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Bealiah

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)· Public Domain

(Jehovah is lord), a Benjamite who went over to David at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:5) (B.C. 1062.)

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Bealiah

Bealiah be-a-li'-a (be`alyah, "Yahweh is Lord," compare HPN , 144, 287): Bealiah, formerly a friend of Saul, joined David at Ziklag (1Ch 12:5). ⇒See a list of verses on BEALIAH in the Bible. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible on Bealiah

A Benjamite who joined David at Ziklag (1 Ch 12»). BEALOTH (n'lSv?), Jos 15".— An unknown town in the extreme south of Judah. See Balau. BEAM is the tr. of several Heb. words, 1. j-iK 'eregh, Jg 16'*, a weaver's hand-loom (to whicii Samson's hair was fastened), not Bimjily • In 1611 the two forms seem to be still equally acceptable, and for the most part AV follows previous versions. The nrevinus Torsions do not always ajrree, however. Thus in Mt 22l«Tindale hoA, * For many are calle 'is p6l, Kia/u)t, /aJa).— There is no reason to doubt that the vegetable alluded to is the horse-bean, Faba vulgaris, L. It is still known by the Arabs as ful, which is the same word as tne Heb. p6l. It is extensively cultivated in the East, and furnishes a coarse cheap article of diet, which is, however, eaten by the rich as well as the poor. There are several other kinds of beans grown in Palestine, as the string bean, Vigna Sinensis, L., var. sesquipedalis, L., which is knowTi as luhiyeh belediyeh, and the kidney bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, L., lubiyeh ifrangtyeh, and a climbing bean known as liibiyen k…

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  5. Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
  6. Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia

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