Strong H1030בֵּית־הַשִּׁמְשִׁי
Bethshemite
- Transliteration
- bêyth hashshimshîy
- Pronunciation
- bayth hash-shim-shee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
Patrial from H1053 with the article inserted; a Beth {shimshite} or inhabitant of Bethshemesh: - Bethshemite.
Meaning of the name
Bethshemite or Beth-shemeshite = "house of the sun"
Detailed definition
Beth-shemesh was a city allotted to Judah and the Levites, associated with the return of the Ark of the Covenant from the Philistines. (Multiple references, see article for details)
In the biblical story
Beth-shemesh
City in Judah, associated with the Ark's return.
Beth-shemesh was a city allotted to Judah and the Levites, associated with the return of the Ark of the Covenant from the Philistines. (Multiple references, see article for details)
In the Bible
Strong H1030 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shemite2
First verses
- 1 Samuel 6:14And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth–shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the Lord.
- 1 Samuel 6:18And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the Lord: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth–shemite.