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Beth-phage house of the unripe fig, a village on the Mount of Olives, on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho (Matt. 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29), and very close to Bethany. It was the limit of a Sabbath-day’s journey from Jerusalem, i.e., 2,000 cubits. It has been identified with the modern Kefr-et-Tur. Fuente: Easton’s Bible … Continue reading “Beth-phage”

BETH-PEOR A town of Moab, in the limits assigned to Reuben, and conquered from the Amorites, Jos 13:20 . It was infamous for the worship of Baal-peor. In the adjacent valley Moses rehearsed the law to Israel, and was buried, Deu 4:44-46 34:6. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Beth-peor (Heb. Beyth Peor’, , house … Continue reading “BETH-PEOR”

Beth-Pelet BETH-PELET (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ; in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] Beth-palet, Job 15:27, Beth-phelet, Neh 11:26).The Paltite, 2Sa 23:26, called by scribal error Pelonite in 1Ch 11:27; 1Ch 27:10, was an inhabitant of this place. The site was south of Beersheba, but is unknown. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Beth-Pelet beth-pelet (, … Continue reading “Beth-Pelet”

Beth-palet (Heb. Beyth Pellet, , house of escape, but found only in pause, Beyth Pallet, [or ]; Sept. and or ), one of the towns in the extreme south of Judah (i.e. assigned to Simeon), named between Heshmon and Hazar-shual (Jos 15:27), and inhabited after the captivity (Neh 11:26, where it is Anglicized Beth-phelet). It … Continue reading “Beth-palet”

Beth-pazzez (Heb. Beyth Patstsets’, , house of dispersion; Sept. v. r. ), a town (? near the border) of Issachar, named in connection with En-haddah (Jos 19:21); possibly the ruined site Beit-Jenn, about five miles west of the south end of the Lake of Galilee (Van de Velde, Map). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and … Continue reading “Beth-pazzez”

BETH-NIMRAH Num 32:3,36 ; Jos 13:27, and Nimrim, Isa 15:6 ; Jer 48:34 ; a town in Gad, a little east of the Jordan, on a watercourse leading, from near Ramoth-Gilead, southwest into that river. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Beth-nimrah (Heb. Beyth Nimrah’, , house of limpid water; Sept. and , with many … Continue reading “Beth-nimrah”

Beth-Nimra Beth-Nimra, or simply Nimra, a town in the tribe of Gad (Num 32:3; Num 32:36; Jos 13:27), which Eusebius places five Roman miles north of Livias. This leaves no doubt of its being the same ruined city called Nimrin, south of Szalt, which Burckhardt mentions as situated near the point where the Wady Shoeb … Continue reading “Beth-Nimra”

Beth-millo (Heb. Beyth Millo’, , [or ,] wall-house; Sept. v or ; Vul . oppidum [or domus] Mello; Auth. Vers. house of Millo), the name of two localities. SEE MILLO. 1. A fortress (or, according to the Targum, a village) near Shechem (Jdg 9:20); apparently the same with the citadel (, tower) of the place … Continue reading “Beth-Millo”

Beth-merhak (Heb. Beyth ham-Merchak’, house of the remoteness; Sept. translates v , Vulg. procul a domo; A. V. a place that was far off), apparently the proper name of a locality near Jerusalem, and not far beyond the brook Kidron, where King David first halted in his exit from the city on the rebellion of … Continue reading “Beth-Merhak”

Beth-meon (Heb. Beyth Meon, , house of habitation or of Baal-Meon; Sept. v v. r. ), a place in the tribe of Reuben (Jer 48:23); elsewhere (Jos 13:17) given in the full form BETHBAAL- MEON SEE BETHBAAL-MEON (q.v.). SEE BETHMAUAS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Beth-Meon BETH-MEON.See Baal-Meon. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of … Continue reading “Beth-meon”