Strong H886בְּאֵרֹתִי

Beerothite

Transliteration: be'êrôthîy
Pronunciation: be-ay-ro-thee'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense

Definition

Patrial from H881; a Beerothite or inhabitant of Beeroth: - Beerothite.

Meaning of the name

Beerothite = "wells"

Detailed definition

Group of be.e.rot (בְּאֵרוֹת "Beeroth" H881)

In the biblical story

Beeroth

Hivite city, later allotted to Benjamin.

Beeroth (or Beer) was a Hivite city that later became part of the territory allotted to the tribe of Benjamin. (Joshua 9:17, 18:25; 2 Samuel 4:2-3, 5, 9; 23:37; Nehemiah 7:29; Ezra 2:25; 1 Chronicles 11:39; Judges 9:21)

In the Bible

Strong H886 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

beerothite4
beerothites1

First verses

2 Samuel 4:2
And Saul’s son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:
2 Samuel 4:3
And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)
2 Samuel 4:5
And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish–bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
2 Samuel 4:9
And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
2 Samuel 23:37
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,