The Definition of the word Birth-day

Birth-day

The observance of birth-days was common in early times (Job 1:4, "13, 18). They were specially celebrated in the land of Egypt" (Gen. 40:20). There is no recorded instance in Scripture of the celebration of birth-days among the Jews. On the occasion of Herod's birth-day John the Baptist was beheaded (Matt. 14:6).