This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with B in English transcription, both toponyms and personal names. 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. For links to more specific lists (places, personal names, women, OT, NT, animals and plants, etc.), go to List of biblical names: See also.
A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – Y – Z
B Baal, "owner" or "lord", also "husband" (as possessor of the wife);New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. I: Aachen – Basilians possessor, controller Lockyer, p. 63 Baalah Baalath Baalath-Beer Baal-berith Baal-gad Baal-hamon Baal-hanan, the Lord is gracious Baal-hermon Baali Baalim Baalis, lord of joy, rules Baal-meon Baal-peor Baal-perazim Baal-shalisha Baal-tamar Baal-zebub Baal-zephon Baana, affliction Baanah, son of griefLockyer, p. 64 Baara Baaseiah, Jehovah is bold Baasha, boldness, offensive, he who lays waste Babel, confusion; mixtureNew Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia gate of GodCatholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne Babylon, Gate Of The Deity, anointment or consecration or confusion or mixingMeaning, origin and etymology of the name Babel, Babylon Baca Bahurim Bajith Bakbakkar, diligent searcher Bakbuk, a flagon, hollow Bakbukiah, wasted by Jehovah, effusion of Jehovah Balaam, a pilgrim, devouring, lord of the people Baladan Balak Bamah Barabbas Barachel, father of Elihu Barachel of Ammon Barachias Barak Barjesus, wiseCatholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne Barjona Barnabas Barsabas Bartholomew Bartimeus Baruch Barzillai Bashan Bashemath Bathsheba Bathsuha Bealiah Bealoth Bebai Becher Bechorath Bedad Bedaiah Bedan Beeliada Beelzebub Beer Beera Beerelim Beeri Beer-lahai-roi Beeroth Beersheba Behemoth Bekah Belah Belial Belshazzar Belteshazzar Ben Benaiah Ben-ammi Beneberak Bene-jaakan Benhadad Benhail Benhanan Benjamin, son of the right hand; Benimi Beno Benoni Benzoheth Beon, meaning uncertainHolman Bible Dictionary (1991), "Beon" Beor Bera Berachah Berachiah Beraiah Berea Bered Beri, meaning "my son" or "my corn" Beriah Berith Bernice Berodach-baladan Berothai Berothath Besai Besodeiah Besor Betah Beten Bethuel Betonim Beulah Bezai, Bezaleel Bezek Bezer Bichri Bidkar Bigthan Bigvai Bildad Bileam Bilgah Bilhah Bilshan Binea Binnui Birsha, Bishlam Bithiah Bithron Bithynia Bizjothjas Blastus Boanerges Boaz Bocheru Bochim Bohan, thumb or big toeHolman Bible Dictionary (1991), "Bohan" Boskath Boson Bozrah Bukki Bukkiah Bul Bunah Bunni Buz Buzi
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
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