calumny, or evil-speaking, or abuse (1 Kings 21:10; Acts 13:45; 18:6, etc.). Our Lord was accused of blasphemy when he claimed to be the Son of God (Matt. 26:65; comp. Matt. 9:3; Mark 2:7). They who deny his Messiahship blaspheme Jesus (Luke 22:65; John 10:36).

Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost (Matt. 12:31, 32; Mark 3:28, 29; Luke 12:10) is regarded by some as a continued and obstinate rejection of the gospel, and hence is an unpardonable sin, simply because as long as a sinner remains in unbelief he voluntarily excludes himself from pardon. Others regard the expression as designating the sin of attributing to the power of Satan those miracles which Christ performed, or generally those works which are the result of the Spirit's agency.

General scriptures concerning

Ex 20:7; Le 19:12; 22:32; 24:10-16; Deut 5:11; 2Sa 12:14; 2Ki 19:22; Job 9:16-17, 2Ch 32:19; 34-35; 10:2-7; 13:7-9, 25-27; 15:13, 16:9, 25-26; 19:6-7, 11, 14; 21-22; 21:13-14; 22:12-14, 17; 30:21; 34:5-6, 9, 33:10-11; 16-19, 37; 37:20; 40:2; Ps 5:1-2; 10:11, 13; 50:21; 73:9, 11; 74:18; 78:19-20; 94:7; 139:20; Pr 30:7-9; Isa 8:21-22; 29:15, 16; 36:15, 18, 20-21; 37:10, 23; 40:27; 45:9; 52:5; 65:7; Jer 4:10; 17:15; 20:7; 23:10; Eze 8:12; 9:9; 18:25; 20:27; 33:17-20; 35:12-13; Da 7:25; 11:36-37; Ho 7:13; Zep 1:12; Zec 5:3-4; Mal 3:13-14; Mt 10:25; 12:31-32; 15:19; Mr 3:29-30; 7:21-23; Lk 12:10; Jn 19:7; Ro 2:24; 1Co 12:3; Col 3:8; 2Th 2:4; 2Ti 3:2; Heb 10:29; Jas 2:7; 3:10; 5:12; 2Pe 3:3-4; Re 13:1, 6; 16:9, 11, 21; 17:3

Prophecy of Re 13:1, 16:9, 5-6; 11, 21; 17:3

INSTANCES OF

The depraved son of Shelomith, who, in an altercation with an Israelite, cursed God Le 24:10-16 .Of the Israelites, in complaining against God Nu 21:5, 6 .Infidels, who used the adultery of David as an occasion to blaspheme 2Sa 12:14 .Shimei, in his malice toward David 2Sa 16:5 .Rabshakeh, in the siege of Jerusalem 2Ki 18:22; 19; Isa 36:15-20; 37:10-33 .Job's wife, when she exhorted Job to curse God and die Job 2:9 .Peter, when accused of being a disciple of Jesus Mt 26:74; Mr 14:71 .The revilers of Jesus, when he was crucified Mt 27:40-44, 63 .The early Christians, persecuted by Saul of Tarsus, compelled to blaspheme the name of Jesus Ac 26:11; 1Ti 1:13 .Two disciples, Hymenaeus and Alexander, who were delivered to Satan, so that they could learn not to blaspheme 1Ti 1:20 .The man of sin 2Th 2:3-4 .Backslidden Ephesians Re 2:9

FALSE INDICTMENTS FOR

Of Naboth 1Ki 21:13 .Jesus Mt 26:65; Mr 14:58; Lk 22:70-71; Jn 19:7 .Stephen Ac 6:11, 13 .Jesus falsely accused of, previously to his trial Mr 2:7; Lk 5:21

BLASTING

Blight 1Ki 8:37 Sent as a judgment Deut 28:22; 2Ki 19:7; Isa 37:7; Am 4:9; Hag 2:17

FIGURATIVE Ex 15:8; 2Sa 22:16; Job 4:9; Ps 18:15

BLASTUS

chamberlain to king Herod Agrippa I. (Acts 12:20).

Such persons generally had great influence with their masters.

One of Herod's officers Ac 12:20

BLEMISH

imperfection or bodily deformity excluding men from the priesthood, and rendering animals unfit to be offered in sacrifice (Lev. 21:17-23; 22:19-25).

The Christian church, as justified in Christ, is "without blemish" (Eph. 5:27). Christ offered himself a sacrifice "without blemish," acceptable to God (1 Pet. 1:19).

(A physical deformity) Debarred sons of Aaron from exercise of priestly offices Le 21:17-23

Animals with, forbidden to be used for sacrifice Le 22:19-25

FIGURATIVE Eph 5:27; 1Pe 1:19

BLESSING

(1.) God blesses his people when he bestows on them some gift temporal or spiritual (Gen. 1:22; 24:35; Job 42:12; Ps. 45:2; 104:24, 35).

(2.) We bless God when we thank him for his mercies (Ps. 103:1, 2; 145:1, 2).

(3.) A man blesses himself when he invokes God's blessing (Isa. 65:16), or rejoices in God's goodness to him (Deut. 29:19; Ps. 49:18).

(4.) One blesses another when he expresses good wishes or offers prayer to God for his welfare (Gen. 24:60; 31:55; 1 Sam. 2:20). Sometimes blessings were uttered under divine inspiration, as in the case of Noah, Isaac, Jacob, and Moses (Gen. 9:26, 27; 27:28, 29, 40; 48:15-20; 49:1-28; Deut. 33). The priests were divinely authorized to bless the people (Deut. 10:8; Num. 6:22-27).

We have many examples of apostolic benediction (2 Cor. 13:14; Eph. 6:23, 24; 2 Thess. 3:16, 18; Heb. 13:20, 21; 1 Pet. 5:10, 11).

(5.) Among the Jews in their thank-offerings the master of the feast took a cup of wine in his hand, and after having blessed God for it and for other mercies then enjoyed, handed it to his guests, who all partook of it. Ps. 116:13 refers to this custom. It is also alluded to in 1 Cor. 10:16, where the apostle speaks of the "cup of blessing."

For blessing before eating, see PRAYER

See THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER BEFORE TAKING FOOD

See also BENEDICTIONS

RESPONSIVE BLESSINGS OF THE LAW Deut 28:1-14 .For the responsive curses of the law,

See CURSE

CONTINGENT UPON OBEDIENCE

Ex 15:26; 19:5; 20:6; 23:22; Le 26:3-43; Deut 4:1, 40; 5:10, 29; 7:9, 12-15; 11:26-28; 12:28; 15:4, 5; 28:1-14; 29:9; 30:1-10, 15-20; Jos 1:8; 1Ki 2:3, 4; 3:14; 8:23; 9:3-9; 1Ch 22:13; 28:7, 8; 2Ch 7:17-22; 26:5; 27:6; 30:9; 31:10; Job 36:11; Pr 3:1; 16:7; Isa 1:19; Jer 7:3-7, 23; 11:1-5; 12:16; 15:19-21; 22:4-5, 17:24-27; 15, 16; Zec 3:7; Mal 3:10-12; Mt 10:22; 24:13; Mr 13:13; Col 1:22, 23; Heb 3:6, 14; 6:11-12; 10:36; Re 2:10 .

See FAITHFULNESS
See CONTINGENCIES

SPIRITUAL, FROM GOD

Ge 49:24; Ex 15:2; 31:13; 33:16; Le 21:8; Deut 33:25, 27; 1Sa 2:4; Ne 8:10; Job 23:6; 18:1-2, 28, 32, Ps 1:3; 35, 36; 23:2-3; 27:14; 28:8; 29:11; 30:7; 37:6, 17, 31:24; 24, 39; 52:8; 55:22; 61:5; 63:8; 68:18, 66:9; 28, 35; 71:16; 72:6, 17; 73:23, 26; 81:10; 84:5, 11; 89:17; 92:12-14; 94:17-18; 105:4; 119:32, 102; 132:15; 138:3, 8; 144:1, 2; 146:5; Pr 10:29; 16:6; Isa 1:25; 4:3, 4; 6:6, 7; 26:12; 28:6; 40:11, 33:5, 6; 29, 31; 41:10, 13, 14, 17, 18; 44:3; 45:8, 24; 54:17; 58:8, 57:19; 10, 11; Jer 31:12, 14, 33; Eze 16:14; Da 11:32; Ho 6:3; 14:5-8; Hab 3:19; Zec 10:12; 12:8; Mal 3:2, 3; 4:2; Jn 1:16; 17:11; Ac 20:32; Ro 9:23; 14:4; 1Co 12:6; 13:10, 12; 15:10; 2Co 1:21, 22; 3:5; 5:5; 9:8; 10:4; Eph 3:20; Php 1:6; 2:13; 4:7, 19; Col 1:11, 12; 1Th 5:24; Heb 12:10, 11; Jas 1:17, 18; 1Pe 1:5; 2Pe 1:2-4; 1Jo 1:9; 4:4; Jude 1:24 .

See REGENERATION
See SANCTIFICATION

TEMPORAL, FROM GOD

Ge 1:30; 8:22; 9:1-3; 22:17; 26:4, 5; 28:20, 21; 49:11, 12, 20, 24, 25; 23:22, Ex 15:26; 25, 26; 34:24; Le 25:20-22; 26:4-10; Nu 10:29; Deut 1:10; 2:7; 4:4, 40; 5:33; 6:2-25; 7:13-24; 8:1-10, 15-18; 10:18; 11:12-15; 12:7, 28; 15:4, 6; 26:18, 19; 28:7, 8; 29:5; 32:13, 14; Jos 1:8; Ru 1:6; 1Sa 2:7, 8; 2Sa 7:8, 9; 29:12, 1Ch 17:7, 8; 14, 16; 2Ch 1:12; 31:10; Ezr 8:22; Ne 8:10; Job 5:10; 12:23; 22:18; 37:6, 10, 13, 16, 17; 38:1-41; Ps 21:3-5; 23:1, 5; 34:10; 36:6; 44:3; 68:6, 9, 65:8-13; 10, 19; 69:35, 36; 81:13-16; 85:12; 91:1-16; 103:2-5; 104:1-35; 105:24; 107:35-38; 111:5; 113:9; 115:16; 127:1-5; 135:7; 136:1-26; 145:15, 16; 146:5-9; 147:8, 9, 13, 14; Ec 2:24; 3:13; 5:19; Isa 25:4; 30:23-26; 31:1, 2; 33:15, 16; 43:20; 48:21; 51:2; 55:10; Jer 5:24; 10:13; 14:22; 27:4-6; 30:19; 31:35; 51:16; Eze 36:28-38; Da 5:18; 6:20, 22; Ho 2:8; Joe 2:21, 11:3; 23, 26; Am 4:7; Jon 4:6; Zec 10:1; Mal 3:10-12; Mt 5:45; 6:26, 30-33; 10:29; Lk 12:22-31; Jn 6:31; Ac 14:17; 1Co 2:9; 16:2; 2Co 7:6; 9:8-10; Php 4:19; 2Pe 2:7-9 .

See GOD, GOODNESS OF
See GOD, PROVIDENCE OF

TEMPORAL, FROM GOD, EXEMPLIFIED

To Noah, at the time of the flood Ge 7:1 .To Abraham Ge 24:1 .To Isaac Ge 26:12-24, 28 .To Jacob Ge 35:9-15 .To the Israelites .In Egypt Ex 11:3 .In the wilderness, supplying .Water Ex 17:1-7; Nu 20:10, 11; Ps 78:15-20; 105:41 .Manna Ex 16:14, 31; Nu 11:7-9; Ne 9:15; Ps 78:23, 24 .Quail Nu 11:31-33; Ps 78:23-30; 105:40 .To David 2Sa 5:10; 1Ch 14:17 .To Obed-edom 2Sa 6:11 .To Solomon 1Ki 3:13; 1Ch 29:25; 2Ch 1:1 .To Elijah .Fed by ravens 1Ki 17:2-7 .By an angel 1Ki 19:5-8 .To the widow of Zerephath 1Ki 17:12-16 .Hezekiah prospered 2Ki 18:6, 7; 2Ch 32:29 .Hezekiah restored to health 2Ki 20:1-7 .To Asa 2Ch 14:6, 7 .To Jehoshaphat 2Ch 17:3-5; 20:30 .To Uzziah 2Ch 26:5-15 .To Jotham 2Ch 27:6 .To Job Job 1:10; 42:10, 12 .To Daniel Da 1:9

TEMPORAL, PRAYER FOR

Gen 28:3, 4, Ge 27:28, 29; 20, 21; 48:16; Deut 1:11; 26:15; 33:11, 13-16, 24; 1Ki 8:35-50; 1Ch 4:10; 17:27; Ps 28:9; 36:11; Pr 30:8; Mt 6:11; Ro 1:10; 1Th 3:11; 3Jo 1:2 .

See AFFLICTIONS, PRAYER IN
See PRAYER
See PROSPERITY

TEMPORAL BLESSINGS, PRAYER FOR .INSTANCES OF Abraham Ge 15:2-4 .Abraham's servant Ge 24:12 .Laban Ge 24:60 .Isaac Ge 25:21 .Hannah 1Sa 1:11 .Elijah 1Ki 17:20, 21; 18:42, 44; Jas 5:17, 18 .Ezra Ezr 8:21-23 .Nehemiah Ne 1:11; 2:4; 6:9