--- title: B — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 13 description: The 1119 words of the English dictionary under B, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / B # B — The English dictionary · page 13 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* A bead is a small ball or shape with a hole through it, put on a string to make a necklace or bracelet.[↗](../../bead/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A bead of water or sweat is a small round drop.[↗](../../bead/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A small ball with a hole through it; in older English also a prayer.[↗](../../bead/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A necklace has 30 beads.[↗](../../bead/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She uses 8 red beads and 12 blue beads.[↗](../../bead/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each bracelet needs 15 beads.[↗](../../bead/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many bracelets can she make with 90 beads?[↗](../../bead/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pattern goes red, blue, blue, red, blue, blue.[↗](../../bead/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We count to 100 on a bead string.[↗](../../bead/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Beads of rain ran down the window.[↗](../../bead/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She made a friendship bracelet with glass beads.[↗](../../bead/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore a silk dress, golden bracelets, and large amber beads.[↗](../../bead/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The Tenth Path is the Resplendent Intelligence, because it is exalted above every bead, and sits on the throne of BINAH (the Intelligence spoken of in the Third Path).[↗](../../bead/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../bead/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The Second Path is that of the Illuminating Intelligence it is the Crown of Creation, the Splendor of the Unity, equaling it, and it is exalted above every bead, and named by the Kabbalists the Second Glory.[↗](../../bead/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../bead/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · These three mothers again represent in the Microcosm or Human form, male and female; the Head, the Belly, and the Chest; the bead from the fire, the belly from water, and the chest from the air lieth between them.[↗](../../bead/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../bead/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy cheeks are comely with circlets, thy neck with beads.[↗](../../bead/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.1.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bead/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my bride; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one bead of thy necklace.[↗](../../bead/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.4.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bead/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Perspiration hung like beads on his brow.[↗](../../bead/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Old Indian Legends) · The Tenth Path is the Resplendent Intelligence, because it is exalted above every bead, and sits on the throne of BINAH (the Intelligence spoken of in the Third Path).[↗](../../bead/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) · She wore a silk dress, golden bracelets, and large amber beads.[↗](../../bead/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) **beadle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) A beadle was a minor officer in a town or parish who kept order, called people to meetings or rang the bell.[↗](../../beadle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The beadle rang the bell for the meeting.[↗](../../beadle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The town beadle ran in with the news.[↗](../../beadle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old village the beadle walked in front of the mayor.[↗](../../beadle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The beadle kept the crowd quiet.[↗](../../beadle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **beady** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Small, round and shiny, like a bead; used mostly about eyes.[↗](../../beady/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Watching very closely and suspiciously, as in «a beady eye».[↗](../../beady/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The crow watched us with its beady black eyes.[↗](../../beady/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher kept a beady eye on the back row.[↗](../../beady/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rat stared out from the hole with beady eyes.[↗](../../beady/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma has a beady eye for mess.[↗](../../beady/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The doll had little beady eyes made of glass.[↗](../../beady/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep a beady eye on your bag at the station.[↗](../../beady/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He had bright beady eyes and stiff grey whiskers and his tail was like a long bit of black india-rubber.[↗](../../beady/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **beagle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A beagle is a small to medium hunting dog with long floppy ears, short legs and a white, brown and black coat.[↗](../../beagle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* HMS Beagle was the ship Charles Darwin sailed on to study nature (a name).[↗](../../beagle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our beagle howls when the doorbell rings.[↗](../../beagle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Snoopy is a beagle.[↗](../../beagle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The beagle sniffed every bag at the airport.[↗](../../beagle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Darwin sailed on HMS Beagle.[↗](../../beagle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Beagles love to follow their noses.[↗](../../beagle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A beagle needs lots of walks.[↗](../../beagle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **beak** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The hard pointed mouth of a bird, which it uses to eat, pick things up and build nests.[↗](../../beak/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A similar hard mouth of some other animals, like a turtle or an octopus.[↗](../../beak/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The robin carried a worm in its beak.[↗](../../beak/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A parrot can crack nuts with its strong beak.[↗](../../beak/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The eagle has a sharp hooked beak for tearing meat.[↗](../../beak/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A hummingbird's long thin beak reaches deep into flowers.[↗](../../beak/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The duck dabbled in the mud with its flat beak.[↗](../../beak/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The chick broke the shell with a tiny tooth on its beak.[↗](../../beak/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't put your face near a goose — its beak can nip.[↗](../../beak/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Turtles have beaks instead of teeth.[↗](../../beak/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "I'll bite hold of you with my beak."[↗](../../beak/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, that hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; thou hast drunken the beaker, even the cup of staggering, and drained it.[↗](../../beak/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.51.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beak/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **beam** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A beam is a long, strong piece of wood or metal that holds up a roof or floor in a building.[↗](../../beam/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A beam is also a line of light, like a beam from a torch.[↗](../../beam/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To beam is to smile very widely and happily.[↗](../../beam/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A balance beam is a narrow bar that gymnasts walk and jump on.[↗](../../beam/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To beam something is to send it, like a signal or a picture.[↗](../../beam/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The beam is 6 metres long.[↗](../../beam/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They cut the beam into 3 equal parts.[↗](../../beam/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The roof needs 12 beams.[↗](../../beam/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each beam weighs 40 kg.[↗](../../beam/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A beam of light came from the lighthouse.[↗](../../beam/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Light beams travel in straight lines.[↗](../../beam/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She beamed when she got her prize.[↗](../../beam/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The gymnast did a cartwheel on the beam.[↗](../../beam/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Old houses have wooden beams on the ceiling.[↗](../../beam/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Her face beamed when she exclaimed this.[↗](../../beam/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face sent forth beams; and they were afraid to come nigh him.[↗](../../beam/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.34.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beam/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face sent forth beams; and Moses put the veil back upon his face, until he went in to speak with Him.[↗](../../beam/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.34.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beam/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He also formed and designed from his Spirit, and from the void and formless made earth, even as a rampart, or standing wall, and varied its surface even as the crossing of beams.[↗](../../beam/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../beam/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · The beams of our houses are cedars, and our panels are cypresses.[↗](../../beam/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.1.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beam/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And there were beams in three rows; and light was over against light in three ranks.[↗](../../beam/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.7.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beam/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams.[↗](../../beam/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.6.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beam/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **bean** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bean is a seed you can eat, which grows in a pod.[↗](../../bean/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A bean is the plant it grows on.[↗](../../bean/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A bean is a seed of other plants used for food or drinks, like coffee beans or cocoa beans.[↗](../../bean/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Full of beans» means full of energy.[↗](../../bean/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The jar has 50 jelly beans.[↗](../../bean/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She planted 4 rows of 6 bean plants.[↗](../../bean/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He ate 12 beans.[↗](../../bean/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each bag holds 20 beans.[↗](../../bean/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We grew a bean in a jar in science class.[↗](../../bean/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Jack climbed the beanstalk.[↗](../../bean/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Chocolate is made from cocoa beans.[↗](../../bean/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't spill the beans about the party\![↗](../../bean/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy is full of beans.[↗](../../bean/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Green beans are a healthy vegetable.[↗](../../bean/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · You will have to steal some beans from the fields.[↗](../../bean/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse, (Prophets 2SA.17.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bean/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **beanbag** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large soft bag filled with small plastic balls, used as a comfy chair.[↗](../../beanbag/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A small cloth bag filled with dried beans or rice, used for throwing and catching in games.[↗](../../beanbag/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I read my book on the big beanbag in the library.[↗](../../beanbag/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In PE we balanced beanbags on our heads.[↗](../../beanbag/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Throw the beanbag into the hoop to score five points.[↗](../../beanbag/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat loves sleeping on the beanbag.[↗](../../beanbag/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class got new beanbags for the reading corner.[↗](../../beanbag/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He flopped down on the beanbag after school.[↗](../../beanbag/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **beanstalk** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The tall stem of a bean plant that climbs up a pole or string.[↗](../../beanstalk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The magic giant beanstalk in the fairy tale «Jack and the Beanstalk» that grows up into the clouds.[↗](../../beanstalk/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Jack climbed the beanstalk up into the clouds.[↗](../../beanstalk/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our beanstalk grew ten centimetres in a week.[↗](../../beanstalk/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The beanstalk curled around the bamboo cane.[↗](../../beanstalk/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the play, I was the giant at the top of the beanstalk.[↗](../../beanstalk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We measured the beanstalk every Monday and drew a graph.[↗](../../beanstalk/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The magic beans grew into an enormous beanstalk overnight.[↗](../../beanstalk/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad's runner beans have very long beanstalks.[↗](../../beanstalk/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **bear** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bear is a big, strong animal with thick fur, like a brown bear, polar bear or black bear.[↗](../../bear/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A teddy bear is a soft toy bear.[↗](../../bear/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To bear means to carry or hold up a weight: the bridge can bear 10 tons.[↗](../../bear/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To bear something also means to put up with it.[↗](../../bear/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I cannot bear the noise.[↗](../../bear/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To bear fruit is to grow fruit.[↗](../../bear/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 12 teddy bears on the shelf.[↗](../../bear/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A bear ate 6 fish.[↗](../../bear/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each bear sleeps 5 months a year.[↗](../../bear/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bridge can bear 10 tons.[↗](../../bear/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Polar bears live in the Arctic.[↗](../../bear/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Goldilocks met three bears.[↗](../../bear/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Bear in mind that the shop closes early.[↗](../../bear/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I cannot bear spiders\![↗](../../bear/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The apple tree bears fruit in autumn.[↗](../../bear/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · I cannot bear it any longer\![↗](../../bear/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.[↗](../../bear/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.20.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bear/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.[↗](../../bear/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.5.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bear/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And Bethuel begot Rebekah; these eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.[↗](../../bear/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.22.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bear/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Will He bear grudge for ever?[↗](../../bear/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.3.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bear/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Or canst thou guide the Bear with her sons?[↗](../../bear/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bear/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Let the mountains bear peace to the people, and the hills, through righteousness.[↗](../../bear/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.72.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bear/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **bearcat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The binturong, a furry animal from the forests of South and Southeast Asia with a long tail it can grip with; it is neither a bear nor a cat.[↗](../../bearcat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (sometimes) Another name for the red panda.[↗](../../bearcat/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (US, old informal) A strong, fierce or very lively person.[↗](../../bearcat/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bearcat curled its long tail around the branch.[↗](../../bearcat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A bearcat smells a bit like popcorn.[↗](../../bearcat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a bearcat sleeping at the zoo.[↗](../../bearcat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Despite its name, a bearcat is not a bear.[↗](../../bearcat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Cincinnati Bearcats won the match.[↗](../../bearcat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bearcats eat fruit and small animals.[↗](../../bearcat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **beard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A beard is the hair that grows on the chin and cheeks of a man.[↗](../../beard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A beard is also hairs or bristles like that on some animals, like a goat's beard, or on plants like barley.[↗](../../beard/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandpa has a long white beard.[↗](../../beard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My dad shaved off his beard.[↗](../../beard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The billy goat had a little beard.[↗](../../beard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The wizard stroked his beard and thought.[↗](../../beard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Father Christmas has a big white beard.[↗](../../beard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Uncle Tom is growing a beard for charity.[↗](../../beard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wringing his hands and rending his beard, he exclaimed:[↗](../../beard/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the beard, (Torah LEV.13.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beard/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.[↗](../../beard/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beard/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.[↗](../../beard/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.21.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beard/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the king said: 'Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.'[↗](../../beard/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.10.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beard/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · For every head is bald, and every beard clipped; upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.[↗](../../beard/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.48.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beard/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joab said to Amasa: 'Is it well with thee, my brother?'[↗](../../beard/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.[↗](../../beard/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.20.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beard/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **bearded** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Bearded means having a beard, hair growing on the chin and cheeks.[↗](../../bearded/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In animals and plants, bearded describes tufts of hair or bristles, like a bearded dragon or bearded wheat.[↗](../../bearded/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A tall bearded man opened the door.[↗](../../bearded/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The wizard was old and bearded.[↗](../../bearded/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle is bearded and wears glasses.[↗](../../bearded/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bearded dragon is a lizard from Australia.[↗](../../bearded/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bearded pirate shouted, «Land ahoy!»[↗](../../bearded/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bearded vultures live in the mountains.[↗](../../bearded/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Describe the bearded man to the police officer.[↗](../../bearded/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The bearded farmer waved from his tractor.[↗](../../bearded/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Last came the white-bearded man, but he fared no better than the rest.[↗](../../bearded/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the great vulture, and the bearded vulture, and the ospray; (Torah DEU.14.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bearded/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And these ye shall have in detestation among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are a detestable thing: the great vulture, and the bearded vulture, and the ospray; (Torah LEV.11.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bearded/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **beardless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Beardless means without a beard, as a young man or boy usually is.[↗](../../beardless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Good greeting, beardless one!" he cried.[↗](../../beardless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The beardless boy helped the farmer.[↗](../../beardless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He looked pale and beardless, like a child.[↗](../../beardless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The beardless man arrived first by another road.[↗](../../beardless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **bearer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bearer is a person who carries something, such as a load, a flag, a coffin or a sick person on a stretcher.[↗](../../bearer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bearers lifted the heavy box.[↗](../../bearer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bearers carried the bride's gifts over the hill.[↗](../../bearer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Two bearers carried the sick man home.[↗](../../bearer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The flag bearer walked at the front.[↗](../../bearer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And the Kohathites the bearers of the sanctuary set forward, that the tabernacle might be set up against their coming.[↗](../../bearer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.10.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bearer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armour-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah; (Prophets 2SA.23.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bearer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Zelek the Ammonite, Nahrai the Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah; (Writings 1CH.11.39, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bearer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died.[↗](../../bearer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.10.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bearer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) … [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/12/) **13** [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/14/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) - ← previous: [page 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/12/) - next →: [page 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/14/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)