Biblia

Beaman, H. H

Beaman, H. H a Baptist minister, was born in 1849. In early life he was frail in health, and was obliged to pursue his studies under private tutors. At the age of seventeen he was converted, and became a member of the Church in Athol, Mass. He was a decided, active Christian from the outset … Continue reading “Beaman, H. H”

Beam-rood

Beam-rood is the beam crossing the chancel arch, on which the rood or crucifix is fixed; sometimes the top of the chancel screen. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Beam-light

Beam-light is the lamp which burns before the holy sacrament; so called, because seton the rood-beam above the altar, in distinction from a light set upon a perch or swinging stand, or those placed in bowls suspended from the vault. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Beam

Beam the rendering in the Auth. Vers. of the following words: , e’reg, a web, Jdg 16:14; shuttle, Job 2:6; , manor’, a yoke, hence a weaver’s frame, or its principal beam, 1Sa 17:7; 2Sa 21:19; 1Ch 11:23; 1Ch 20:5; , geb, a board, 1Ki 6:9; , kaphis’, a cross-beam or girder (Sept. ), Hab … Continue reading “Beam”

Beals, David

Beals, David a Congregational minister, was born at Dalton, Mass., Jan. 28, 1829. He graduated from Amherst College, 1857, and from the Connecticut Theological Institute in 1860. The middle year of his theological course was spent in the Union Seminary, N.Y. He was ordained in East Hartland, Conn., June 10, 1863, where he remained four … Continue reading “Beals, David”

Bealoth

Bealoth (Heb. Bealoth’, , the plur. fem. of Baal, signifying prob. citizens; Sept. v. r. and ), the name of two places. 1. A town in the southern part of Judah (i.e. in Simeon), mentioned in connection with Telem and Hazor (Jos 15:24); evidently different from either of the two places called Baalath (Jos 15:9; … Continue reading “Bealoth”

Beall, Isaac I.

Beall, Isaac I. a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Fairfield County, O., Sept. 18, 1823. He was dedicated to the ministry from infancy, and enjoyed: the privileges of an early religious education. He chose and prepared himself for the legal profession, was converted in 1848, soon began preaching, and in 1849 entered the Ohio … Continue reading “Beall, Isaac I.”

Bealiah

Bealiah (Heb. Bealyah’, , whose lord is Jehovah; remarkable as containing the names of both Baal and Jah; Sept. ), one of David’s thirty Benjamite heroes of the sling during his sojourn at Ziklag (1Ch 12:5). B.C. 1054. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Bealiah whose Lord is Jehovah, a Benjamite, one of … Continue reading “Bealiah”

Beale, Oliver

Beale, Oliver a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Bridgewater, Mass., Oct. 13, 1777, converted 1800, and entered the itinerant ministry at Lynn, Mass., 1801. After filling several of the most important stations, he was presiding elder from 1806 to 1818; and during the next ten years, while effective, he was missionary at Piscataquis, and … Continue reading “Beale, Oliver”