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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. A – B – CDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVYZ


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Baal Baal (), or Baal,; phn, , baʿl; hbo, , baʿal, ). ( ''baʿal'') was a title and honorific meaning "owner", "lord" in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity. From its use among people, it came to be applied t ...
, ''"owner" or "lord", also "husband" (as possessor of the wife);'' ''possessor, controller'' Lockyer, p. 63 * Baalah *
Baalath Baalath is the name of either one or two towns in the Hebrew Bible.For the existence of one or two Balaaths, see Its name is the female form of Baal Baal (), or Baal,; phn, , baʿl; hbo, , baʿal, ). ( ''baʿal'') was a title and honorific ...
* Baalath-Beer * Baal-berith *Baal * Baal-gad *
Baal-hamon Baal Hammon, properly Baʿal Ḥammon or Baʿal Ḥamon ( Phoenician: ; Punic: ), meaning “Lord Hammon”, was the chief god of Carthage. He was a weather god considered responsible for the fertility of vegetation and esteemed as King of the ...
* Baal-hermon *Ball-hanan, ''the Lord is gracious'' * Baali * Baalim *
Baalis Baalis (, ''Ba‘ălīs''; Ammonite: 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤔𐤏, ''B‘LYŠ‘'') is the name given in the Book of Jeremiah for the king of Ammon. He instigated the murder of Gedaliah, the Babylonian-appointed Jewish governor of Jerusalem. Seal of ...
, ''lord of joy, rules'' * Baal-meon *
Baal-peor Numbers 31 is the 31st chapter of the Book of Numbers, the fourth book of the Pentateuch (Torah), the central part of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), a sacred text in Judaism and Christianity. Scholars such as Israel Knohl and Dennis T. Olson ...
* Baal-perazim * Baal-shalisha *
Baal-tamar Baal-tamar (“Lord of the Palm”) is a place of uncertain identification near Gibeah, mentioned the Book of Judges () in the account of the battle between the Tribe of Benjamin and the other tribes of Israel. Eusebius Eusebius of Caesarea ( ...
* Baal-zebub *
Baal-zephon Baal-zephon ( he, ''Baʿal Ṣəfōn''; Akkadian: ''Bēl Ḫazi'' ( dIM ḪUR.SAG); Ugaritic: ''baʿlu ṣapāni''; Hurrian: '' Tešub Ḫalbağe''; Egyptian: ''bꜥr ḏꜣpwnꜣ''), was the form of the Canaanite storm god Baʿal ( "The Lord" ...
*Baana, ''affliction'' * Baanah, ''son of grief''Lockyer, p. 64 * Baara *Baaseiah, ''Jehovah is bold'' * Baasha, ''boldness, offensive, he who lays waste''
Babel
''confusion; mixture'' ''gate of God'' * Babylon, ''Gate Of The Deity, anointment or consecration or confusion or mixing'' *Baca * Bahurim *Bajith *Bakbakkar, ''diligent searcher'' *Bakbuk, ''a flagon, hollow'' *Bakbukiah, ''wasted by Jehovah, effusion of Jehovah'' *
Balaam Balaam (; , Standard ''Bīlʿam'' Tiberian ''Bīlʿām'') is a diviner in the Torah ( Pentateuch) whose story begins in Chapter 22 of the Book of Numbers (). Ancient references to Balaam consider him a non-Israelite, a prophet, and the son o ...
, ''a pilgrim, devouring, lord of the people'' * Baladan * Balak * Bamah *
Barabbas Barabbas (; ) was, according to the New Testament, a prisoner who was chosen over Jesus by the crowd in Jerusalem to be pardoned and released by Roman governor Pontius Pilate at the Passover feast. Biblical account According to all four canoni ...
* Barachel, father of Elihu * Barachel of Ammon * Barachias *
Barak Barak ( or ; he, בָּרָק; Tiberian Hebrew: '' Bārāq''; ar, البُراق ''al-Burāq'' "lightning") was a ruler of Ancient Israel. As military commander in the biblical Book of Judges, Barak, with Deborah, from the Tribe of Ephrai ...
* Barjesus, ''wise'' *Barjona *
Barnabas Barnabas (; arc, ܒܪܢܒܐ; grc, Βαρνάβας), born Joseph () or Joses (), was according to tradition an early Christian, one of the prominent Christian disciples in Jerusalem. According to Acts 4:36, Barnabas was a Cypriot Jew. Name ...
* Barsabas *
Bartholomew Bartholomew (Aramaic: ; grc, Βαρθολομαῖος, translit=Bartholomaîos; la, Bartholomaeus; arm, Բարթողիմէոս; cop, ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ; he, בר-תולמי, translit=bar-Tôlmay; ar, بَرثُولَماو ...
* Bartimeus * Baruch * Barzillai *
Bashan Bashan (; he, הַבָּשָׁן, translit=ha-Bashan; la, Basan or ''Basanitis'') is the ancient, biblical name used for the northernmost region of the Transjordan during the Iron Age. It is situated in modern-day Syria. Its western part, now ...
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Bashemath Basemath (, Arabic: بسمة; "Sweet-smile"), in the Hebrew Bible, is one of the wives of Esau. In , Basemath is the name of the first wife of Esau. She was the daughter of Elon the Hittite (). Because Basemath was a Canaanite, Esau’s marriage ...
* Bathsheba *Bathsuha *Bealiah * Bealoth *Bebai * Becher * Bechorath *Bedad *Bedaiah * Bedan *Beeliada *
Beelzebub Beelzebub ( ; he, ''Baʿal-zəḇūḇ'') or Beelzebul is a name derived from a Philistine god, formerly worshipped in Ekron, and later adopted by some Abrahamic religions as a major demon. The name ''Beelzebub'' is associated with the Can ...
*Beer *Beera *Beerelim *
Beeri There are two biblical figures named 'Beeri.' The etymology of Beeri (, ''Bə’êrî'') is given as "belonging to a fountain" by Wilhelm Gesenius, but as "expounder" by the ''International Standard Bible Encyclopedia'' and "well" according to the ...
*Beer-lahai-roi * Beeroth *
Beersheba Beersheba or Beer Sheva, officially Be'er-Sheva ( he, בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, ''Bəʾēr Ševaʿ'', ; ar, بئر السبع, Biʾr as-Sabʿ, Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. ...
* Behemoth * Bekah * Belah *
Belial Belial ( he, , ''Bəlīyyaʿal'') is a term occurring in the Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament which later became personified as the devilSee the reference to "Beliar" in ''The Ascension of Isaiah'', at EarlyChristianWritings.com', specifically at ...
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Belshazzar Belshazzar (Babylonian cuneiform: ''Bēl-šar-uṣur'', meaning "Bel, protect the king"; ''Bēlšaʾṣṣar'') was the son and crown prince of Nabonidus (556–539 BC), the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Through his mother he might h ...
* Belteshazzar *
Ben Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( he, ...
* Benaiah * Ben-ammi * Beneberak * Bene-jaakan * Benhadad *Benhail *Benhanan * Benjamin *Benimi *
Beno Beno is a name of various origins. In the Bible it appears in 1 Chronicles 24:26–27 where the Hebrew word is rendered as "Beno" in some English translations and as "his son" in others. Beno is also a short form of Benedict in various languages. ...
* Benoni *Benzoheth * Beon, meaning uncertain * Beor *
Bera Bera may refer to: Acronyms * Bioelectric recognition assay, a method in electrophysiology * Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority, an energy regulatory body in Botswana * Brainstem evoked response audiometry, a screening test to monitor for heari ...
* Berachah * Berachiah *Beraiah * Berea *Bered * Beri * Beriah * Berith * Bernice * Berodach-baladan * Berothai *Berothath *Besai *Besodeiah *
Besor The Besor ( he, נחל הבשור, ''Nahal HaBesor'') is a wadi in southern Israel. The stream begins at Mount Boker (near Sde Boker), and spills into the Mediterranean Sea near Al-Zahra in the Gaza Strip, where it is called Wadi Gaza ( ar, ...
*Betah *Beten * Bethabara *Bethanath *
Bethany Bethany ( grc-gre, Βηθανία,Murphy-O'Connor, 2008, p152/ref> Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܥܢܝܐ ''Bēṯ ʿAnyā'') or what is locally known as Al-Eizariya or al-Azariya ( ar, العيزرية, " laceof Lazarus"), is a Palestinian town in the West B ...
, ''House of Misery'' *Betharabah *Beth-aram *Betharbel ( Hosea 10:14) *Beth-aven, in It Is opposed to Beth-el *Beth-azmaveth * Beth-baalmeon *Beth-barah *Beth-birei *Beth-car * Beth-dagon *Beth-diblathaim * Bethel *Bethemek *Bether * Bethesda *Beth-ezal *Beth-gader *Beth-gamul * Beth-haccerem * Beth-haran *
Beth-horon Bethoron ( he, בֵית־חוֹרֹ֔ן, lit=house of Horon; grc, Ὡρωνείν), also Beth-Horon, was the name of two adjacent ancient towns strategically located on the Gibeon-Aijalon road, guarding the "ascent of Beth-Horon". The towns are ...
*Beth-lebaoth * Beth-lehem *Beth-marcaboth *Beth-meon *Beth-millo, 2 Kings 12:21 *
Beth-nimrah Beth-Nimrah or Beth-nimrah ( he, בית נמרה), also called Nimrin and Bethennabris, was an ancient city in Transjordan, which features prominently the history of ancient Israel and Judah. Tell Nimrin has been identified by Nelson Glueck as the ...
*Beth-palet *Beth-pazzez * Beth-peor *
Bethphage Bethphage ( grc, Βηθφαγή, Bēthpagḗ; arc, בֵּית פַּגִּי, Bêt̲ Paggî, lit=house of unripe figs) or Bethsphage, is a Christian religious site on the Mount of Olives east of historical Jerusalem. Bethphage is mentioned in t ...
*Beth-phelet *Beth-rapha * Bethsaida *Bethshan * Beth-shemesh *
Bethuel Bethuel ( – ''Bəṯūʾēl''), in the Hebrew Bible, was an Aramean man, the youngest son of Nahor and Milcah, the nephew of Abraham, and the father of Laban and Rebecca. Bethuel was also a town in the territory of the tribe of Simeon, w ...
* Beth-zur *Betonim *Beulah *Bezai, * Bezaleel * Bezek * Bezer *Bichri *Bidkar *Bigthan *Bigvai *
Bildad Bildad ( ''Bildaḏ''; ''Baldád''), the Shuhite, was one of Job's three friends who visited the patriarch in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Job. He was a descendant of Shuah, son of Abraham and Keturah (), whose family lived in the deserts of ...
* Bileam * Bilgah *
Bilhah Bilhah ( "unworried", Standard Hebrew: ''Bīlha'', Tiberian Hebrew: ''Bīlhā'') is a woman mentioned in the Book of Genesis.For the etymology, see describes her as Laban's handmaid, who was given to Rachel to be her handmaid on Rachel's marria ...
* Bilshan *Binea *Binnui * Birsha, *Bishlam *
Bithiah The Pharaoh's daughter ( he, בַּת־פַּרְעֹה, lit=daughter of Pharaoh) in the story of the finding of Moses in the biblical Book of Exodus is an important, albeit minor, figure in Abrahamic religions. Though some variations of her stor ...
*Bithron * Bithynia *Bizjothjas * Blastus * Boanerges *
Boaz Boaz (; Hebrew: בֹּעַז ''Bōʿaz''; ) is a biblical figure appearing in the Book of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible and in the genealogies of Jesus in the New Testament and also the name of a pillar in the portico of the historic Temple in J ...
*Bocheru *Bochim * Bohan, ''thumb'' or ''big toe''''Holman Bible Dictionary'' (1991),
Bohan
*Boskath *
Boson In particle physics, a boson ( ) is a subatomic particle whose spin quantum number has an integer value (0,1,2 ...). Bosons form one of the two fundamental classes of subatomic particle, the other being fermions, which have odd half-integer spi ...
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Bozrah Busaira ( ar, بُصَيْرا, buṣayrā; also Busayra, Busairah or Buseirah) is a town in Tafilah Governorate, Jordan, located between the towns of Tafilah ( Tophel) and Shoubak and closer to the latter. Bozrah ( he, בָּצְרָה ; also ...
*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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