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Beriites BERIITES.Descendants of Beriah, No. 1 (Num 26:44). Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Beriites [Beri’ites] Descendants of Beriah, the son of Asher. Num 26:44. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary

Beriite (Heb. with the art., hab-Berii’, ; Sept. v), the patronymic title of the family of BERIAH SEE BERIAH (q.v.), the son of Asher (Num 26:44). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Beriah, Beriites be-ra, be-rts (, berah, in shouting, probably derived from a Hebrew root meaning to make noise, or in evil, from another Hebrew root): (1) A son of Asher and father of Heber and Malchiel (Gen 46:17; 1Ch 7:30, 1Ch 7:31; the head of the family of the Beriites, Num 26:44). (2) A son … Continue reading “Beriah, Beriites”

Beriah (Heb. Beriah’, on the signif. see below), the name of four men. 1. (Sept. ) The last named of the four sons of Asher, and the father of Heber and Malchiel (Gen 46:17). B.C. 1856. His descendants were called BERIITES (Num 26:44-45). 2. (Sept. v. r. .) A son of Ephraim, so named on … Continue reading “Beriah”

Beri (Heb. Beri’, , q. d. fontanus, for , Beeri; Sept. v. r. ), a chief warrior, the fourth named of the eleven sons of Zophah, a descendant of Asher (1Ch 7:36). B.C. perh. 1016. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Beri 1Ch 7:36. Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary Beri BERI.A division of an … Continue reading “Beri”

Berhut in Mohammedan mythology, is an unscalable high wall, which is said to be in Arabia, in the region of the strait Bab el-Mandeb. It was built by the prophet, in order to separate the faithful (Moslems) from the unfaithful (Giaours). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Berhtwald (Brightwald, Or Beorthtwald) an early English prelate, according to Bede. was originally abbot of Reculver, and a man well instructed in ecclesiastical and monastic discipline. A charter of Hothari, king of Kent, is preserved, dated at Reculver in May, 679, in which lands in Thanet are bestowed upon him and his monastery (Kemble, Cod. … Continue reading “Berhtwald (Brightwald, Or Beorthtwald)”

Berhard Bolzano Mathematician and philosopher, born Prague, Bohemia, 1781 ; died there, 1848 . Ordained, 1805 , he was appointed to the chair of the philosophy of religion in Prague University. Owing to the rationalizing tendencies of his lectures, he was dismissed, 1820 , and retired into private life, engaging in mathematical studies. His theory … Continue reading “Berhard Bolzano”

Bergson, Henri (1859-1941) As the most influential of modern temporalistic, anti-mechanistic and spiritualistic metaphysics, Bergson’s writings (Les donnees immediates de l’experience, Matiere et Memoire, L’evolution creatrtce, Le rire, Introduction a la metaphysique, Les deux sources de la morale et de la religion, etc.) were aimed against the dogmatic and crude naturalism, and the mechanistic and … Continue reading “Bergson, Henri”

Bergne Samuel B an English clergyman, was born in 1805. While a minister of the Poultry Chapel, London, in 1853, he was elected secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, in the place of Rev. George Brown, who had in turn succeeded the Rev. Joseph, one of the original secretaries, and also one of … Continue reading “Bergne Samuel B”