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    Bildad

    BIL-dad

    Hebrew/Akkadian
    Boy
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    Son of contention; Bel has loved
    Origin
    Hebrew/Akkadian
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Bildad appears in the King James Bible; the passages below give the context.
    First appears in
    Job — Wisdom and worship
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Bildad — armed with inherited tradition — spoke truths that became cruelties when misapplied. His story warns that secondhand theology without personal compassion can wound the very people it claims to help.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Job 8:3-4

      "Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression."

    • Job 8:8

      "For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers."

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