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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 - Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh also had Beth Shan, Ibleam and the people of Dor, Endor, Taanach and Megiddo, together with their surrounding settlements (the third in the list is Naphoth[fn]).

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:16 - The people of Joseph replied, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the plain have chariots fitted with iron, both those in Beth Shan and its settlements and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:27 - But Manasseh did not drive out the people of Beth Shan or Taanach or Dor or Ibleam or Megiddo and their surrounding settlements, for the Canaanites were determined to live 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 the Ashtoreths and 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 their valiant men marched through the night to Beth Shan. They took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth Shan and went to Jabesh, where they burned them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:12 - he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead. (They had stolen their bodies from the public square at Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them after they struck Saul down on Gilboa.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:12 - Baana son of Ahilud—in Taanach and Megiddo, and in all of Beth Shan next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth Shan to Abel Meholah across to Jokmeam;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:29 - Along the borders of Manasseh were Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
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