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product, growth; what grows from or is produced by something

divide, cut through; split or cleave (of rivers dividing land)

scatter, disperse; distribute by scattering

fortresses, citadels; fortified strongholds

Beth-baal-meon; place name meaning 'house/temple of Baal-meon'

Beth-barah; place name, likely meaning 'house/place of the ford'

Beth-dagon; place name meaning 'house/temple of Dagon'

Beth-haccherem; place name meaning 'house/place of the vineyard'

at the far house; location marker, possibly 'Beth-merhak' (Far House)

Beth-marcaboth; place name meaning 'house/place of chariots'

Beth-shemeshite; gentilic indicating a resident of Beth-shemesh

Beth-maacah; place name, 'house/place of Maacah'

Beth-nimrah; place name meaning 'house of leopard/clear water'

first-ripe fig, early fig; prized early fruit of the fig tree

Bochim; place name meaning 'weepers'

Bocheru; personal name in Benjamin's genealogy

Baladan, father of Merodach-baladan, king of Babylon; from Babylonian 'abal-iddina' meaning 'he has given a son'

Belteshazzar, Babylonian name given to Daniel meaning 'protect his life' or possibly 'may Bel protect the king'

nothingness, without anything; compound of 'not' + 'what' denoting absolute emptiness or void

to give fodder or provender to animals; denominative verb from the noun for mixed feed

swallowing, devouring; thing swallowed; used of both destructive words and actual consumption

Bela, alternate name for the city of Zoar in the Dead Sea region

to lay waste, devastate, make desolate; intensive form emphasizing thorough destruction

Bilshan, one of the leaders who returned from Babylonian exile with Zerubbabel

his son; possessive form of 'son' sometimes read as proper name Beno in 1 Chronicles

Ben-abinadab, 'son of Abinadab,' one of Solomon's twelve district officers

Ben-geber, 'son of Geber' or 'son of a mighty man,' one of Solomon's twelve administrative officers

Ben-deker, 'son of Deker,' another of Solomon's twelve district governors

Ben-hur, 'son of Hur,' one of Solomon's twelve administrative district governors

Bene-jaakan, 'sons of Jaakan,' a wilderness station where Israel camped during the exodus journey

the interval, the space between; substantive form of the common preposition 'between'

Binea, a descendant of King Saul through Jonathan's line in the tribe of Benjamin

Besai, ancestor of a family of temple servants (Nethinim) who returned from exile

petition, request; Aramaic term used in Daniel for a formal legal plea or supplication

terrors, alarms; divine terrors or frightening manifestations sent by God

to kick, kick at; used figuratively of Israel's rebellion and Eli's sons' contempt

Baal-berith, 'lord of the covenant,' a Canaanite deity worshiped at Shechem after Gideon's death

Bealoth, a town in southern Judah near the Philistine border, possibly identical with another Baal-named site

Baal-hermon, 'Baal of Hermon,' a city near Mount Hermon marking Israel's northern boundary

terror, dismay, dread; used of crushing disappointment when expected peace brings fear instead

the inaccessible place, the fortified or unreachable area; textual variant between 'vintage' (Ketiv) and 'fortified' (Qere)

Bazluth/Bazlith, ancestor of a family of temple servants who returned from exile; spelling varies between sources

to swell, become swollen or blistered; used of Israel's feet miraculously not swelling during wilderness wandering

Bozkath, a town in Judah's lowland near Philistine territory, hometown of King Josiah's mother

gold, refined gold ore, precious gold; possibly ring-gold or ingot form rather than dust

drought, dryness, time of dearth; the condition of severe water shortage

Bakbuk, ancestor of a family of temple servants (Nethinim) who returned from exile

Bukkiah, a Levitical musician, son of Heman, who served in David's organized temple worship

breaches, cracks, splits; structural fissures or damage requiring repair

beka, half-shekel; a weight measure equaling about 0.2 ounces or 5.7 grams