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Strong's #1053 - בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ

Transliteration

Bêyth Shemesh

Phonetics

bayth sheh'-mesh

Origin

from (H1004) and (H8121)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (20)

Joshua 3

Judges 2

1 Samuel 7

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 3

Jeremiah 1

BSB (23)

Joshua 8

Judges 4

1 Samuel 14

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 4

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 6

Jeremiah 2

CSB (21)

Joshua 4

Judges 2

1 Samuel 7

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 3

Jeremiah 1

ESV (21)

Joshua 4

Judges 2

1 Samuel 7

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 3

Jeremiah 1

KJV (21)

Joshua 4

Judges 2

1 Samuel 7

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 3

Jeremiah 1

LEB (21)

Joshua 4

Judges 2

1 Samuel 7

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 3

Jeremiah 1

LSB (21)

Joshua 4

Judges 2

1 Samuel 7

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 3

Jeremiah 1

N95 (21)

Joshua 4

Judges 2

1 Samuel 7

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 3

Jeremiah 1

NAS (21)

Joshua 4

Judges 2

1 Samuel 7

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 3

Jeremiah 1

NLT (0)

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

WEB (21)

Joshua 4

Judges 2

1 Samuel 7

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 3

Jeremiah 1

ASV (20)

and beth-shemesh 4

and they of beth-shemesh 1

at beth-shemesh 4

beth-shemesh 1

of beth-shemesh 7

to beth-shemesh 3

BSB (23)

and beth-shemesh 4

at beth-shemesh 2

beth-shemesh 4

now the people of beth-shemesh 1

of 1

of beth-shemesh 5

of the temple of the sun 1

some of the people 1

there at beth-shemesh 2

to beth-shemesh 1

toward beth-shemesh 1

CSB (21)

beth-shemesh 20

temple 1

ESV (21)

beth-shemesh 20

heliopolis 1

KJV (21)

bethshemesh 21

LEB (21)

and beth shemesh 2

at beth-shemesh 4

beth shemesh 7

beth shemesh and beth 1

heliopolis 1

now the people of beth shemesh 1

shemesh 2

shemesh and elon of beth 1

to beth shemesh 2

LSB (21)

heliopolis 1

shemesh 20

N95 (21)

heliopolis 1

shemesh 20

NAS (21)

heliopolis 1

shemesh 20

NLT (0)

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

WEB (21)

and beth shemesh 5

at beth shemesh 4

beth shemesh 1

of beth shemesh 7

they of beth shemesh 1

to beth shemesh 3

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

בֵּית שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ proper name, of a location ( sun-temple) — ׳שׁ׳בּ Joshua 19:22 8t., ׳שֿׁ׳בּ Joshua 15:10 6t.; שָׁ֑מֶשׁ׳בּ Joshua 19:38 4t.; —

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 Rob^{BR ii. 223f.} Bd^{Pal 163} Survey^{iii. 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) Survey^{ii. 231.}

4 = On-Heliopolis, in Egypt Jeremiah 43:13 Rob^{BR i. 25} Eb^{GS 505f.} Dl^{Pa 318 f}.

List of Word Forms

שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ שֶׁ֗מֶשׁ שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ שֶׁ֨מֶשׁ שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃ שָׁ֑מֶשׁ שמש שמש׃ šā·meš šāmeš še·meš šemeš Shamesh Shemesh