Jump to: Hitchcock's • Smith's • ATS • ISBE • Easton's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms International Standard Bible Encyclopedia BILDADbil'-dad (bildadh, "Bel has loved"): The second of the three friends of Job who, coming from distant regions, make an appointment together to condole with and comfort him in his affliction (Job 2:11). He is from Shuah, an unknown place somewhere in the countries East and Southeast of Palestine (or the designation Shuhite may be intended to refer to his ancestor Shuah, one of Abraham's sons by Keturah, Genesis 25:2), and from his name (compounded with Bel, the name of a Babylonian deity) would seem to represent the wisdom of the distant East. His three speeches are contained in Job 8; Job 18; For substance they are largely an echo of what Eliphaz has maintained, but charged with somewhat increased vehemence (compare Job 8:2; Job 18:3, 4) because he deems Job's words so impious and wrathful. He is the first to attribute Job's calamity to actual wickedness; but he gets at it indirectly by accusing his children (who were destroyed, Job 1:19) of sin to warrant their punishment (Job 8:4). For his contribution to the discussion he appeals to tradition (Job 8:8-10), and taking Eliphaz' cue of cause and effect (Job 8:11) he gives, evidently from the literary stores of wisdom, a description of the precarious state of the wicked, to which he contrasts, with whatever implication it involves, the felicitous state of the righteous (Job 8:11-22). His second speech is an intensified description of the wicked man's woes, made as if to match Job's description of his own desperate case (compare Job 18:5-21 with Job 16:6-22), thus tacitly identifying Job with the reprobate wicked. His third speech (Job 25), which is the last utterance of the friends, is brief, subdued in tone, and for substance is a kind of Parthian shot, reiterating Eliphaz' depravity idea, the doctrine that dies hardest. This speech marks the final silencing of the friends. Strong's Hebrew 1085. Bildad -- perhaps "Bel has loved," one of Job's friends... 1084, 1085. Bildad. 1086 . perhaps "Bel has loved," one of Job's friends. Transliteration: Bildad Phonetic Spelling: (bil-dad') Short Definition: Bildad. ... /hebrew/1085.htm - 6k Library The Beginning, Increase, and End of the Divine Life Two Kinds of Hope The Story of Job Job Job --Groping 'The End of the Lord' Letter xxxviii. To his Brother Gregory, Concerning the Difference ... Job. Here Followeth the History of Job The Kingdom Foreshadowed Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary BildadSmith's Bible Dictionary Bildad(son of contention), the second of Job's three friends. He is called "the Shuhite," which implies both his family and nation. (Job 2:11) (B.C. about 2000.) ATS Bible Dictionary BildadA descendant of Abraham by Keturah, Genesis 25:1,2. Shuah and his brethren were located in Arabia Petraea; and thus Bildad the Shuhite was a neighbor and friend of Job, and came to condole with him in his affliction, Job 2:11; 8:1-22; 18:1-21; 25:1-6. His chief topics are the suddenness, swiftness, and terribleness of God's wrath upon hypocrites and oppressors. Easton's Bible Dictionary Son of contention, one of Job's friends. He is called "the Shuhite," probably as belonging to Shuah, a district in Arabia, in which Shuah, the sixth son of Abraham by Keturah, settled (Genesis 25:2). He took part in each of the three controversies into which Job's friends entered with him (Job 8:1; 18:1; 25:1), and delivered three speeches, very severe and stern in their tone, although less violent than those of Zophar, but more so than those of Eliphaz. Thesaurus Bildad (5 Occurrences)... Eliphaz. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BILDAD. bil ... friends. John Franklin Genung. Multi-Version Concordance Bildad (5 Occurrences). Job ... /b/bildad.htm - 11k Shuhite (5 Occurrences) Zophar (4 Occurrences) Naamathite (4 Occurrences) Job's (11 Occurrences) Temanite (8 Occurrences) Eliphaz (14 Occurrences) Na'amathite (3 Occurrences) Te'manite (5 Occurrences) Responded (35 Occurrences) Bible Concordance Bildad (5 Occurrences)Job 2:11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him. Job 8:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, Job 18:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, Job 25:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, Job 42:9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did what Yahweh commanded them, and Yahweh accepted Job. Subtopics Related Terms Links Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus |
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