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Lexicon :: Strong's H1053 - bêṯ šemeš

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בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ
Transliteration
bêṯ šemeš
Pronunciation
bayth sheh'-mesh
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs: בית שמש.

Strong’s Definitions

בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ Bêyth Shemesh, bayth sheh'-mesh; from H1004 and H8121; house of (the) sun; Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine:—Beth-shemesh.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H1053 in the following manner: Bethshemesh (21x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H1053 in the following manner: Bethshemesh (21x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ Bêyth Shemesh, bayth sheh'-mesh; from H1004 and H8121; house of (the) sun; Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine:—Beth-shemesh.
STRONGS H1053: Abbreviations
† בֵּית שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ proper name, of a location (sun-temple) — שׁ׳ בּ׳ Joshua 19:22 + 8 times, ־שׁ׳בּ׳ Joshua 15:10 + 6 times; שָׁ֑מֶשׁ בּ׳ Joshua 19:38 + 4 times; —
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 RobBR ii. 223 f. BdPal 163 Surveyiii. 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) Surveyii. 231.
4. ＝On-Heliopolis, in Egypt Jeremiah 43:13 RobBR i. 25 EbGS 505 f. DlPa 318 f.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

15:10; 15:10; 19:22; 19:22; 19:38; 19:38; 21:16

Judges

1:33

1 Samuel

6:9; 6:12; 6:13; 6:15; 6:19; 6:20

1 Kings

4:9

2 Kings

14:11; 14:13

1 Chronicles

6:44

2 Chronicles

25:21; 25:23; 28:18

Jeremiah

43:13

H1053

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1053 matches the Hebrew בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ (bêṯ šemeš),
which occurs 42 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:10 - The border H1366 turned H5437 about H5437 from Baalah H1173 westward H3220 to Mount H2022 Seir, H8165 and continued H5674 to the slope H3802 of Mount H2022 Jearim H3297 on the north H6828 (that is, Chesalon), H3693 and went H3381 down H3381 to Beth-shemesh H1053 and continued H5674 through H5674 Timnah. H8553

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:22 - The border H1366 reached H6293 to Tabor H8396 and Shahazumah H7831 and Beth-shemesh, H1053 and [fn]their border H1366 ended H1961 H8444 at the Jordan; H3383 sixteen H8337 H6240 cities H5892 with their villages. H2691

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:38 - and Yiron H3375 and Migdal-el, H4027 Horem H2765 and Beth-anath H1043 and Beth-shemesh; H1053 nineteen H8672 H6240 cities H5892 with their villages. H2691

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:16 - and [fn]Ain H5871 with its pasture H4054 lands H4054 and Juttah H3194 with its pasture H4054 lands H4054 and Beth-shemesh H1053 with its pasture H4054 lands; H4054 nine H8672 cities H5892 from these H428 two H8147 tribes. H7626

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:33 - Naphtali H5321 did not drive H3423 out the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-shemesh, H1053 or the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-anath, H1043 but lived H3427 among H7130 the Canaanites, H3669 the inhabitants H3427 of the land; H776 and the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-shemesh H1053 and Beth-anath H1043 became H1961 forced H4522 labor H4522 for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:9 - “Watch, H7200 if H518 it goes H5927 up by the way H1870 of its own territory H1366 to Beth-shemesh, H1053 then He has done H6213 us this H2088 great H1419 evil. H7451 But if H518 not, then we will know H3045 that it was not His hand H3027 that struck H5060 us; it happened H1961 to us by chance.” H4745

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12 - And the cows H6510 took H3474 the straight H3474 way H1870 in the [fn]direction H1870 of Beth-shemesh; H1053 they went H1980 along the highway, H4546 lowing H1600 as they went, H1980 and did not turn H5493 aside H5493 to the right H3225 or to the left. H8040 And the lords H5633 of the Philistines H6430 followed H1980 H310 them to the border H1366 of Beth-shemesh. H1053

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:13 - Now the people of Beth-shemesh H1053 were reaping H7114 their wheat H2406 harvest H7105 in the valley, H6010 and they raised H5375 their eyes H5869 and saw H7200 the ark H727 and were glad H8055 to see H7200 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:15 - The Levites H3881 took H3381 down H3381 the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 and the box H712 that was with it, in which H834 were the articles H3627 of gold, H2091 and put H7760 them on the large H1419 stone; H68 and the men H376 of Beth-shemesh H1053 offered H5927 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and sacrificed H2076 sacrifices H2077 that day H3117 to the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19 - He struck H5221 down H5221 some of the men H376 of Beth-shemesh H1053 because H3588 they had looked H7200 into the ark H727 of the LORD. H3068 He struck H5221 down H5221 of all the people, H5971 50,070 H7657 H2572 H505 men, H376 and the people H5971 mourned H56 because H3588 the LORD H3068 had struck H5221 the people H5971 with a great H1419 slaughter. H4347

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:20 - The men H376 of Beth-shemesh H1053 said, H559 “Who H4310 is able H3201 to stand H5975 before H6440 the LORD, H3068 this H2088 holy H6918 God? H430 And to whom H4310 shall He go H5927 up from us?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:9 - Ben-deker H1128 in Makaz H4739 and Shaalbim H8169 and Beth-shemesh H1053 and Elonbeth-hanan; H358

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:11 - But Amaziah H558 would not listen. H8085 So Jehoash H3060 king H4428 of Israel H3478 went H5927 up; and he and Amaziah H558 king H4428 of Judah H3063 faced H7200 H6440 each other at Beth-shemesh, H1053 which H834 belongs to Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - Then Jehoash H3060 king H4428 of Israel H3478 captured H8610 Amaziah H558 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 the son H1121 of Jehoash H3060 the son H1121 of Ahaziah, H274 at Beth-shemesh, H1053 and came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 and tore H6555 down H6555 the wall H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 from the Gate H8179 of Ephraim H669 to the Corner H6438 Gate, H8179 400 H702 H3967 [fn]cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:59

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:59 - [fn]Ashan H6228 with its pasture H4054 lands H4054 and Beth-shemesh H1053 with its pasture H4054 lands; H4054

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:21 - So Joash H3060 king H4428 of Israel H3478 went H5927 up, and he and Amaziah H558 king H4428 of Judah H3063 faced H7200 H6440 each other at Beth-shemesh, H1053 which H834 belonged to Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - Then Joash H3060 king H4428 of Israel H3478 captured H8610 Amaziah H558 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 the son H1121 of Joash H3060 the son H1121 of Jehoahaz, H3059 at Beth-shemesh, H1053 and brought H935 him to Jerusalem H3389 and tore H6555 down H6555 the wall H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 from the Gate H8179 of Ephraim H669 to the Corner H6438 Gate, H8179 400 H702 H3967 [fn]cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:18 - The Philistines H6430 also had invaded H6584 the cities H5892 of the [fn]lowland H8219 and of the Negev H5045 of Judah, H3063 and had taken H3920 Beth-shemesh, H1053 Aijalon, H357 Gederoth, H1450 and Soco H7755 with its villages, H1323 Timnah H8553 with its villages, H1323 and Gimzo H1579 with its villages, H1323 and they settled H3427 there. H8033

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:13 - “He will also shatter H7665 the [fn]obelisks H4676 of [fn]Heliopolis, H1053 which H834 is in the land H776 of Egypt; H4714 and the temples H1004 of the gods H430 of Egypt H4714 he will burn H8313 with fire.”’” H784
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