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Lexicon :: Strong's H1052 - bêṯ šᵊ'ān

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בֵּית שְׁאָן
Transliteration
bêṯ šᵊ'ān
Pronunciation
bayth she-awn'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: בית-שן (Strongs) בית-שאן (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

בֵּית שְׁאָן Bêyth Shᵉʼân, bayth she-awn'; or בֵּית שָׁן Bêyth Shân; from H1004 and H7599; house of ease; Beth-Shean or Beth-Shan, a place in Palestine:—Beth-shean, Beth-Shan.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H1052 in the following manner: Bethshean (6x), Bethshan (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H1052 in the following manner: Bethshean (6x), Bethshan (3x).

  1. Beth-shean or Beth-Shan = "house of ease"

    1. a place in Manasseh, west of the Jordan

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֵּית שְׁאָן Bêyth Shᵉʼân, bayth she-awn'; or בֵּית שָׁן Bêyth Shân; from H1004 and H7599; house of ease; Beth-Shean or Beth-Shan, a place in Palestine:—Beth-shean, Beth-Shan.
STRONGS H1052: Abbreviations
† בֵּית שְׁאָן proper name, of a location in Manasseh, west of Jordan (place of quiet) 1 Kings 4:12 (twice in verse); בֵּית־שְׁאָן Joshua 17:11, 16; Judges 1:27; 1 Chronicles 7:29; = בֵּית שָׁ֑ן 1 Samuel 31:10, 12; בֵּית־שַׁן 2 Samuel 21:12; — modern Beisân (Scythopolis), Late Hebrew בֵּישָׁן RobBR iii. 329 BdPal 224 Surveyi. 101 f.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

17:11; 17:16

Judges

1:27

1 Samuel

31:10; 31:12

2 Samuel

21:12

1 Kings

4:12

1 Chronicles

7:29

H1052

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1052 matches the Hebrew בֵּית שְׁאָן (bêṯ šᵊ'ān),
which occurs 18 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:11 - Also in Issachar and in Asher Manasseh had Beth-shean and its villages, and Ibleam and its villages, and the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its villages, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; the third is Naphath.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:16 - The people of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us. Yet all the Canaanites who dwell in the plain have chariots of iron, both those in Beth-shean and its villages and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:27 - Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages, for the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:10 - They put his armor in the temple of Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:12 - all the valiant men arose and went all night and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and they came to Jabesh and burned them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:12 - David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, on the day the Philistines killed Saul on Gilboa.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:12 - Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean that is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, and from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the other side of Jokmeam;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:29 - also in possession of the Manassites, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel.
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