Lexical Definition

‎בֵּית חוֹרוֹן‎ Bêyth Chôwrôwn (bayth kho-rone') Beth-horon ^N:N--L
from ‎בַּיִת‎ and ‎חוֹר‎; house of hollowness

Beth-horon.

• § Beth-horon = "house of hollowness"
• Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine

1) two towns in Ephraim
1a) Upper Beth-horon-town on the mountains of Ephraim
1b) Lower Beth-horon-town located 800 feet (245 m) lower than Upper Beth-horon

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בֵּית חוֺרֹן‎ proper name, of a location Josh 10:10; Josh 10:11, also ‎חֹרוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎בּ‎, ‎חֹרֹן‎ ‎׳‎‎בּ‎, & in Chronicles ‎חוֺרוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎בּ‎, two cities in Ephraim, lower & upper B.H. (place of a hole or hollow (?) ‎חֹר‎, perhaps from a wady between the two, or near by; compare also ‎מַעֲלֶה‎ Josh 10:10, ‎מוֺרַד‎ vJosh 10:11 1 Macc 3:16; 3:24) 1Chr 7:24 ‎אֶתבּֿיתחֿוֺרוֺן הַתַּחְתּוֺן וְאֶתהָֿעֶלְיוֺן‎; further,
a. ‎עֶלְיוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ ‎׳‎‎בּ‎ Josh 16:5 ‎הָעֶלְיוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ ‎׳‎‎בּ‎ 2Chr 8:5.
b. 1 hour west from
a. ‎תַּחְתּוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ ‎׳‎‎בּ‎ Josh 16:3; Josh 18:13; 1Kgs 9:17 ‎הַתַּחְתּוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ ‎׳‎‎בּ‎ 2Chr 8:5 also Josh 10:10; Josh 10:11; Josh 18:14 probably also Josh 21:22; 1Sam 13:18; 1Chr 6:53*; 2Chr 25:13 — modern Beit ±Ûr el-fôqa & et-ta—ta Rob^{BR ii. 250 f.} Bd^{Pal 21} Survey^{iii. 86}; — compare ‎הַחֹרֹנִי‎ adjective, of a people Neh 2:10; Neh 2:19; Neh 13:28, only of Sanballat; also dual ‎חֹרֹנַיִם‎ Josh 10:10; Josh 10:11 ᵐ5 & 2Sam 13:34 ᵐ5 We Dr.

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