Lexical Definition

‎בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ‎ Bêyth Shemesh (bayth sheh'-mesh) Beth-shemesh ^N:N--L
from ‎בַּיִת‎ and ‎שֶׁמֶשׁ‎; house of (the) sun

Beth-shemesh.

• § Beth-shemesh = "house of the sun" or "sun-temple"
• Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine

1) a town in southwest Judah
2) a town in Naphtali
3) a town in Issachar
4) a town in Egypt

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בֵּית שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ‎ proper name, of a location (sun-temple) — ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎בּ‎ Josh 19:22 + 8 t., ‎׳‎‎שֿׁ‎‎׳‎‎בּ‎ Josh 15:10 + 6 t.; ‎שָׁ֑מֶשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎בּ‎ Josh 19:38 + 4 t.; —

1. city in southwest Judah Josh 15:10; 1Sam 6:9; 1Sam 6:12 (twice in verse); 1Sam 6:13; 1Sam 6:15; 1Sam 6:19; 1Sam 6:20; 1Kgs 4:9; 2Kgs 14:13 = 2Chr 25:23; 2Chr 28:18 distinguished from other places of same name as ‎אֲשֶׁר לִיהוּדָה‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎בּ‎ 2Kgs 14:11 = 2Chr 25:21 assigned to Levites Josh 21:16 = 1Chr 6:44* — ruin at modern `Ain Shems Rob^{BR ii. 223 f.} Bd^{Pal 163} Survey^{iii. 35, 60.}

2. city in Naphtali Josh 19:38; Judg 1:33 (twice in verse)

3. city in Issachar Josh 19:22 possibly `Ain esh-Shemsîyeh, Jordan valley, south of Beisân (Beth Shean) Survey^{ii. 231.}

4. = On-Heliopolis, in Egypt Jer 43:13 Rob^{BR i. 25} Eb^{GS 505 f.} Dl^{Pa 318 f}.

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