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Balanus (Ballvin, Or Ballonus) a Christian saint celebrated on Sept. 3, is said by Colgan to have been brother of St. Gerald, and one. of the four sons of Cusperius, king of England. Balanus and his brothers accompanied Colman, bishop of Lindisfarne, to Iona, and retired with him into Connaught, in Ireland. Balanus took up … Continue reading “Balanus (Ballvin, Or Ballonus)”

Balancings balans-ins: The balancings of the clouds (Job 37:16), the manner in which they are poised and supported in the air, alike with their mysterious spreadings and motions, challenge the strongest intellect to explain. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

BALANCES, DIVINE Job 31:6; Pro 16:2; Isa 40:12; Dan 5:27; Rev 6:5 –SEE 1975 Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

Balances Moznayim, , a pair of balances or scales: such are seen on the Egyptian monuments, with the weights in one scale and the article to be weighed in the other. They were needful also in early days for weighing the money: when Abraham bought a burying place he “weighed to Ephron the silver.” Gen … Continue reading “Balances”

Balance as a Christian symbol. In this relation it appears sometimes upon Christian tombs. A sepulchral stone from the Cemetery of St. Cyriac displays this instrument in conjunction with a crown; it may also be seen upon a marble slab taken from a cemetery of the Via Latina, accompanied by a house, a fish, by … Continue reading “Balance”

Balanaea A titular see of Syria. The city of this name, a colony of Aradus (Strabo, XVI, 753), is placed by Stephanus Byzantius in Phoenicia, though it belongs rather to Syria. Its first known bishop was present at the Council of Nicaea in 325 (Lequien, Oriens Christ., II, 923). From that time to the sixth … Continue reading “Balanaea”

Balamon BALAMON.A town near Dothaim (Jdt 8:3). Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Balamon bala-mon , Balamon; the King James Version, Balamo): In the field between Balamon and Dothaim Manasses, the husband of Judith, was buried (Judith 8:3). Compare Baal-hamon (Son 8:11). Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Balamo Bal’amo. See Baal, Geographical, 6. Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Balak, Balac [Ba’lak, Ba’lac] King of Moab, son of Zippor, who sought to resist Israel in advancing to the promised land, and hired Balaam to curse them: he was taught by that false prophet to seduce Israel to idolatry by means of fornication with their women. Num 22, 23, 24; Jos 24:9; Jdg 11:25; Mic … Continue reading “Balak, Balac”

BALAK King of Moab, when the Israelites were drawing near the promised land. He was filled with terror lest they should attack and destroy him, as they had Sihon and Og, and implored the soothsayer Balaam to come and curse them. His fears and his devices were both in vain, Deu 2:9 . See BALAAM. … Continue reading “BALAK”