List of biblical names starting with B

Template:Short description Template:Main This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with B in English transcription. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External Links.

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B

• Baal, "owner" or "lord", also "husband" (as possessor of the wife);<ref>New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. I: Aachen – Basilians</ref> possessor, controller <ref name="Lockyer63">Lockyer, p. 63</ref>
• Baalah
• Baalath
• Baalath-Beer
• Baal-berith
• Baal-gad
• Baal-hamon
• Baal-hanan, the Lord is gracious<ref name="Lockyer63"/>
• Baal-hermon
• Baali
• Baalim
• Baalis, lord of joy, rules<ref name="Lockyer63"/>
• Baal-meon
• Baal-peor
• Baal-perazim
• Baal-shalisha
• Baal-tamar
• Baal-zebub
• Baal-zephon
• Baana, affliction<ref name="Lockyer63"/>
• Baanah, son of grief<ref name="Lockyer64">Lockyer, p. 64</ref>
• Baara
• Baaseiah, Jehovah is bold<ref name="Lockyer64"/>
• Baasha, boldness, offensive, he who lays waste<ref name="Lockyer64"/>
• Babel, confusion; mixture<ref>New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia</ref> gate of God<ref>Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne</ref>
• Babylon, Gate Of The Deity, anointment or consecration or confusion or mixing<ref>Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Babel, Babylon</ref>
• Baca
• Bahurim
• Bajith
• Bakbakkar, diligent searcher<ref name="Lockyer64"/>
• Bakbuk, a flagon, hollow<ref name="Lockyer64"/>
• Bakbukiah, wasted by Jehovah, effusion of Jehovah<ref name="Lockyer64"/>
• Balaam, a pilgrim, devouring, lord of the people<ref name="Lockyer64"/>
• Baladan
• Balak
• Bamah
• Barabbas
• Barachel, father of Elihu
• Barachel of Ammon
• Barachias
• Barak
• Barjesus, wise<ref>Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne</ref>
• Barjona
• Barnabas
• Barsabas
• Bartholomew
• Bartimeus
• Baruch
• Barzillai
• Bashan
• Bashemath
• Bathsheba
• Bathsuha
• Bealiah
• Bealoth
• Bebai
• Becher
• Bechorath
• Bedad
• Bedaiah
• Bedan
• Beeliada
• Beelzebub
• Beer
• Beera
• Beerelim
• Beeri
• Beer-lahai-roi
• Beeroth
• Beersheba
• Behemoth
• Bekah
• Belah
• Belial
• Belshazzar
• Belteshazzar
• Ben
• Benaiah
• Ben-ammi
• Beneberak
• Bene-jaakan
• Benhadad
• Benhail
• Benhanan
• Benjamin, son of the right hand;<ref> https://www.jtsa.edu/torah/the-meaning-of-benjamins-name/ </ref>
• Benimi
• Beno
• Benoni
• Benzoheth
• Beon, meaning uncertain<ref>Holman Bible Dictionary (1991), "Beon"</ref>
• Beor
• Bera
• Berachah
• Berachiah
• Beraiah
• Berea
• Bered
• Beri, meaning "my son" or "my corn"
• Beriah
• Berith
• Bernice
• Berodach-baladan
• Berothai
• Berothath
• Besai
• Besodeiah
• Besor
• Betah
• Beten
• Bethuel
• Betonim
• Beulah
• Bezai,
• Bezaleel
• Bezek
• Bezer
• Bichri
• Bidkar
• Bigthan
• Bigvai
• Bildad
• Bileam
• Bilgah
• Bilhah
• Bilshan
• Binea
• Binnui
• Birsha,
• Bishlam
• Bithiah
• Bithron
• Bithynia
• Bizjothjas
• Blastus
• Boanerges
• Boaz
• Bocheru
• Bochim
• Bohan, thumb or big toe<ref>Holman Bible Dictionary (1991), "Bohan"</ref>
• Boskath
• Boson
• Bozrah
• Bukki
• Bukkiah
• Bul
• Bunah
• Bunni
• Buz
• Buzi

References

• Comay, Joan, Who's Who in the Old Testament, Oxford University Press, 1971, Template:ISBN
• Lockyer, Herbert, All the men of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing House (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1958
• Lockyer, Herbert, All the women of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, Template:ISBN
• Lockyer, Herbert, All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, Template:ISBN
• Tischler, Nancy M., All things in the Bible: an encyclopedia of the biblical world , Greenwood Publishing, Westport, Conn. : 2006 Template:ISBN