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בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ H1053
H1053 is the Hebrew word בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ, transliterated Bêyth Shemesh and said bayth sheh'-mesh. The King James Version most often renders it bethshemesh.
What it means
Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine.
Where it comes from
from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ); house of (the) sun.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 21 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: Beth-shemesh.
Verses using בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ
All 19 verses, quoted in full.
Joshua 15:10 · KJV
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
Joshua 19:22 · KJV
And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
Joshua 19:38 · KJV
And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
Joshua 21:16 · KJV
And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
Judges 1:33 · KJV
Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.
1 Samuel 6:9 · KJV
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to us.
1 Samuel 6:12 · KJV
And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.
1 Samuel 6:13 · KJV
And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
1 Samuel 6:15 · KJV
And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.
1 Samuel 6:19 · KJV
And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.
1 Samuel 6:20 · KJV
And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
1 Kings 4:9 · KJV
The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:
2 Kings 14:11 · KJV
But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
2 Kings 14:13 · KJV
And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
1 Chronicles 6:59 · KJV
And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:
2 Chronicles 25:21 · KJV
So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
2 Chronicles 25:23 · KJV
And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
2 Chronicles 28:18 · KJV
The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.
Jeremiah 43:13 · KJV
He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.
Common questions
What does Strong's H1053 mean?
H1053 is the Hebrew word בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ (Bêyth Shemesh), meaning Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine.
How is H1053 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it bethshemesh (21 times).
How many times does H1053 appear in the Bible?
בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ (Bêyth Shemesh) is tagged in 19 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1053 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ); house of (the) sun.
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