The first part is identical to the common Hebrew word בית (bayit) meaning house: Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary בית The noun בית (bayit) means house. It sometimes merely denotes a domestic building, but mostly it denotes the realm of ...
Etymology of the name Baalis At first glance, the name Baalis looks like it has to do with the nameבעל(Baal), a very commonHebrewword meaning husband or owner: Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary בעל ...
Ben-hur in Biblical Hebrew בן־חור The name Ben-hur: Summary The name Ben-hur in the Bible Whether Ben-hur is a Biblical name has been disputed (because the man named Ben-hur might simply have been a "son of Hur", which is what Ben-hur means). But theHebrewconstruct...
The other Tishbite of the Bible isn't actually called a Tishbite, and many people would insist that he isn't even in the Bible. His name was Tobit (orTobias), and his story is told in the apocryphal Book of Tobit. We only have that book inGreekand some fragments inHebrewandAramaic,...
An indepth look at the meaning and etymology of the awesome name Reuben. We'll discuss the original Hebrew, plus the words and names Reuben is related to, plus the occurences of this name in the Bible.
An indepth look at the meaning and etymology of the awesome name Eliashib. We'll discuss the original Hebrew, plus the words and names Eliashib is related to, plus the occurences of this name in the Bible.
The name Bath-shua consists of two elements. The first element is theHebrewwordבת(bat), meaning daughter, from the wordבן(ben), meaning son: Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary בן The nounבן(ben) means son, or more general: a member of one particu...
The name Ben-oni obviously consists of two parts, the first one being the common Hebrew word בן (ben), meaning son: Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary בן The noun בן (ben) means son, or more general: a member of one particular social or economic node...
An indepth look at the meaning and etymology of the awesome name Ben-hanan. We'll discuss the original Hebrew, plus the words and names Ben-hanan is related to, plus the occurences of this name in the Bible.
The name Ben-hadad obviously consists of two elements. The first part of our name comes from the familiarHebrewwordבן(ben), meaning son: Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary בן The nounבן(ben) means son, or more general: a member of one particular social ...