Strong H1004H1004Lבַּ֫יִת
Beth-(baal-meon)
One of the 13 senses of Strong H1004
- Transliteration
- bayith
- Pronunciation
- bah'-yith
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
General definition
Probably from H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of {applications} especially {family} etc.): - {court} {daughter} {door} + {dungeon} {family} + forth {of} X great as would {contain} hangings. {home[born]} [winter]house ({-hold}) {inside(-ward}) {palace} {place} + {prison} + {steward} + {tablet} {temple} {web} + within (-out).
In the biblical story
Baal-meon
Moabite town, allotted to Reuben, later retaken by Moab.
Baal-meon (Beth-baal-meon, Beth-meon, or Beon) was a Moabite town, allotted to Reuben, but later retaken by Moab. (Numbers 32:38; 1 Chronicles 5:8; Ezekiel 25:9; Joshua 13:17; Jeremiah 48:23; Numbers 32:3)