Strong H10323 sensesבֵּית חוֹרֹן

Meaning of the name

The 3 senses of Strong H1032

The lexicon tells 3 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H1032 appears in 13 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. Beth-horonH1032GNot in the KJV
2. (Upper) Beth-horonH1032HTown in Ephraim, near Lower Beth-horon.Not in the KJV
3. (Lower) Beth-horonH1032INot in the KJV

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• horon10
• beth3

First verses

1. Joshua 10:10
   And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth–horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
2. Joshua 10:11
   And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth–horon, that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
3. Joshua 16:3
   And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth–horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
4. Joshua 16:5
   And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth–addar, unto Beth–horon the upper;
5. Joshua 18:13
   And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth–el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth–adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth–horon.
6. Joshua 18:14
   And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth–horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath–baal, which is Kirjath–jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
7. Joshua 21:22
   And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth–horon with her suburbs; four cities.
8. 1 Samuel 13:18
   And another company turned the way to Beth–horon: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
9. 1 Kings 9:17
   And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth–horon the nether,
10. 1 Chronicles 6:68
    And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth–horon with her suburbs,
11. 1 Chronicles 7:24
    (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth–horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen–sherah.)
12. 2 Chronicles 8:5
    Also he built Beth–horon the upper, and Beth–horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
13. 2 Chronicles 25:13
    But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth–horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.