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Beulah

(Encyclopedia)Beulah byo͞oˈlə [key] [Heb.,=married, used of a woman], in the Bible, allegorical name for Israel. ...

love-in-a-mist

(Encyclopedia)love-in-a-mist, hardy annual garden plant (Nigella damascena) of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family), having finely cut foliage and blue or white flowers surrounded by a cluster of thready bra...

Jokneam

(Encyclopedia)Jokneam jŏkˈnēăm [key], in the Bible, Canaanite royal city, later a Levitical city of Zebulun, SW of Mt. Carmel (in present-day Israel). ...

Chushan-rishathaim

(Encyclopedia)Chushan-rishathaim kyo͞oˈshăn-rĭshəthāˈĭm [key], in the Bible, Mesopotamian king, conqueror and oppressor of Israel. ...

Balak

(Encyclopedia)Balak bāˈlăk [key], in the Bible, king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel. Balac is a Greek form. ...

Bezek

(Encyclopedia)Bezek bēˈzĕk [key], in the Bible. 1 Country or city of Adoni-bezek. 2 Bivouac of Israel. ...

Nephtoah

(Encyclopedia)Nephtoah nĕftōˈə [key], in the Bible, fountain, on the border between Judah and Benjamin. The site is identified with the modern Me Neftoah (Israel). ...

Baruch, book of the Septuagint and of the Apocrypha

(Encyclopedia)Baruch, early Jewish book included in the Septuagint, but not included in the Hebrew Bible and placed in the Apocrypha in the Authorized Version. It is named for a Jewish prince Baruch (fl. 600 b.c.),...

Abdon

(Encyclopedia)Abdon ăbˈdŏn [key], in the Bible. 1 Judge of Israel. 2 Officer under Josiah. He also appears as Achbor. ...

Neballat

(Encyclopedia)Neballat nēbălˈăt [key], in the Bible, Benjamite town, W central ancient Palestine, NE of present-day Lod, Israel. It was reoccupied after the return from captivity. ...