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Lexicon :: Strong's H1053 - bêṯ šemeš

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בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ
Transliteration
bêṯ šemeš
Pronunciation
bayth sheh'-mesh
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs: בית שמש.

Strong’s Definitions

בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ Bêyth Shemesh, bayth sheh'-mesh; from H1004 and H8121; house of (the) sun; Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine:—Beth-shemesh.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H1053 in the following manner: Bethshemesh (21x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H1053 in the following manner: Bethshemesh (21x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ Bêyth Shemesh, bayth sheh'-mesh; from H1004 and H8121; house of (the) sun; Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine:—Beth-shemesh.
STRONGS H1053: Abbreviations
† בֵּית שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ proper name, of a location (sun-temple) — שׁ׳ בּ׳ Joshua 19:22 + 8 times, ־שׁ׳בּ׳ Joshua 15:10 + 6 times; שָׁ֑מֶשׁ בּ׳ Joshua 19:38 + 4 times; —
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 RobBR ii. 223 f. BdPal 163 Surveyiii. 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) Surveyii. 231.
4. ＝On-Heliopolis, in Egypt Jeremiah 43:13 RobBR i. 25 EbGS 505 f. DlPa 318 f.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

15:10; 15:10; 19:22; 19:22; 19:38; 19:38; 21:16

Judges

1:33

1 Samuel

6:9; 6:12; 6:13; 6:15; 6:19; 6:20

1 Kings

4:9

2 Kings

14:11; 14:13

1 Chronicles

6:44

2 Chronicles

25:21; 25:23; 28:18

Jeremiah

43:13

H1053

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1053 matches the Hebrew בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ (bêṯ šemeš),
which occurs 42 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:10 - And H5437➔ the border H1366 compassed ➔H5437 from Baalah H1173 westward H3220 unto H413 mount H2022 Seir, H8165 and passed along H5674 unto H413 the side H3802 of mount H2022 Jearim, H3297 which H1931 is Chesalon, H3693 on the north side, H6828 and went down H3381 to Bethshemesh, H1053 H1053 and passed on H5674 to Timnah: H8553

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:22 - And H6293➔ the coast H1366 reacheth ➔H6293 to Tabor, H8396 and Shahazimah, H7831 and Bethshemesh; H1053 H1053 and H1961➔ the outgoings H8444 of their border H1366 were ➔H1961 at Jordan: H3383 sixteen H8337 H6240 cities H5892 with their villages. H2691

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:38 - And Iron, H3375 and Migdalel, H4027 H4027 Horem, H2765 and Bethanath, H1043 H1043 and Bethshemesh; H1053 H1053 nineteen H8672 H6240 cities H5892 with their villages. H2691

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:16 - And H853 Ain H5871 with H853 her suburbs, H4054 and H853 Juttah H3194 with H853 her suburbs, H4054 and Bethshemesh H1053 H1053 with H853 her suburbs; H4054 nine H8672 cities H5892 out of H854 those H428 two H8147 tribes. H7626

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:33 - Neither H3808 did H3423➔ Naphtali H5321 drive out ➔H3423 the inhabitants H3427 of Bethshemesh, H1053 H1053 nor H853 the inhabitants H3427 of Bethanath; H1043 H1043 but he dwelt H3427 among H7130 the Canaanites, H3669 the inhabitants H3427 of the land: H776 nevertheless the inhabitants H3427 of Bethshemesh H1053 H1053 and of Bethanath H1043 H1043 became H1961 tributaries H4522 unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:9 - And see, H7200 if H518 it goeth up H5927 by the way H1870 of his own coast H1366 to Bethshemesh, H1053 H1053 then he H1931 hath done H6213 us this H2063 great H1419 evil: H7451 but if H518 not, H3808 then we shall know H3045 that H3588 it is not H3808 his hand H3027 that smote H5060 us: it H1931 was a chance H4745 that happened H1961 to us.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12 - And H3474➔ the kine H6510 took ➔H3474➔ the H1870➔ straight ➔H3474 way ➔H1870 to H5921 the way H1870 of Bethshemesh, H1053 H1053 and went along H1980 the highway, H4546 H259 lowing H1600 as they went, H1980 and H3808➔ turned H5493➔ not ➔H3808 aside ➔H5493 to the right hand H3225 or to the left; H8040 and the lords H5633 of the Philistines H6430 went H1980 after them H310 unto H5704 the border H1366 of Bethshemesh. H1053

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:13 - And they of Bethshemesh H1053 H1053 were reaping H7114 their wheat H2406 harvest H7105 in the valley: H6010 and they lifted up H5375 their eyes, H5869 and saw H7200 the ark, H727 and rejoiced H8055 to see H7200 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:15 - And the Levites H3881 took down H3381 the ark H727 of the LORD, H3068 and H853 the coffer H712 that H834 was with it, H854 wherein H834 the jewels H3627 of gold H2091 were, and put H7760 them on H413 the great H1419 stone: H68 and the men H376 of Bethshemesh H1053 H1053 offered H5927 burnt offerings H5930 and sacrificed H2076 sacrifices H2077 the same H1931 day H3117 unto the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19 - And he smote H5221 the men H376 of Bethshemesh, H1053 H1053 because H3588 they had looked H7200 into the ark H727 of the LORD, H3068 even he smote H5221 of the people H5971 fifty H2572➔ thousand H505 and ➔H2572 threescore and ten H7657 men: H376 and H56➔ the people H5971 lamented, ➔H56 because H3588 the LORD H3068 had smitten H5221 many of the people H5971 with a H4347➔ great H1419 slaughter. ➔H4347

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:20 - And H559➔ the men H376 of Bethshemesh H1053 H1053 said, ➔H559 Who H4310 is able H3201 to stand H5975 before H6440 this H2088 holy H6918 LORD H3068 God? H430 and to H413 whom H4310 shall he go up H5927 from us? H5921

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:9 - The son H1128 of Dekar, H1128 in Makaz, H4739 and in Shaalbim, H8169 and Bethshemesh, H1053 H1053 and Elonbethhanan: H358 H358 H358

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:11 - But H3808➔ Amaziah H558 would H8085➔ not ➔H3808 hear. ➔H8085 Therefore H5927➔ Jehoash H3060 king H4428 of Israel H3478 went up; ➔H5927 and H7200➔ he H1931 and Amaziah H558 king H4428 of Judah H3063 looked one another ➔H7200 in the face H6440 at Bethshemesh, H1053 H1053 which H834 belongeth to Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - And H853 Jehoash H3060 king H4428 of Israel H3478 took H8610 Amaziah H558 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 the son H1121 of Jehoash H3060 the son H1121 of Ahaziah, H274 at Bethshemesh, H1053 H1053 and came H935 to Jerusalem, H3389 and brake down H6555 the wall H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 from the gate H8179 of Ephraim H669 unto H5704 the corner H6438 gate, H8179 four H702 hundred H3967 cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:59 - And H853 Ashan H6228 with H853 her suburbs, H4054 and H853 Bethshemesh H1053 H1053 with H853 her suburbs: H4054

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:21 - So H5927➔ Joash H3101 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 went up; ➔H5927 and they saw one another H7200 in the face, H6440 both he H1931 and Amaziah H558 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 at Bethshemesh, H1053 H1053 which H834 belongeth to Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - And H853 Joash H3101 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 took H8610 Amaziah H558 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 the son H1121 of Joash, H3101 the son H1121 of Jehoahaz, H3059 at Bethshemesh, H1053 H1053 and brought him H935 to Jerusalem, H3389 and brake down H6555 the wall H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 from the gate H8179 of Ephraim H669 to H5704 the corner H6437 gate, H8179 four H702 hundred H3967 cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:18 - The Philistines also H6430 had invaded H6584 the cities H5892 of the low country, H8219 and of the south H5045 of Judah, H3063 and had taken H3920 Bethshemesh, H1053 H1053 and H853 Ajalon, H357 and H853 Gederoth, H1450 and H853 Shocho H7755 with the villages thereof, H1323 and H853 Timnah H8553 with the villages thereof, H1323 Gimzo H1579 also H853 and H853 the villages thereof: H1323 and they dwelt H3427 there. H8033

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:13 - He shall break also H7665 the images H4676 of Bethshemesh, H1053 H1053 that H834 is in the land H776 of Egypt; H4714 and H853 the houses H1004 of the gods H430 of the Egyptians H4714 shall he burn H8313 with fire. H784
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