Author: Administrador

BED In the East, is, and was anciently, a divan, or broad low step around the sides of a room, like a sofa, which answered to purpose of a sofa by day for reclining, and of a bed by night for sleeping, Exo 8:3 2Sa 4:5-7 . Sometimes it was raised several steps above the … Continue reading “Bed”

Bectoz, Claudine De called the Scholastic Sister, was a learned French nun, born about 1480, in the vicinity of Grenoble. She entered very young the abbey of St. Honorat, in Provence, of which she became abbess, and where she died in 1547. She was celebrated for her profound erudition and skill in Latin composition, evinced … Continue reading “Bectoz, Claudine De”

Bectileth, The Plain Of ( v. r. =Heb. , house of slaughter), mentioned in Jdt 2:21, as lying between Nineveh and Cilicia. The name has been compared with Bactaella (), a town of Syria named by Ptolemy (69:35) as situated in Castiotis (v. 15); Bactiali in the Peutinger Tables, which place it 21 miles from … Continue reading “Bectileth, The Plain Of”

Bectileth BECTILETH (Jdt 2:21).A plain between Nineveh and Cilicia. Perhaps the Bactiali of the Peutinger Tables, 21 miles from Antioch. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Bectileth bekti-leth ( , to pedon Baikteilath): A plain which is defined as near the mountain which is at the left hand of the upper Cilicia (Judith 2:21). The … Continue reading “Bectileth”

Becquet, Antoine a French Celestine, was born in Paris in 1654, and became librarian to the house of his order in that city. He died Jan. 20, 1730. He wrote Gallicoe Celestinoruum, Congr. Ord. Sancti Benedicti, Monasteriorum Fundationes, Virorumque Vita act Scriptis Illustriium Elogia Historica, Servato Ordine Chronologico (Paris, 1719, 4to). See Iandon, Eccles. Dict. … Continue reading “Becquet, Antoine”

Becquerel, Antoine Henri Catholic physicist. Son of Antoine Csar Becquerel . Born Paris, France, 1852 ; died 1908 . He discovered Becquerel’s Rays, i.e., the invisible radiations from uranium, and made important researches concerning optics. He is the founder of the study of radio-activity, and in 1903 shared the Nobel prize for physics for his … Continue reading “Becquerel, Antoine Henri”

Becquerel, Antoine Csar Catholic physicist, born Chatillon-sur-Loing, France , 1788 ; died Paris, France , 1878 . He devoted himself to the study of electricity, inventing a constant cell, a differential galvanometer to measure electrical resistances, and an electric thermometer. He wrote several important works and contributed articles to scientific reviews. Known as the founder … Continue reading “Becquerel, Antoine-César”

Becorath BECORATH.One of Sauls ancestors (1Sa 9:1, possibly same name as Becher of 1Ch 7:8). Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Becorath be-korath (, bekhorath, the first birth; the King James Version Bechorath): A forefather of Saul of the tribe of Benjamin (1Sa 9:1). Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Becon, Thomas, D.D prebend of Canterbury, was born 1511 or 1512, place unknown. He graduated at St. John’s College, Cambridge, 1530, was ordained 1538, and obtained the vicarage of Brensett, Kent. He had imbibed the principles of the Reformation from Stafford and Latimer at Cambridge, but was cautious in expressing his views, publishing under the … Continue reading “Becon, Thomas, D.D”

Becoming (Medieval) Any kind of change is actualization of potencies. It is often called, following Aristotle, a “movement”, because moving is a striking instance of becoming, and because the thing “moves” from the lower level of potentiality to the higher of actuality. Actualization is achieved only by a factor which is act itself. The act … Continue reading “Becoming”