Beth
BETH
House, forms a part of many compounds names of places, and sometimes means the place or dwelling; and at others the temple. This word becomes Beit in modern Arabic.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Beth-
(Heb. Beyth, the construct form of , ba’yith, according to Furst, from , to lodge in the night; according to Gesenius, from , to build, as , domus, from ), the name of the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding to our B, which was derived from it. As an appellative, it is the most general word for a house or habitation. Strictly speaking, it has the force of a settled stable dwelling, as in Gen 33:17, where the building of a house marks the termination of a stage of Jacob’s wanderings (comp. also 2Sa 7:2; 2Sa 7:6, and many other places); but it is also employed for a dwelling of any kind, even for a tent, as in Gen 24:32, where it must refer to the tent of Laban; also Jdg 18:31; 1Sa 1:7, to the tent of the tabernacle, and 2Ki 23:7, where it expresses the textile materials (A. V. hangings) for the tents of Astarte. From this general force the transition was natural to a house in the sense of a family; as Psa 107:41, families, or a pedigree, as Ezr 2:59. In 2Sa 13:7, 1Ki 13:7, and other places, it has the sense of house, i.e. to the house. Beth also. has some collateral and almost technical meanings, similar to those which we apply to the word house, as in Exo 25:27, for the places or sockets into which the bars for carrying the table were housed; and others. Like AEddes in Latin and Dom in German, Beth has the special meaning of a temple or house of worship, in which sense it is applied not only to the tabernacle (see above) or temple of Jehovah (1Ki 3:2; 1Ki 6:1, etc.), but to those of false gods Dagon (Jdg 16:27; 1Sa 5:2), Rimmon (2Ki 5:18), Baal (2Ki 10:21), Nisroch
(2Ki 19:37), and other gods (Jdg 9:27). Bajith (q.v.) in Isa 15:2 is really hab-Bajith= the Temple meaning some well- known idol fane in Moab. Beth is more frequently employed as the first element of the names of places than either Kirjath, Hazer, Beer, Ain, or any other word. See those following. In some instances it seems to be interchangeable (by euphemism) for Baal (q.v.). In all such compounds as Beth-el, etc., the latter part of the word must be considered, according to our Occidental languages, to depend on the former in the relation of the genitive; so that BETHEL can only mean house of God. The notion of house is, of course, capable of a wide application, and is used to mean temple, habitation, place, according to the sense of the word with which it is combined. In some instances the Auth. Vers. has translated it as an appellative; SEE BETH-EKED; SEE BETH-HAG-GAN; SEE BETH- EDEN.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Beth
occurs frequently as the appellation for a house, or dwelling-place, in such compounds as the words immediately following:
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Beth
(“a fixed dwelling”); as in Gen 33:17, “Jacob built him an house,” marking his settlement after wanderings (compare 2Sa 7:2-6). Then “any dwelling”, as “a tent”. Then “a family”. Also “a temple”. “The garden house,” Beth-haggan (2Ki 9:27), by way of which Ahaziah fled; now Jenin, formerly EN-GANNIN, on the way from Samaria northward, overlooking the great plain.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Beth
BETH.The second letter of the Heb. alphabet, and as such used in Psa 119:1-176 as the heading of the second part, each verse of which begins with this letter.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Beth (1)
bath (, b): The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet. With the daghesh it is transliterated in this dictionary as b, and, without the daghesth, as bh ( = v). It came also to be used for the number two (2) and with the dieresis for 2,000. For name, etc., see ALPHABET; BAYITH.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Beth (2)
beth (in proper names; Greek transliteration in Septuagint, , beth, baith, or beth): This is the English transliteration for the Hebrew , beth, meaning house, tent, place. It occurs in many compound proper names formed similarly to the method of compounding words in the German language, as shown in the articles immediately following. Thus we have beth anath or anoth = house of replies (Jos 19:38; Jdg 1:33); beth’el = house of God (Gen 12:8; Gen 13:3), etc. We also find the word in hybrid formations, e.g. , Bethphage = Bethphage = fig house (Mat 21:1).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Beth
Beth (house) is often found as the first element of proper names of places in the Bible. It is only necessary to observe that, in all such compounds, as Bethel, etc., the latter part of the word must be considered, according to our Occidental languages, to depend on the former in the relation of the genitive; so that Bethel can only mean house of God.’ The notion of house is, of course, capable of a wide application, and is used to mean temple, habitation, place, according to the sense of the word with which it is combined.
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Beth
A word used in many compound names of places, and signifying ‘house’ or dwelling place: as Beth-el, house of God.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Beth
Beth. The most general word for a house or habitation. It has the special meaning of a temple or house of worship. Beth is more frequently employed in compound names of places than any other word.