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Bohan, The Stone of Bo’han, The Stone of. A stone erected in honor of Bohan, on the boundary between Judah and Benjamin, in the valley of Achor, along the eastern side of the present Wady Dahr, running into the Dead Sea. Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Bohan, STONE OF Mr. Clermont Ganneau thinks he discovered this ancient landmark in the present Hajar el-Asbah (stone of the finger) of the Bedawin, not far from the place where the Wady Daber enters into the narrow plain which separates it from the Dead Sea (Quarterly Statement, of the Pal. Explor. Fund, April, 1871, p. … Continue reading “Bohan, STONE OF”

Bohan (Heb. Bohan’, , a thumb; Sept. ), a Reubenite, SEE BEN- BOHAN, in whose honor a stone was erected which afterward served as a boundarymark on the frontier of Judah and Benjamin (Jos 15:6; Jos 18:17). It does not appear from the text whether this stone was a sepulchral monument, or set up to … Continue reading “Bohan”

Bohairic Versions BOHAIRIC VERSIONS.See artt. Text (OT and NT). Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible

Bogue, Publius Virgilius a Presbyterian minister, was born at Farmington, Conn., March 30, 1764. He graduated from Yale College in 1787, and studied theology with his brother at Granville, Mass. He began his ministry at Winchester, Conn., and, after several prosperous years, he accepted a call to Hanover, now Kirkland; then, after a number of … Continue reading “Bogue, Publius Virgilius”

Boguphal a Polish prelate and historian, who died in 1253, as bishop of Posnania, left a Chronicun Polonice (printed in Sommertag’s Scriptores Rerum Silesice [Leipsic, 1739], and separately [Varsovia, 1752]), which gives a history of Poland down to 1253; and was continued by Godislas Backso down to 1271. See. Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: … Continue reading “Boguphal”

Bogue, Horatius Publius D.D. a Presbyterian minister, was born at Winchester, Conn., Dec. 22, 1796. He graduated from Hamilton College in 1820, and studied at Andover Seminary in 1823. He settled successively at Butternuts, 1823 to 1829; Norwich, 1829 to 1833; Vernon village, 1833 to 1840; and Seneca Falls and as stated supply in Prebie, … Continue reading “Bogue, Horatius Publius D.D.”

Bogue, David, D.D. an Independent minister of England, and one of the founders of the London Missionary Society, was born at Halydown, Berwickshire, March 1, 1750. He was sent in 1762 to the University of Edinburgh, where he remained nine years, and graduated A.M. in 1771. Soon after, he was licensed to preach in the … Continue reading “Bogue, David, D.D. (2)”

Bogr is the name of a sect of the Albigenses who appeared in the neighborhood of Cambray. about the year 1225. Many of them were burned. See Landon, Eccles. Dict. s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bogota, Colombia (Santa F de Bogota) (Chibcha: bo-cat, end of the farm-lands) Capital of the Republic of Colombia, founded in 1538 by Gonzalo Ximenez de Quesada, a Spanish conqueror. The Plaza de Bolivar, the principal square, contains the cathedral in Corinthian style with a jeweled statue of the Blessed Virgin. There are 30 churches, some … Continue reading “Bogota, Colombia”