Besley, John an English Congregational minister, was born at Barnstaple, Dec. 3, 1796. At an early age he removed to Exeter, where he was for some years chorister in the cathedral. He next went to Bristol, where he became connected with a business house. Here he was converted and gave himself to various forms of … Continue reading “Besley, John”
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Beskovius Jacob
Beskovius Jacob a German theologian, who was. born in Bohemia, and died July 26, 1624, wrote Commentaria Rerum Gestarum, of Sarus; translated into the Bohemian language. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Besley, Henry
Besley, Henry an English Congregational minister, was born at Barnstaple in 1784. He was converted very early in life; at the age of fourteen began his ministerial preparation in the theological seminary at Axminister, and received his first appointment at Sydling,. Dorsetshire, in 1804. After about three years’ labor at this place, an equal number … Continue reading “Besley, Henry”
Besiege
Besiege be-sej. See SIEGE. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Beside oneself (to be)
Beside oneself (to be) primarily and lit. means “to put out of position, displace;” hence, (a) “to amaze,” Luk 24:22 (for AV, “make … astonished”); Act 8:9, Act 8:11 (AV, “bewitched”); or “to be amazed, astounded,” Mat 12:23; Mar 6:51; (b) “to be out of one’s mind, to be beside oneself,” Mar 3:21; 2Co 5:13, … Continue reading “Beside oneself (to be)”
Beside, Besides
Beside, Besides “separately, apart from, besides,” is translated “beside” in Mat 14:21; Mat 15:38; 2Co 11:28. See APART, SEPARATE, WITHOUT. is rendered “besides” in 1Co 1:16. See FINALLY. Notes: (1) Pareiserchomai, in Rom 5:20, signifies “to come in beside,” i.e., of the Law, as coming in addition to sin committed previously apart from law, the … Continue reading “Beside, Besides”
Beside
Beside be-sd: Near to, or close to (Psa 23:2). It is often used to refer to the mental state, to the derangement of the mind (, exstemi, Mar 3:21; Act 26:24 the King James Version). Or it may refer to the condition of being out of the ordinary course of the life. A life consecrated … Continue reading “Beside”
Besford Court Hospital
Besford Court Hospital Worcestershire, England . Welfare home for mentally-defective Catholic children, restricted to feeble-minded boys from the ages of about seven to twenty-one. It consists of a junior department, conducted by nuns, in which the Montessori system of instruction is followed, and a senior department where the following vocations are taught: skilled carpentry, bricklaying, … Continue reading “Besford Court Hospital”
Beshen
Beshen (existing in all things) was, according to the Indian Brahmins, the second of those beings which God created before the world. He is supposed by them to preserve the world in its present state, and to pass through several incarnations: in the first assuming the body of a lion, then of a man, and … Continue reading “Beshen”
Beset
Beset be-set (, euperstatos): The most common sense of this word is to surround. This is the thought in Psa 139:5, and teaches the omnipresence of God. Often wicked men find that the things which they have done so envelope them that they cannot escape ruin (Hos 7:2). The reference in Heb 12:1 is first … Continue reading “Beset”