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Bird, Edward in eminent English painter, was born at Wolverhampton, April 12, 1772. His father, a clothier by trade, was a man of sense and information, and gave him a fair education. A family tradition declares that he began to sketch at the age of four, and that his passion for drawing called him up … Continue reading “Bird, Edward”

Bird-Catcher burdkach-er See FOWLER. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Bird, Caleb an English Congregational minister, was born in 1806. He labored thirty- five years in the Christian ministry ten at Warrington, Lancashire, and twenty-five at Margate, Kent, where he died, Dec. 10, 1866. As a preacher, Mr. Bird was earnest and faithful; as a man, he had an unstained character. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, … Continue reading “Bird, Caleb”

Bird-cages Fig. 94Bird cages Bird-cages are named in Jer 5:27; Rev 18:2; and are perhaps implied in Job 41:5, where ‘playing with a bird’ is mentioned. This just suffices to show that the ancient Israelites kept birds in cages; but we have no further information on the subject, nor any allusions to the singing of … Continue reading “Bird-cages”

Bird (symbol) (as a Christian symbol). The birds represented in the earliest Christian art are generally distinguished by their species. SEE DOVE; SEE EAGLE; SEE PHOENIX, etc. This is not only the case in the early sarcophagi and frescos of the catacombs, but it is specially remarkable in the first Gothic works of the Lombard … Continue reading “Bird (symbol)”

Bird (fowl) is probably connected with a word signifying “to perceive, to hear;” Rev 18:2; Rev 19:17, Rev 19:21. See FOWL. Cp. ornis, a hen. signifies “that which is able to fly, winged.” It is connected with ptenon signifying “feathered, winged,” which is used in 1Co 15:39. Cp. petomai and petaomai, “to fly.” In the … Continue reading “Bird (fowl)”

Bird Birds may be defined oviparous vertebrated animals, organized for flight. The common Heb. name , tsippor’, , is used of small birds generally, and of the sparrow in particular (as it is rendered in Psa 102:7); , oph, or , of frequent occurrence, usually translated ” fowl,” properly means flyer; , a’yit, a bird … Continue reading “Bird”

Birckbeck Simon an English divine, was born in 1584, and educated at Queen’s College, Oxford, of which he became a fellow. In 1607 he took holy orders, and became distinguished for his patristic and scholastic knowledge. In 1617 he became vicar of Gilling and of Forcet, in Yorkshire, and died in September, 1656. His principal … Continue reading “Birckbeck Simon”

Birchington (Brychington, Or Bryckington) Stephen a Benedictine monk of the church of Canterbury, died about 1407. He wrote a History of the Archbishops of Canterbury to the Year 1368, published in Wharton’s Anglia Sacra; and is believed to have written histories of the Kings of England to 1367, of the Roman Pontiffs to 1378, and … Continue reading “Birchington (Brychington, Or Bryckington) Stephen”

Birchett Henry a Methodist Episcopal minister, of whose birth or early life no information remains, was in the ministry between five and six years in Virginia. He died in February, 1794. He was a courageous, consecrated minister. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1794, p. 54. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature