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Beer, Johann a German visionary, born at Schweidnitz, in Silesia, raised quite a tumult on account of the spirits he claimed to have seenl upon the Riesengebirg. He died in i600, leaving Gerwinn und Verlust himmlischer und irdischer Giiter (Almst. 1639) See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Beer, Friedrich Wilhelm a Hungarian Protestant theologian, was born at Presburg, Jan. 4, 1691, and died in 1756. His principal works are: Diss. de Pseudo-Theologis (Jena, 1713): Sciagraphia Epistolarum Paulinarum et Relig. N. Testamenti – Tractatus de Philosophia Practica: Linece Physices. These last- mentioned works are in manuscript. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gen., s.v. Fuente: … Continue reading “Beer, Friedrich Wilhelm”

Beer-elim (Heb. Beer’E’im’, , well of heroes; Sept. ; Vulg. puteus Elim), a spot named in Isa 15:8, as on the border of Moab, apparently the south, Eglaim being at the north end of the Dead Sea. The name points to the well dug by the chiefs of Israel on their approach to the promised … Continue reading “Beer-Elim”

Beer, Bernhard a Jewish writer, was born at Dresden in Saxony, July 20, 1801. Being the son of a wealthy family, he received an excellent education in the Bible and the Talmud, as well as in modern languages. In Mendelssohn’s writings he found a great delight; and he regarded him as his example in life. … Continue reading “Beer, Bernhard”

BEER A well,1. A station of the Hebrews in Moab, where God gave them water, Num 21:16-18 ; Isa 15:8 .2. A town in Judah, according to Eusebius and Jerome a few miles west of Jerusalem, near Beth-shemesh. Jotham took refuge there from his brother Abimelech, Jdg 9:21 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary … Continue reading “Beer”

Beeman, Jacob a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Kent, Conn., March 12, 1780, of pious Baptist parents. He joined the Methodists in the morning of life; was licensed to preach in 1808; and in 1809 entered the New York Conference, wherein he labored twenty-six consecutive years. He then retired from active service, and finally … Continue reading “Beeman, Jacob”

Beelzebul So it ought to be read in Mat 12:24; Mar 3:22; Luk 11:15, etc. The Jews, in ridicule, changed Baalzebub, the Ekronite “god of flies”, into Beelzebul, “god of dung” (which however is zebel, as they changed Beth-el (“house of God”) into Beth-aven (“house of vanity”), when the golden calf was set up there. … Continue reading “Beelzebul”

Beelzebub or Beelzebul BEELZEBUB or BEELZEBUL.It is strange that this name has never yet been satisfactorily explained; stranger still that no trace of it has been found as yet among the scores of Jewish names for angels and spirits. The first part of the name is clear enough; it is the Aramaic form of the … Continue reading “Beelzebub or Beelzebul”

BEELZEBUB “the prince of the devils,” Mat 12:24 . This name is derived from Baal-zebub, an idol deity among the Ekronites, signifying lord of flies, fly-baal, fly-god, whose office was to protect his worshippers from the torment of the gnats and flies with which that region was infested, 2Ki 1:2,3,16 . It is also sometimes … Continue reading “Beelzebub”

Beeltha was a goddess of the Sabaeans who is supposed to be identical with BAALTIS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature