STRONGS NUMBER H1053

Word Summary

Beth Shemesh: "sun temple", three places in Palestine, also a place in Egypt

Original Word: בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ
Transliteration: Beth Shemesh
Phonetic Spelling: (bayth sheh'-mesh)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: "sun temple", three places in Palestine, also a place in Egypt
Meaning: Beth-shemesh -- "sun temple", three places in Palestine, also a place in Egypt

Strong's Concordance

Beth-shemesh

From bayith and shemesh; house of (the) sun; Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine -- Beth-shemesh.

see HEBREW bayith

see HEBREW shemesh

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H1053. Beth

Shemesh שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ בֵּית‎ proper name, of a location (sun-temple) — ׳בּ ׳שׁ‎ Joshua 19:22 8t., ׳שֿׁ׳בּ‎ 15:10 6t.; ׳בּ שָׁ֑מֶשׁ‎ 19:38 4t.; —

1 city in southwest Judah Joshua 15:10; 1 Samuel 6:9, 12 (twice in verse); 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 ׳בּ ׳שׁ לִיהוּדָה אֲשֶׁר‎ 2 Kings 14:11 2 Chronicles 25:21; assigned to Levites Joshua 21:16 = 1 Chronicles 6:44; — ruin at modern `Ain Shems Rob^{BR ii. 223 f.} Bd^{Pal 163} Survey^{iii. 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) Survey^{ii. 231.}

4 = On-Heliopolis, in Egypt Jeremiah 43:13 Rob^{BR i. 25} Eb^{GS 505 f.} Dl^{Pa 318 f}.

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STRONGS NUMBER H1053