Bumpass, Sidney D a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Person County, N. C., Dec. 25, 1808. He was carefully trained by a pious mother; received a good education; experienced religion in 1834; was licensed to exhort in 1835, to preach in 1836; and in 1837 was admitted into the Virginia … Continue reading “Bumpass, Sidney D”
Bumby, John H
Bumby, John H an English Wesleyan missionary, was born at Thirsk, Yorkshire, Nov. 7, 1808. He was converted at the age of fifteen, entered the ministry in 1830, travelled until 1838, when he went to New Zealand, becoming general- superintendent of the New Zealand district. His energetic career there soon closed On returning in a … Continue reading “Bumby, John H”
Bulwarks
Bulwarks mural towers, bastions, were introduced by king Uzziah (2 Chr. 26:15; Zeph. 1:16; Ps. 48:13; Isa. 26:1). There are five Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version, but the same word is also variously rendered. Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Bulwark
Bulwark is the representative in the Auth. Vers. of several Hebrew words: , cheyl (lit. strength, or an army, as in 2Ki 18:17), an intrenchment, especially the breastwork which protects the trench (Isa 26:1; elsewhere trench, rampart, wall, etc.); also , chylah’, the same (Psa 48:14); , matsor’ (once , matsod, prob. by an error … Continue reading “Bulwark”
Buluh-Batang
Buluh-Batang a species of bamboo which grows in Sumatra, and which is supposed by many of the natives to be the habitation of numberless good and evil supernatural beings. See Gardner, Faiths of the World, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Bulteau, Louis
Bulteau, Louis a French writer, was born at Rouen in 1625. Having filled the office of secretary to the king for fourteen years, he retired into the abbey of Jumiges, in Normandy, and thence to the abbey of St. Germain des Pres, in Paris. He died in Paris, April 13, 1693, leaving Defense des Sentiments … Continue reading “Bulteau, Louis”
Bulstrode, Sir Richard
Bulstrode, Sir Richard A soldier, diplomatist, and author, born 1610; died 1711, was the second son of Edward Bulstrode by Margaret, daughter of Richard Ashtey, chamberlain of the queen’s household and member of the Inner Temple. He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and while at the university was the author of a poem on … Continue reading “Bulstrode, Sir Richard”
Bulrushes, Ark of
Bulrushes, Ark of See ARK OF BULRUSHES. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
BULRUSHES
BULRUSHES Exo 2:3; Job 8:11; Isa 18:2; Isa 35:7; Isa 58:5 Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible
Bulrush
BULRUSH Or papyrus, a reed growing on the banks of the Nile, in marshy ground, Job 8:11, to the height of twelve or fifteen feet, Isa 35:7 . The stalks are pliable, and capable of being interwoven very closely, as is evident from their being used in the construction of arks, Exo 2:3,5 ; and … Continue reading “Bulrush”