Strong's Definition
1053 Beyth Shemesh bayth sheh'-mesh from 1004 and 8121; house of (the) sun; Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine
KJV Usage: Beth-shemesh
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
בֵּית שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ (bet she.mesh) — Beth-shemesh.
§ Beth-shemesh = "house of the sun" or "sun-temple" a town in southwest Judah
בֵּית שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ (bet she.mesh) — Beth-shemesh.
§ Beth-shemesh = "house of the sun" or "sun-temple" a town in Issachar
בֵּית שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ (bet she.mesh) — Beth-shemesh.
§ Beth-shemesh = "house of the sun" or "sun-temple" a town in Naphtali
בֵּית שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ (bet she.mesh) — Heliopolis. Beth-shemesh = "house of the sun" or "sun-temple" a town in Egypt Another name of on (אֹן "On" H0204)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
name · בַּיִת · שֶׁמֶשׁ · בֵּית־הַשִּׁמְשִׁי
Names of Locations
Beth-Shemesh = town; ◄ territory of Judah; ► assigned to clan of Aaron, tribe of Levi
JOS 15:10 · JOS 21:16 · 1SA 6:9 · 1SA 6:12 · 1SA 6:12 · 1SA 6:13 · 1SA 6:15 · 1SA 6:19 · 1SA 6:20 · 1KI 4:9 · 2KI 14:11 · 2KI 14:13 · 1CH 6:44 · 2CH 25:21 · 2CH 25:23 · 2CH 28:18
Names of Locations
Beth-Shemesh = fortified town; ◄ territory of Naphtali
Names of Locations | ≈ אֹון
Beth-Shemesh, Heliopolis = town, also known as On; ◄ in Egypt; ► center of worship of the sun
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
בֵּית שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ n.pr.loc. (sun-temple) city in SW. Judah
city in Naphtali
city in Issachar
= On-Heliopolis, in Egypt
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