List of biblical names starting with B
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.
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
[edit]- Baal, "owner" or "lord", also "husband" (as possessor of the wife);[1] possessor, controller [2]
- Baalah
- Baalath
- Baalath-Beer
- Baal-berith
- Baal-gad
- Baal-hamon
- Baal-hanan, the Lord is gracious[2]
- Baal-hermon
- Baali
- Baalim
- Baalis, lord of joy, rules[2]
- Baal-meon
- Baal-peor
- Baal-perazim
- Baal-shalisha
- Baal-tamar
- Baal-zebub
- Baal-zephon
- Baana, affliction[2]
- Baanah, son of grief[3]
- Baara
- Baaseiah, Jehovah is bold[3]
- Baasha, boldness, offensive, he who lays waste[3]
- Babel, confusion; mixture[4] gate of God[5]
- Babylon, Gate Of The Deity, anointment or consecration or confusion or mixing[6]
- Baca
- Bahurim
- Bajith
- Bakbakkar, diligent searcher[3]
- Bakbuk, a flagon, hollow[3]
- Bakbukiah, wasted by Jehovah, effusion of Jehovah[3]
- Balaam, a pilgrim, devouring, lord of the people[3]
- Baladan
- Balak
- Bamah
- Barabbas
- Barachel, father of Elihu
- Barachel of Ammon
- Barachias
- Barak
- Barjesus, wise[7]
- 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;[8]
- Benimi
- Beno
- Benoni
- Benzoheth
- Beon, meaning uncertain[9]
- 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 toe[10]
- Boskath
- Boson
- Bozrah
- Bukki
- Bukkiah
- Bul
- Bunah
- Bunni
- Buz
- Buzi
References
[edit]- Comay, Joan, Who's Who in the Old Testament, Oxford University Press, 1971, ISBN 0-19-521029-8
- 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, ISBN 0-310-28151-2
- Lockyer, Herbert, All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28041-9
- Tischler, Nancy M., All things in the Bible: an encyclopedia of the biblical world , Greenwood Publishing, Westport, Conn. : 2006 ISBN 0-313-33082-4
Inline references
[edit]- ^ New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. I: Aachen – Basilians
- ^ a b c d Lockyer, p. 63
- ^ a b c d e f g Lockyer, p. 64
- ^ New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne
- ^ Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Babel, Babylon
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne
- ^ https://www.jtsa.edu/torah/the-meaning-of-benjamins-name/
- ^ Holman Bible Dictionary (1991), "Beon"
- ^ Holman Bible Dictionary (1991), "Bohan"