International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Shearing HouseSHEARING HOUSE
sher'-ing (beth `eqedh ha-ro`im, "house of binding of the shepherds"; Codex Vaticanus Baithakath (Codex Alexandrinus Baithakad) ton poimenon): Here in the course of his extinction of the house of Ahab, Jehu met and destroyed 42 men, "the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah" (2 Kings 10:12-14). Eusebius (in Onomasticon) takes the phrase as a proper name, Bethacath, and locates the village 15 miles from Legio in the plain. This seems to point to identification with Beit Kad, about 3 miles East of Jenin.
Strong's Hebrew
1044. Beth-eqed -- "house of binding," a place in Palestine... shearing house. From bayith and a derivative of aqad;
house of (the) binding (for
sheep-
shearing); Beth-Eked, a place in Palestine --
shearing house.
... /hebrew/1044.htm - 6k 7462. ra'ah -- to pasture, tend, graze
... company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship
with, herdman, keep (sheep)(-er), pastor, + shearing house, shepherd, wander ...
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