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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.
Names play a variety of roles in the Bible. They sometimes relate to the nominee's role in a biblical narrative , as in the case of Nabal , a foolish man whose name means "fool". [ 1 ] Names in the Bible can represent human hopes, divine revelations , or are used to illustrate prophecies .
The personal name of God, YHWH, is presented in Exodus 3 as if the Y (Hebrew yod) is the masculine subjective prefix to the verb to be. [citation needed] In Psalm 89:26 God is referred to as Father. "He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation." [7]
Village name during the kingdoms of Israel, Judah until the Siege of Jerusalem (930 BC to 587 BC): Paleo-Hebrew: 饜饜饜饜饜饜 [1] [2] Pronunciation: Bayawt Lahawm Meaning: House of Bread Village name from 587 BC through the time of Christ: Aramaic: 讘讬转 诇讞诐 Pronunciation: Beit Lekhem Meaning: House of Bread Beth Shemesh: Village
It means "name of God", deriving from the Hebrew Shem (砖值讈诐) (which means "name") [2] + 示膾l (which means "God" or "deity"). [3] However, from the explanation given in 1 Samuel 1:20 , the name could alternatively come from a contraction of the Hebrew 砖职讈讗执诇职转执旨讬讜 诪值讗值诇 ( Modern: Š蓹示墨lt墨v m膿示膾l, Tiberian ...
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 ...
In the New Testament, as well as in the Old, they "consistently use Hebraic forms of God's name". [216] [217] An example is the Holy Name Bible by Angelo B. Traina, whose publishing company, The Scripture Research Association, released the New Testament portion in 1950. On the grounds that the New Testament was originally written not in Greek ...
The name 'Emmanuel' (also Immanuel or Imanu'el) of the Hebrew 注执诪指旨谞讜旨讗值诇 "God [is] with us" consists of two Hebrew words: 讗值诇 (’El, meaning 'God') and 注执诪指旨谞讜旨 (驶Imm膩n奴, meaning 'with us'); Standard Hebrew 驶Immanu始el, Tiberian Hebrew 驶Imm膩nû始膿l. It is a theophoric name used in the Bible in Isaiah 7:14 and ...