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Strong's #1032 - בֵּית חוֹרֹן

Transliteration

Bêyth Chôwrôwn

Phonetics

bayth kho-rone'

Origin

from (H1004) and (H2356)

Parts of Speech

Proper Name Location

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Beth-horon = “house of hollowness”

1) two towns in Ephraim

1a) Upper Beth-horon — town on the mountains of Ephraim

1b) Lower Beth-horon — town located 800 feet (245 meters) lower than Upper Beth-horon

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (14)

Joshua 7

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

NAS (14)

Joshua 7

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

HCS (14)

Joshua 7

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

BSB (14)

Joshua 7

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

ESV (13)

Joshua 7

1 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

WEB (14)

Joshua 7

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

בֵּית חוֺרֹן proper name, of a location Joshua 10:10,11, also חֹרוֺן׳בּ, חֹרֹן׳בּ, & in Chronicles חוֺרוֺן׳בּ, two cities in Ephraim, lower & upper B.H. ( place of a hole or hollow (?) חֹר, perhaps from a wady between the two, or near by; compare also מַעֲלֶה Joshua 10:10, מוֺרַד Joshua 10:11 1 Maccabees 3:16; 3:24) 1 Chronicles 7:24 אֶתבּֿיתחֿוֺרוֺן הַתַּחְתּוֺן וְאֶתהָֿעֶלְיוֺן; further,

a.עֶלְיוֺן ׳ח׳בּ Joshua 16:5; הָעֶלְיוֺן׳ח ׳בּ 2 Chronicles 8:5.

b. 1hour west from

a.תַּחְתּוֺן ׳ח׳בּ Joshua 16:3; Joshua 18:13; 1 Kings 9:17; הַתַּחְתּוֺן׳ח ׳בּ 2 Chronicles 8:5; also Joshua 10:10,11; Joshua 18:14; probably also Joshua 21:22; 1 Samuel 13:18; 1 Chronicles 6:53; 2 Chronicles 25:13; — modern Beit ±Ûr el-fôqa & et-ta—ta Rob^{BR ii. 250f.} Bd^{Pal 21} Survey^{iii. 86}; — compare הַחֹרֹנִי

adjective, of a people Nehemiah 2:10,19; Nehemiah 13:28, only of Sanballat; also dual חֹרֹנַיִם Joshua 10:10,11 ᵐ5 & 2 Samuel 13:34 ᵐ5 We Dr.

בֵּית חָנָן

proper name, of a location in Dan (Judah ? Philistine territory) 1 Kings 4:9 (where read ׳ח׳וּב see below II. אֵלוֺן p. 19); — modern Beit „anûn compare Rob^{BR ii. 35}.

List of Word Forms

חֹר֑וֹן חֹר֖וֹן חֹרֹ֖ן חֹרוֹן֮ חוֹר֑וֹן חוֹר֖וֹן חוֹר֛וֹן חוֹרֹ֔ן חוֹרֹ֖ן חוֹרֹ֛ן חוֹרֹן֙ חוֹרוֹן֙ חורון חורן חרון חרן choRon ḥō·rō·wn ḥō·rōn ḥō·w·rō·wn ḥō·w·rōn ḥōrōn ḥōrōwn ḥōwrōn ḥōwrōwn