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(
, 3541) denotes “an illegitimate child, one born out of lawful wedlock,”
Heb. 12:8.¶
BATHED
$
(
"
, 3068) signifies “to bathe or to wash.” In John 13:10 the
RV
“bathed” is
necessary to distinguish the act from the washing of feet. See
WASH
.
BATTLE
(
, 4171), “a war,” is incorrectly rendered “battle” in the
KJV
of 1
Cor. 14:8; Rev. 9:7, 9; 16:14; 20:8;
RV
, invariably, “war.”
BAY
(
, 2859), translated “bay” in the
RV
of Acts 27:39, is wider than a
“creek” (
KJV
). Eng., “gulf,” is connected. See
BOSOM
.
For
BE
see
BEING
BEACH
(
*
, 123), translated “shore” in the
KJV
in each place where it is used,
Matt. 13:2, 48; John 21:4; Acts 21:5; 27:39-40, is always in the
RV
translated “beach.” It
is derived from a root signifying “to press, drive”;
denotes “a wind-storm.”¶
BEAM
(
, 1385), “a beam,” is perhaps etymologically connected with the root
, seen in the word
, “to receive,” “beams” being received at their ends into
walls or pieces of timber. The Lord used it metaphorically, in contrast to a mote, “of a
great fault, or vice,” Matt. 7:3-5; Luke 6:41-42.¶
BEAR
(
7
$
3
)
G
2
3
7
BEGET
.
1.
(
1
, 941) signifies “to support as a burden.” It is used with the
meaning (a) “to take up,” as in picking up anything stones, John 10:31; (b) “to carry”
something, Matt. 3:11; Mark 14:13; Luke 7:14; 22:10; Acts 3:2; 21:35; Rev. 17:7; “to
carry” on one’s person, Luke 10:4; Gal. 6:17; in one’s body, Luke 11:27; “to bear” a
name in testimony, Acts 9:15; metaphorically, of a root “bearing” branches, Rom. 11:18;
(c) “to bear” a burden, whether physically, as of the cross, John 19:17, or metaphorically
in respect of sufferings endured in the cause of Christ, Luke 14:27; Rev. 2:3; it is said of
physical endurance, Matt. 20:12; of sufferings “borne” on behalf of others, Matt. 8:17;
Rom. 15:1; Gal. 6:2; of spiritual truths not able to be “borne,” John 16:12; of the refusal
to endure evil men, Rev. 2:2; of religious regulations imposed on others, Acts 15:10; of
the burden of the sentence of God to be executed in due time, Gal. 5:10; of the effect at
the judgment seat of Christ, to be “borne” by the believer for failure in the matter of
discharging the obligations of discipleship, Gal. 6:5; (d) to “bear” by way of carrying off,
John 12:6; 20:15. See
CARRY
,
TAKE
.¶