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Beth-Chayim (Heb. , house of the living), a name given by modern Jews to a burial place the dead being looked upon as living. The name was probably invented by the Pharisees as a protest against the infidel doctrine of the Sadducees that there is no resurrection, and as a standing declaration of their belief … Continue reading “Beth-Chayim”

Beth-dagon (Heb. Beyth Dagon’, , house [i.e. temple] of Dagon), the name of at least two cities, one or the other of which may be the place called by this name in the Apocrypha (???Daniel , 1 Maccedonians 10:63; comp. Josephus, Ant. 13, 4, 4), unless this be simply Dagon’s temple at Ashdod (1Sa 5:2; … Continue reading “Beth-dagon”

BETH-CAR In Dan, near Mizpeh; noted for the defeat of the Philistines, and the Eben-Ezer set up by Samuel, 1Sa 7:11 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Beth-car is thought by Lieut. Conder (Tent-work, 1, 25) to be the present Ain- Karim, noted as the reputed residence of John the Baptist (Thomson, Land and … Continue reading “Beth-car”

Beth-boron Beth-boron (bth’h’ron), house of the cave. The name of two places, the “Upper” and “Nether” Beth-horon, Jos 16:3; Jos 16:5, about three miles apart, on the opposite sides of a ravine or steep passthe Thermopyl of Palestineon the road from Jerusalem to the sea-coast. Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible

Beth-Biri BETH-BIRI (1Ch 4:31).A town of Simeon, perhaps textual error for Beth-lebaoth, Jos 19:6 = Lebaoth, Jos 15:32. The ruin Bireh on the west slopes of the Debir hills may be intended. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Beth-Biri beth-bir (the King James Version Beth-birei, beth-bire-) , beth bir’; , oikos Braoumseorem; 1Ch 4:31 (called … Continue reading “Beth-Biri”

Beth-barah (Heb. Beyth Barah’, , prob. for , Beth-Abarah, i.e. house of crossing, q. d. ford; Sept. v. r. ), a place named in Jdg 7:24 as a point apparently south of the scene of Gideon’s victory (which took place at about Bethshean), and to which spot the waters () were taken by the Ephraimites … Continue reading “Beth-barah”

Beth-birei (Heb. Beyth Biri, , house of my creation or cistern; Sept. v v. r. [by inclusion of the next name], Vulg. Bethberai), a town in the extreme south of Simeon, inhabited by the descendants of Shimei (1Ch 4:31); by comparison with the parallel list in Jos 19:6, it appears to have had also the … Continue reading “Beth-birei”

Beth-baal-maveth Beth-ba’al-maveth. (house of Azmaveth). Under this name is mentioned, in Neh 7:28 only, the town of Benjamin which is elsewhere called Azmaveth and Beth-Samos. Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Beth-baal-Meon The ruins of this place, the present Main, are of vast extent. They occupy the crests and slopes of four adjacent hills one having evidently been the central city, and connected with the next by a wide causeway. The remains are of the ordinary type-foundations, fragments of wall, lines of streets, old arches, many … Continue reading “Beth-baal-meon”

Beth-azmaveth (Heb. Beyth-Azma’veth, , house of Azmaveth; Sept. v.r. ), a village of Benjamin, the inhabitants of which, to the number of forty-two, returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon (Neh 7:28). In Neh 12:29; Ezr 2:24, it is called simply AZMAVETH SEE AZMAVETH (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Beth-Azmaveth BETH-AZMAVETH (Neh 7:28).See … Continue reading “Beth-Azmaveth”