List of biblical names starting with B
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);[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
- 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
- ^ 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"