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Bildad

American  
[bil-dad] / ˈbɪl dæd /

noun

  1. (in the Bible) a friend of Job.


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MacLeish makes Zophar a broken-down priest, Eliphaz a wreck of a doctor and Bildad a soapbox-orating Communist.

From Time Magazine Archive

Main target of Jomo's wrath was not Odinga but rather Bildad Kaggia, the lone Kikuyu in the KPU's Luo-dominated upper ranks.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The first thing in order is to get Bildad to the top of the cliff," said Canaris.

From Guy in the Jungle A Boy's Adventure in the Wilds of Africa by Graydon, William Murray

Bildad maintains the Muʿtazilite opinion that many misfortunes are for the purpose of increasing reward in the world to come.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac

Bildad the Shuchite believed that all things are from God, but not all that seems good and evil is really so.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac