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BIGOTRY

General scriptures concerning Isa 65:5; Mr 2:16; Lk 9:4950; 15:2; 18:914; Ac 10:28, 45; 18:1213

PAUL'S ARGUMENT AGAINST Ro 3:123; 4:116, 2325

INSTANCES OF Joshua, through envy, seeking to suppress Eldad and Medad, who were prophesying Nu 11:2729 .Jews with regard to the Samaritans Jn 4:9, 27 .In rejecting the teachings of Jesus at Nazareth Lk 4:28 .Falsely accusing Jesus of blasphemy Jn 5:18 .Of being a gluttonous man and a winebibber (a wino) Mt 11:1819 .Of keeping company with sinners Lk 7:39; 15:2; 19:57 .Of not conforming to the traditions Lk 11:38, 39 .In their treatment of the young man who was born blind, whom Jesus restored to sight Jn 9:2829, 34 .With regard to Paul's preaching Ac 21:28, 29; 22:22 .Of the Samaritans in refusing to receive Jesus Lk 9:52, 53 .Of the disciples in forbidding children to be brought to Jesus Mt 19:13; Mr 10:13; Lk 18:15 .Of the early Christians .In opposing the preaching of the gospel to the Gentiles Ac 10:45; 11:2, 3; 21:2025 .In regard to circumcision Ac 15:110, 24; Ga 2:35 .In zeal Ro 10:23 .In persecutions 1Th 2:1516 .Of John in forbidding the casting out of demons by one who did not follow Jesus Mr 9:3840; Lk 9:49, 50 .James and John in desiring to call down fire upon the Samaritans who would not receive Jesus Lk 9:5156 .Of Saul, in persecuting the Christians Ac 22:34 with Ac 9:15; 26:9; Ga 1:1314; Php 3:6

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BIGTHA

garden, or gift of fortune, one of the seven eunuchs or chamberlains who had charge of the harem of Ahasuerus (Esther 1:10).

BIGTHAN

one of the eunuchs who "kept the door" in the court of Ahasuerus. With Teresh he conspired against the king's life. Mordecai detected the conspiracy, and the culprits were hanged (Esther 2:2123; 6:13).

A conspiring Persian courtier Es 2:2123; 6:2

BIGVAI

Head of Jewish family Ezr 2:2; 8:14; Ne 7:7, 19; 10:16

BILDAD

son of contention, one of Job's friends. He is called "the Shuhite," probably as belonging to Shuah, a district in Arabia, in which Shuah, the sixth son of Abraham by Keturah, settled (Gen. 25:2).

He took part in each of the three controversies into which Job's friends entered with him (Job 8:1; 18:1; 25:1), and delivered three speeches, very severe and stern in their tone, although less violent than those of Zophar, but more so than those of Eliphaz.

One of Job's friends Job 2:11; 8:1; 18:1; 25:1

BILEAM

A town of the territory of the tribe of Manasseh 1Ch 6:70

Called IBLEAM Jos 17:11

GATHRIMMON Jos 21:25

BILGAH

cheerful.

(1.) The head of the fifteenth sacerdotal course for the temple service (1 Chr. 24:14).

(2.) A priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh. 12:5, 18).

1. One of the chiefs of the priestly shifts in the temple 1Ch 24:14

2. A priest Ne 12:5, 18 .Perhaps identical with BILGAI Ne 10:8

BILGAI

A priest Ne 10:8

BILHAH

faltering; bashful, Rachel's handmaid, whom she gave to Jacob (Gen. 29:29).

She was the mother of Dan and Naphtali (Gen. 30:38). Reuben was cursed by his father for committing adultry with her (Gen 35:22; 49:4). He was deprived of the birthright, which was given to the sons of Joseph.

1. Rachael's servant .Bears children by Jacob Ge 29:29; 30:3, 4; 37:2 .Mother of Dan and Naphtali Ge 30:18; 35:25; 46:2325 .Reuben's incest with Ge 35:22; 49:4

2. A place in the land of Simeon 1Ch 4:29 .Called BALAH Jos 19:3 .And BAALAH Jos 15:29

BILSHAN

son of the tongue; i.e., "eloquent", a man of some note who returned from the Captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2; Neh. 7:7).

1. A Horite chief Ge 36:27; 1Ch 1:42 2. A Benjamite 1Ch 7:10

BILL OF DIVORCE

(I. e. a certificate)

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