Bezaleel

American  

[bih-zal-ee-uhl] / bɪˈzæl i əl /

noun

1. (in the Bible) the chief architect of the tabernacle.

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Other Word Forms

• Bezaleelian adjective

Example Sentences

The Spirit of God in Bezaleel, the son of Uri, made him cunning in all manner of workmanship, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass.

From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden

Memoirs of Wheelock" contain the following paragraph relating to Professor Woodward: "At the anniversary commencement of 1804, the Honorable Bezaleel Woodward, professor of Mathematics and Philosophy, departed this life.

From The History of Dartmouth College by Smith, Baxter Perry

Then Bezaleel and Aholiab, and other wise-hearted men, worked diligently until the tabernacle and all things belonging to it were made exactly as God had instructed.

From Mother Stories from the Old Testament A Book of the Best Stories from the Old Testament that Mothers can tell their Children by Anonymous

The supposition that Bezaleel had 1 Cor. i.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 107, November 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

John wished it would rain books, for he wished to be a preacher; Bezaleel, wool, to be a clothier like his father; Samuel, money, to be a merchant; and Edmund plums, to be a grocer.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac