Strong H1020בֵּית הַיְשִׁימוֹת

Beth-jeshimoth

Transliteration
bêyth hayeshîymôth
Pronunciation
bayth hah-yesh-ee-moth'
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

From H1004 and the plural of H8451 with the article interposed;
house of the deserts;
{Beth-ha-Jeshimoth} a town East of the Jordan: - Beth-jeshimoth.

Meaning of the name

Beth-jesimoth = "house of the desolation"

Detailed definition

Beth-jeshimoth was a town in Moab, allotted to Reuben, near where the Israelites camped and mentioned in a prophecy against Moab. (Numbers 33:49; Joshua 12:3; 13:20; Ezekiel 25:9)

In the biblical story

Beth-jeshimoth

Town in Moab, allotted to Reuben, mentioned in prophecy.

Beth-jeshimoth was a town in Moab, allotted to Reuben, near where the Israelites camped and mentioned in a prophecy against Moab. (Numbers 33:49; Joshua 12:3; 13:20; Ezekiel 25:9)

In the Bible

Strong H1020 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • jeshimoth2
  • beth1
  • jesimoth1

First verses

  1. Numbers 33:49
    And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth–jesimoth even unto Abel–shittim in the plains of Moab.
  2. Joshua 12:3
    And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth–jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth–pisgah:
  3. Joshua 13:20
    And Beth–peor, and Ashdoth–pisgah, and Beth–jeshimoth,
  4. Ezekiel 25:9
    Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth–jeshimoth, Baal–meon, and Kiriathaim,
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