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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 14 times in 6 verses in '1Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:9 - and ye have seen, if the way of its own border it goeth up to Beth-Shemesh -- He hath done to us this great evil; and if not, then we have known that His hand hath not come against us; an accident it hath been to us.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12 - And the kine go straight in the way, on the way to Beth-Shemesh, in one highway they have gone, going and lowing, and have not turned aside right or left; and the princes of the Philistines are going after them unto the border of Beth-Shemesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:13 - And the Beth-Shemeshites are reaping their wheat-harvest in the valley, and they lift up their eyes, and see the ark, and rejoice to see it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:15 - And the Levites have taken down the ark of Jehovah, and the coffer which is with it, in which are the vessels of gold, and place them on the great stone; and the men of Beth-Shemesh have caused to ascend burnt-offerings and sacrifice sacrifices in that day to Jehovah;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19 - And He smiteth among the men of Beth-Shemesh, for they looked into the ark of Jehovah, yea, He smiteth among the people seventy men -- fifty chief men; and the people mourn, because Jehovah smote among the people -- a great smiting.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:20 - And the men of Beth-Shemesh say, 'Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God? and unto whom doth He go up from us?'
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