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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)
Variant Spellings

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:10 -

The LORD threw them into confusion before Israel. He defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, chased them through the ascent of Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:11 -

As they fled before Israel, the LORD threw large hailstones on them from the sky along the descent of Beth-horon all the way to Azekah, and they died. More of them died from the hail than the Israelites killed with the sword.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:3 -

It then descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5 -

This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans:

The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar on the east to Upper Beth-horon.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:13 -

From there the border went toward Luz, to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel); it then went down by Ataroth-addar, over the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:14 -

On the west side, from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south, the border curved, turning southward, and ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the descendants of Judah. This was the west side of their border.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:22 -

Kibzaim with its pasturelands, and Beth-horon with its pasturelands ​— ​four cities.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:18 -

The next division headed toward the Beth-horon road, and the last division headed down the border road that looks out over the Zeboim Valley toward the wilderness.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:17 -

Then Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:68 -

Jokmeam and its pasturelands, Beth-horon and its pasturelands,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:24 -

His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5 -

He built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon ​— ​fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars ​— ​

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:13 -

As for the men of the division that Amaziah sent back so they would not go with him into battle, they raided the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth-horon, struck down three thousand of their people, and took a great deal of plunder.

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