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BETH-AVEN A place and desert near Bethel on the east, Jos 7:2 ; 18:12; 1Sa 13:5 ; 14:23. It seems to be reproachfully used at times for Bethel itself, after the golden calves were there set up, Hos 4:15 ; 10:5: Beth-el meaning the house of God; and Beth-aven, the house of sin, or of … Continue reading “BETH-AVEN”

BETH-ARBEL Probably Arbela, now Irbid. One place of this name lay twenty-five miles southeast of the sea of Galilee. Another was in Galilee, near Magdala. Here were some large and almost inaccessible fortified caverns, in the sides of precipices, Hos 10:14 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Beth-arbel (Heb. Beyth Arbel’, , house of … Continue reading “Beth-Arbel”

Beth-Aram (Heb. Beyth Haram’, , house of the height [for the syllable ha- is prob. merely the def. art.], q. d. mountain-house; Sept. v. r. and ), one of the towns (fenced cities) of Gad on the east of Jordan, described as in the valley (, not to be confounded with the Arabah or Jordan … Continue reading “Beth-Aram”

Beth-arabah (Heb. Beyth ha-Arabah’, , house of the desert; Sept. v. r. and ; in Jos 18:22, v. r. ), one of the six cities of Judah which were situated in the Arabah, i.e. the sunk valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea (wilderness, Jos 15:61), on the north border of the tribe, and apparently … Continue reading “Beth-arabah”

Beth-anoth house of answers, a city in the mountainous district of Judah (Josh. 15:59). It has been identified with the modern Beit-‘Anun, about 3 miles northeast of Hebron. Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary Beth-Anoth Jos 15:59. Now Hanin (Conder, Palestine Exploration Quarterly Statement, April, 1876). Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary Beth-Anoth BETH-ANOTH (Jos 15:59).A town in the … Continue reading “Beth-anoth”

Beth-anotl (Heb. Beyth-Anoth’, , house of answers, i.e. echo; Sept. v. r. ), a city in the mountain district of Judah, mentioned between Maarath and Eltekon (Jos 15:59). It has been identified by Wolcott (Bibl. Sacra, 1843, p. 58) with the present village Beit-Anun, first observed by Robinson (Researches, 2, 186), about one and a … Continue reading “Beth-anotl”

Beth-anath (Heb. Beyth-A nath’, , house of response; Sept. v. r. and ), one of the fenced cities of Naphtali, named with Bethshemesh (Jos 19:38); from neither of which were the Canaanites expelled, although made tributaries (Jdg 1:33). It is mentioned by Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast. s.v. , Bethnath), who, however, elsewhere (s.v. , Bethana) … Continue reading “Beth-anath”

Beth-anab (q. d. , house of figs) is probably the correct name of a village mentioned by Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast. s.v. , Anob) under the form or Bethoannaba, as lying four Roman miles east of Diospolis (Lydda), while Jerome (ib.) speaks of still another name, Bethannaba, as belonging to a village eight miles in … Continue reading “Beth-anab”

BETH-ABARA Place of the ford, a town on the east bank of the Jordan, where John baptized, Joh 1:28 . It was perhaps the same as Beth-barah, Jdg 7:24 ; but the true site is unknown. Many of the best Greek manuscripts and recent editions have Bethany, also unknown, instead of Beth-abara. Fuente: American Tract … Continue reading “Beth-abara”

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; … Continue reading “Beth”