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Strong's #1053 - בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ

Transliteration
Bêyth Shemesh
Phonetics
bayth sheh'-mesh
Origin
from (H1004) and (H8121)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Location
TWOT
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Beth-shemesh = “house of the sun” or “sun-temple”

1) a town in southwest Judah

2) a town in Naphtali

3) a town in Issachar

4) a town in Egypt

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (21)
Joshua 4
Judges 2
1 Samuel 7
1 Kings 1
2 Kings 2
1 Chronicles 1
2 Chronicles 3
Jeremiah 1
NAS (21)
Joshua 4
Judges 2
1 Samuel 7
1 Kings 1
2 Kings 2
1 Chronicles 1
2 Chronicles 3
Jeremiah 1
HCS (21)
Joshua 4
Judges 2
1 Samuel 7
1 Kings 1
2 Kings 2
1 Chronicles 1
2 Chronicles 3
Jeremiah 1
BSB (21)
Joshua 4
Judges 2
1 Samuel 7
1 Kings 1
2 Kings 2
1 Chronicles 1
2 Chronicles 3
Jeremiah 1
ESV (21)
Joshua 4
Judges 2
1 Samuel 7
1 Kings 1
2 Kings 2
1 Chronicles 1
2 Chronicles 3
Jeremiah 1
WEB (21)
Joshua 4
Judges 2
1 Samuel 7
1 Kings 1
2 Kings 2
1 Chronicles 1
2 Chronicles 3
Jeremiah 1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 בֵּית שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ proper name, of a location ( sun-temple) — ׳שׁ׳בּ Joshua 19:22 8t., ׳שֿׁ׳בּ Joshua 15:10 6t.; שָׁ֑מֶשׁ׳בּ Joshua 19:38 4t.; —

1 city in southwest Judah Joshua 15:10; 1 Samuel 6:9,12 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 6:13,15,19,20; 1 Kings 4:9; 2 Kings 14:13 2 Chronicles 25:23; 28:18; distinguished from other places of same name as אֲשֶׁר לִיהוּדָה׳שׁ ׳בּ 2 Kings 14:11 2 Chronicles 25:21; assigned to Levites Joshua 21:16 = 1 Chronicles 6:44; — ruin at modern `Ain Shems Rob BR ii. 223f. Bd Pal 163 Survey iii. 35,60.

2 city in Naphtali Joshua 19:38; Judges 1:33 (twice in verse)

3 city in Issachar Joshua 19:22; possibly `Ain esh-Shemsîyeh, Jordan valley, south of Beisân (Beth Shean) Survey ii. 231.

4 = On-Heliopolis, in Egypt Jeremiah 43:13 Rob BR i. 25 Eb GS 505f. Dl Pa 318 f.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
List of Word Forms
שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ שֶׁ֗מֶשׁ שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ שֶׁ֨מֶשׁ שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃ שָׁ֑מֶשׁ שמש שמש׃ šā·meš šāmeš še·meš šemeš Shamesh Shemesh
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