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H881 בְּאֵרוֹת (Bᵉʼêrôwth) be-ay-rohth'

Hebrew
Noun
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Quick Definition

Beeroth

Biblical Persons & Places

Beeroth Beeroth
A location first mentioned at Jos.9.17; referred to as Beeroth (בְּאֵרוֹת), or Beeroth (בֵּרֹתִי), or Beer (בְּאֵר), or Beerothite (בְּאֵרֹתִי).

Strong's Definition

Beeroth, a place in Palestine

Derivation: feminine plural of H875 (בְּאֵר); wells;

KJV Usage: Beeroth.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Beeroth = "wells"
1) a Gibeonite city allotted to Benjamin

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בְּאֵרוֹת (be.e.rot) — Beeroth.

§ Beeroth = "wells" a Gibeonite city allotted to Benjamin

בְּאֵרוֹת (be.e.rot) — Beeroth-(bene-jaakan). Beeroth = "wells" a Gibeonite city allotted to Benjamin Combined with be.ne ya.a.qan (בְּנֵי יַעֲקָ֑ן "Bene-jaakan" H1142)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

name · בְּאֵר · בְּאֵרֹתִי

Names of Locations

Beeroth = town, possibly to be identified with Beer; ◄ territory of Benjamin; ► one of the four Hivite cities that made a covenant with Joshua

JOS 9:17 · JOS 18:25 · 2SA 4:2 · EZR 2:25 · NEH 7:29

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UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בְאֵרוֹת n.pr.loc. city of Gibeonites base

Bible Occurrences (6)

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