Lectionary Calendar

Wednesday, March 26th, 2025
the Third Week of Lent

There are 25 days til Easter!

Attention!

For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!

Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #1032 - בֵּית חוֹרֹן

Transliteration

Bêyth Chôwrôwn

Phonetics

bayth kho-rone'

Origin

from (H1004) and (H2356)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Beth-horon = "house of hollowness"
1. two towns in Ephraim
  1. Upper Beth-horon-town on the mountains of Ephraim
  2. Lower Beth-horon-town located 80 feet (245 m) lower than Upper Beth-horon

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (14)

Joshua 7

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

BSB (18)

Joshua 14

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 6

CSB (13)

Joshua 7

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

ESV (13)

Joshua 7

1 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

KJV (14)

Joshua 7

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

LEB (14)

Joshua 7

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

LSB (14)

Joshua 7

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

N95 (14)

Joshua 7

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

NAS (14)

Joshua 7

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (14)

Joshua 7

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

בֵּית חוֺרֹן proper name, of a location Joshua 10:10,11, also חֹרוֺן׳בּ, חֹרֹן׳בּ, & in Chronicles חוֺרוֺן׳בּ, two cities in Ephraim, lower & upper B.H. ( place of a hole or hollow (?) חֹר, perhaps from a wady between the two, or near by; compare also מַעֲלֶה Joshua 10:10, מוֺרַד Joshua 10:11 1 Maccabees 3:16; 3:24) 1 Chronicles 7:24 אֶתבּֿיתחֿוֺרוֺן הַתַּחְתּוֺן וְאֶתהָֿעֶלְיוֺן; further,

a.עֶלְיוֺן ׳ח׳בּ Joshua 16:5; הָעֶלְיוֺן׳ח ׳בּ 2 Chronicles 8:5.

b. 1hour west from

a.תַּחְתּוֺן ׳ח׳בּ Joshua 16:3; Joshua 18:13; 1 Kings 9:17; הַתַּחְתּוֺן׳ח ׳בּ 2 Chronicles 8:5; also Joshua 10:10,11; Joshua 18:14; probably also Joshua 21:22; 1 Samuel 13:18; 1 Chronicles 6:53; 2 Chronicles 25:13; — modern Beit ±Ûr el-fôqa & et-ta—ta Rob^{BR ii. 250f.} Bd^{Pal 21} Survey^{iii. 86}; — compare הַחֹרֹנִי

adjective, of a people Nehemiah 2:10,19; Nehemiah 13:28, only of Sanballat; also dual חֹרֹנַיִם Joshua 10:10,11 ᵐ5 & 2 Samuel 13:34 ᵐ5 We Dr.

בֵּית חָנָן

proper name, of a location in Dan (Judah ? Philistine territory) 1 Kings 4:9 (where read ׳ח׳וּב see below II. אֵלוֺן p. 19); — modern Beit „anûn compare Rob^{BR ii. 35}.

List of Word Forms

חֹר֑וֹן חֹר֖וֹן חֹרֹ֖ן חֹרוֹן֮ חוֹר֑וֹן חוֹר֖וֹן חוֹר֛וֹן חוֹרֹ֔ן חוֹרֹ֖ן חוֹרֹ֛ן חוֹרֹן֙ חוֹרוֹן֙ חורון חורן חרון חרן choRon ḥō·rō·wn ḥō·rōn ḥō·w·rō·wn ḥō·w·rōn ḥōrōn ḥōrōwn ḥōwrōn ḥōwrōwn