Dict: easton - Bel

easton:

Bel @ the Aramaic form of Baal, the national god of the Babylonians kjv@Isaiah:46:1; kjv@Jeremiah:50:2 kjv@Jeremiah:51:44). It signifies "lord." (
See BAAL

Bela @ a thing swallowed.

(1.) A city on the shore of the Dead Sea, not far from Sodom, called also Zoar. It was the only one of the five cities that was spared at Lot's intercession kjv@Genesis:19:20 kjv@Genesis:19:23). It is first mentioned in kjv@Genesis:14:2 kjv@Genesis:14:8.

(2.) The eldest son of Benjamin kjv@Numbers:26:38; "Belah," kjv@Genesis:46:21).

(3.) The son of Beor, and a king of Edom kjv@Genesis:36:32-33; kjv@1Chronicles:1:43).

(4.) A son of Azaz ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:8).

Belial @ worthlessness, frequently used in the Old Testament as a proper name. It is first used in kjv@Deuteronomy:13:13. In the New Testament it is found only in kjv@2Corinthians:6:15, where it is used as a name of Satan, the personification of all that is evil. It is translated "wicked" in kjv@Deuteronomy:15:9; kjv@Psalms:41:8 (R.V. marg.); 101:3; kjv@Proverbs:6:12, etc. The expression "son" or "man of Belial" means simply a worthless, lawless person kjv@Judges:19:22 kjv@Judges:20:13; kjv@1Samuel:1:16 kjv@1Samuel:2:12).

Bell @ The bells first mentioned in Scripture are the small golden bells attached to the hem of the high priest's ephod kjv@Exodus:28:33-34, 35). The "bells of the horses" mentioned by Zechariah (14:20) were attached to the bridles or belts round the necks of horses trained for war, so as to accustom them to noise and tumult.

Bellows @ occurs only in kjv@Jeremiah:6:29, in relation to the casting of metal. Probably they consisted of leather bags similar to those common in Egypt.

Belly @ the seat of the carnal affections kjv@Titus:1:12; kjv@Philippians:3:19; kjv@Romans:16:18). The word is used symbolically for the heart kjv@Proverbs:18:8 kjv@Proverbs:20:27 kjv@Proverbs:22:18 , marg.). The "belly of hell" signifies the grave or underworld kjv@Jonah:2:2).

Belshazzar @ Bel protect the king!, the last of the kings of Babylon kjv@Daniel:5:1). He was the son of Nabonidus by Nitocris, who was the daughter of Nebuchadnezzar and the widow of Nergal-sharezer. When still young he made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and when heated with wine sent for the sacred vessels his "father" kjv@Daniel:5:2), or grandfather, Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from the temple in Jerusalem, and he and his princes drank out of them. In the midst of their mad revelry a hand was seen by the king tracing on the wall the announcement of God's judgment, which that night fell upon him. At the instance of the queen (i.e., his mother) Daniel was brought in, and he interpreted the writing. That night the kingdom of the Chaldeans came to an end, and the king was slain kjv@Daniel:5:30). (
See NERGAL

- SHAREZER.) The absence of the name of Belshazzar on the monuments was long regarded as an argument against the genuineness of the Book of Daniel. In 1854 Sir Henry Rawlinson found an inscription of Nabonidus which referred to his eldest son. Quite recently, however, the side of a ravine undermined by heavy rains fell at Hillah, a suburb of Babylon. A number of huge, coarse earthenware vases were laid bare. These were filled with tablets, the receipts and contracts of a firm of Babylonian bankers, which showed that Belshazzar had a household, with secretaries and stewards. One was dated in the third year of the king Marduk-sar-uzur. As Marduk-sar-uzar was another name for Baal, this Marduk-sar-uzur was found to be the Belshazzar of Scripture. In one of these contract tablets, dated in the July after the defeat of the army of Nabonidus, we find him paying tithes for his sister to the temple of the sun-god at Sippara.

Belteshazzar @ Beltis protect the king!, the Chaldee name given to Daniel by Nebuchadnezzar kjv@Daniel:1:7).