Strong H1203בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה

Beeshterah

Transliteration
be‛eshterâh
Pronunciation
beh-esh-ter-aw'
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

From H6251 (as singular of H6252) with prepositional prefix;
with Ashtoreth;
{Beeshterah} a place East of the Jordan: - Beeshterah.

Meaning of the name

Beeshterah = "with increase"

Detailed definition

Ashtaroth or Beeshterah, a city in Bashan, ruled by King Og and later allotted to the Levites.

In the biblical story

Ashtaroth

A city of Og, king of Bashan.

Ashtaroth or Beeshterah, a city in Bashan, ruled by King Og and later allotted to the Levites.

In the Bible

Strong H1203 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • terah1

First verses

  1. Joshua 21:27
    And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh–terah with her suburbs; two cities.
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