Loading account

Person

Bildad

Name meaning: old friendship (Hitchcock)

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 (Gen. 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.

Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain

Hebrew & Greek words with this meaning

Key verses

Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(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.)

Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain

Ask AI about this word

Get a Scripture-grounded explanation in English or Hindi.

Ask AI