Dict: smith - BEE

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BEE - B>@ - (deborah). (1:44; kjv@Judges:14:8; kjv@Psalms:118:12; kjv@Isaiah:7:18) Bees abounded in Palestine, honey being a common article of food kjv@Psalms:81:16) and was often found in the clefts of rocks and in hollow trees. ( kjv@1Samuel:14:25-27) English naturalists know little of the species of bees that are found in Palestine, but are inclined tn believe that the honey-bee of Palestine is distinct from the honey-bee (Apis mellifica) of this country. The passage in kjv@Isaiah:7:18) refers "to the custom of the people in the East of calling attention to any one by a significant hiss or rather hist ." We read, kjv@Judges:14:8) that "after a time," probably many days, Samson returned to the carcass of the lion he had slain, and saw bees and honey therein. "If any one here represents to himself a corrupt and putrid carcass, the occurrence ceases to have any true similitude, for it is well known that in these countries, at certain seasons of the year, the heat will in the course of twenty-four hours completely dry up the moisture of dead camels, and that, without their undergoing decomposition their bodies long remain like mummies, unaltered and entirely free from offensive odor."
Edmann .

BEELIADA - B>@ - (the Lord knows); one of David’s 9 sons, born in Jerusalem. ( kjv@1Chronicles:14:7) In the lists in Samuel the name is ELIADA. (B.C. after 1045.)

BEELZEBUB - B>@ -
See BEELZEBUL

BEELZEBUL - B>@ - (lord of the house), the title of a heathen deity, to whom the Jews ascribed the sovereignty of the evil spirits; Satan, the prince of the devils. kjv@Matthew:10:25 kjv@Matthew:12:24; kjv@Mark:3:22; kjv@Luke:11:15) ff. The correct reading is without doubt Beelzebul , and not Beelzebub .

BEER - B>@ - (a well). One of the latest halting-places of the Israelites, lying beyond the Arnon. kjv@Numbers:21:16-18) This is possibly the BEER

- ELIM of kjv@Isaiah:15:8) A place to which Jotham, the son of Gideon, fled for fear of his brother Abimelech. kjv@Judges:9:21)

BEERA - B>@ - (a well), son of Zophah, of the tribe of Asher. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:37) (B.C. after 1450.)

BEERAH - B>@ - prince of the Reubenites, carried away by Tiglath-pileser. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:6) (B.C. 738).

BEERELIM - B>@ - (well of heroes), a spot named in kjv@Isaiah:15:8) as on the "border of Moab." kjv@Numbers:21:16) comp. Numb 21:13

BEERI - B>@ - The father of Judith, one of the wives of Esau. kjv@Genesis:26:34) ANAH (B.C. 1797.) Father of the prophet Hosea. kjv@Hosea:1:1) (B.C. before 725.)

BEERLAHAIROI - B>@ - (a well of the living), a living spring, Authorized Version, fountain, comp. kjv@Jeremiah:6:7) between Kadesh and Bered, in the wilderness. kjv@Genesis:24:62)

BEEROTH - B>@ - (wells), one of the four cities of the Hivites who deluded Joshua into a treaty of peace with them. kjv@Joshua:9:17) It is now el
- Bireh , which stands about 10 miles north of Jerusalem.

BEEROTH OF THE CHILDREN OF JAAKAN - B>@ - the wells of the tribe of Bene
- Jaakan, which formed one of the halting-places of the Israelites in the desert. (10:6) In kjv@Numbers:33:31) the name is given as BENE

- JAAKAN only.

BEERSHEBA, OR BEERSHEBA - B>@ - (well of the oath), the name of one of the old places in Palestine which formed the southern limit of the country. There are two accounts of the origin of the name. According to the first, the well was dug by Abraham, and the name given to Judah, kjv@Joshua:15:28) and then to Simeon, kjv@Joshua:19:2; kjv@1Chronicles:4:28) In the often-quoted "from Dan even unto Beersheba," kjv@Judges:20:1) it represents the southern boundary of Canaan, as Dan the northern. In the time of Jerome it was still a considerable place, and still retains its ancient name
Bir es
- Seba . There are at present on the spot two principal wells and five smaller ones. The two principal wells are on or close to the northern bank of the Wady es
- Seba . The larger of the two, which lies to the east, is, according to Dr. Robinson, 12 1/2 feet in diameter, and at the time of his visit (April 12) was 44 1/2 feet to the surface of the water. The masonry which encloses the well extends downward 28 1/2 feet. The other well Isaiah:5 feet in diameter, and was 42 feet to the water. The curb-stones around the mouth of both wells are worn into deep grooves by the action of the ropes of so many centures. These wells are in constant use today. The five lesser wells are in a group in the bed of the wady. On some low hills north of the large wells are scattered the foundations and ruins of a town of moderate size.

BEESHTERAH - B>@ - (house of Ashterah), one of the two cities allotted to the sons of Gershon out of the tribe of Manasseh beyond Jordan. kjv@Joshua:21:27) Probably identical with Ashtaroth. ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:71)

BEETLE - B>@ - LOCUST

BEEVES - B>@ - Same as cattle. kjv@Leviticus:22:19)
See BULL, BULLOCK