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- β62ΒαλανεώτηςBalaneate… of Balaneai/Balanea/Leukas: so Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.; mentioned also in Josephus, Jewish Wars 1.428 (web address 1). Adler reports an identical entry in the Ambrosian Lexicon.Matched in noteshighshort
- β155Βασιλειῶντα κτείνειkills him [because he] wants to be king… masculine accusative singular, of the desiderative verb basileia/w) comes from Josephus, Jewish War 1.85.Matched in noteshighshort
- β24ΒαήλBael, Ba'al… transliterations of the god-name Ba'al (see beta 1) occur. In Josephus, besides Baal, there are found Belias and Belos. In the Lucianic text of the Greek Bible are found Baal, Bala, and Bael.Matched in noteshighshort
- β45ΒακκαῖοιBakkaioi, Bacchaioi, Vaccaei… also Essênoi, "Esseni", were a group of cenobitic Jews, cf. Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 13.5.9; 15.10.4-5; 18.1.5. [2] Mentioned in (e.g.) Plutarch, Life of Sertorius 21.Matched in noteshighshort
- β591Βυκάνηbugle… "trumpet" (salpinx: sigma 66, sigma 68, cf. sigma 68). [2] Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 3.291-2.Matched in noteshighshort
- β540Βρῖθοςweight… not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Josephus, Jewish War 5.297 (web address 1). See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.LXXXIII. [3] Aristophanes, Frogs 1402, Euripides speaking (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort
- β400ΒοσόρBosor… also in e.g. the New Testament (2 Peter 2.15) and Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews 12.340), should more accurately be "Botsor", a variant of "Botsrah", the town בצרה of the Edomites that was destroyed …Matched in noteshighshort
- β202Βδέλυγμα ἐρημώσεωςabomination of desolation… Also mentioned in I Maccabees 1:54, 6:7; Diodorus Siculus 34/35.5.1; Josephus, Jewish War 1.34. The noun bde/lugma, from bdelu/ssw or bdelu/ssomai, literally means a feeling or expression of loathing or revulsion, and hence the …Matched in noteshighmedium