Lexical Summary Beth Shemesh: "sun temple", three places in Palestine, also a place in Egypt Original Word: בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁTransliteration: Beth Shemesh Phonetic Spelling: (bayth sheh'-mesh) Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: "sun temple", three places in Palestine, also a place in Egypt Meaning: Beth-shemesh -- "sun temple", three places in Palestine, also a place in Egypt Strong's Concordance Beth-shemesh From bayith and shemesh; house of (the) sun; Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine -- Beth-shemesh. see HEBREW bayith see HEBREW shemesh Brown-Driver-Briggs H1053. Beth Shemesh שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ בֵּית proper name, of a location (sun-temple) — ׳בּ ׳שׁ Joshua 19:22 8t., ׳שֿׁ׳בּ 15:10 6t.; ׳בּ שָׁ֑מֶשׁ 19:38 4t.; — 1 city in southwest Judah Joshua 15:10; 1 Samuel 6:9, 12 (twice in verse); 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 ׳בּ ׳שׁ לִיהוּדָה אֲשֶׁר 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. |
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