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Lexicon :: Strong's H1032 - bêṯ-ḥōvrôn

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בֵּית־חֹורוֹן
Transliteration
bêṯ-ḥōvrôn
Pronunciation
bayth kho-rone'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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The following spelling is supported by Strongs: בית-חורון.

Strong’s Definitions

בֵּית חוֹרוֹן Bêyth Chôwrôwn, bayth kho-rone'; from H1004 and H2356; house of hollowness; Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine:—Beth-horon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H1032 in the following manner: Bethhoron (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H1032 in the following manner: Bethhoron (14x).

  1. Beth-horon = "house of hollowness"

    1. two towns in Ephraim

      1. Upper Beth-horon - town on the mountains of Ephraim

      2. Lower Beth-horon - town located 800 feet (245 m) lower than Upper Beth-horon

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֵּית חוֹרוֹן Bêyth Chôwrôwn, bayth kho-rone'; from H1004 and H2356; house of hollowness; Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine:—Beth-horon.
STRONGS H1032: Abbreviations
† 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 Macc 3:16; 3:24) 1 Chronicles 7:24 אֶת־בּית־חוֺרוֺן הַתַּחְתּוֺן וְאֶת־הָעֶלְיוֺן; further,
a. עֶלְיוֺן ח׳ בּ׳ Joshua 16:5; הָעֶלְיוֺן ח׳ בּ׳ 2 Chronicles 8:5.
b.1 hour 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-taḫta RobBR ii. 250 f. BdPal 21 Surveyiii. 86; — compare הַחֹרֹנִי adjective, of a people Nehemiah 2:10, 19; Nehemiah 13:28, only of Sanballat; also dual חֹרֹנַיִם Joshua 10:10, 11 Greek Version of the LXX & 2 Samuel 13:34 Greek Version of the LXX We Dr.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

10:10; 10:10; 10:10; 10:10; 10:11; 10:11; 10:11; 10:11; 16:3; 16:5; 18:13; 18:14; 21:22

1 Samuel

13:18

2 Samuel

13:34

1 Kings

9:17

1 Chronicles

6:53; 7:24

2 Chronicles

8:5; 8:5; 25:13

Nehemiah

2:10; 2:19; 13:28

H1032

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1032 matches the Hebrew בֵּית־חֹורוֹן (bêṯ-ḥōvrôn),
which occurs 28 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:10 - And the Lord struck them with terror before the children of Israel; and the Lord destroyed them with a great slaughter at Gabaon; and they pursued them by the way of the going up of Oronin, and they smote them to Azeca and to Makeda.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:11 - And when they fled from the face of the children of Israel at the descent of Oronin, then the Lord cast upon them hailstones from heaven to Azeca; and they were more that died by the hailstones, than those whom the children of Israel slew with the sword in the battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:3 - And they will go across to the sea to the borders of Aptalim, as far as the borders of Bæthoron the lower, and the going forth of them shall be to the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5 - And the borders of the children of Ephraim were according to their families, and the borders of their inheritance were eastward to Ataroth, and Eroc as far as Bæthoron the upper, and Gazara.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:13 - And the borders will go forth thence to Luz, behind Luz, from the south of it; this is Bæthel: and the borders shall go down to Maatarob Orech, to the hill country, which is southward of Bæthoron the lower.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:14 - And the borders shall pass through and proceed to the part that looks toward the sea, on the south, from the mountain in front of Bæthoron southward, and its termination shall be at Cariath-Baal, this is Cariath-Jarin, a city of the children of Juda; this is the part toward the west.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:22 - and Bæthoron and its suburbs: four cities:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:18 - and another company turning the way of Bæthoron, and another company turning by the way of Gabae that turns aside to Gai of Sabim.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:68

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:68 - (LXX 6:53) and Jecmaan and her suburbs, and Bæthoron and her suburbs,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:24 - And his daughter was Saraa, and he was among them that were left, and he built Bæthoron the upper and the lower. And the descendants of Ozan were Seera,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5 - And he built Bæthoron the upper, and Bæthoron the lower, strong cities,—they had walls, gates, and bars;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:13 - And the men of the host whom Amasias sent back so that they should not go with him to battle, went and attacked the cities of Juda, from Samaria to Bæthoron; and they smote three thousand among them, and took much spoil.
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