Strong H1044בֵּית־עֵ֫קֶד

Beth-eked

Transliteration: bêyth ‛êqed
Pronunciation: bayth ay'-ked
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

From H1004 and a derivative of H6123; house of (the) binding (for sheep shearing);
{Beth-Eked} a place in Palestine: - shearing-house.

Meaning of the name

Beth-eged = "house of binding" i.e. "shearing house"

Detailed definition

Beth-eked was a place where Jehu killed the forty-two brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah. (2 Kings 10:12, 14)

In the biblical story

Beth-eked

Place where Jehu killed the brothers of Ahaziah.

Beth-eked was a place where Jehu killed the forty-two brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah. (2 Kings 10:12, 14)

In the Bible

Strong H1044 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

house2

First verses

2 Kings 10:12
And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way,
2 Kings 10:14
And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.