BETHESDA
(house of mercy, or the flowing water), the Hebrew name of a reservoir or tank, with five "porches," close upon the sheep-gate or "market" in Jerusalem. (John 5:2) The largest r...
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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BETHEZEL
(neighbor’s house), a place named only in (Micah 1:11) From the context it was doubtless situated in the plain of Philistia.
BETHGADER
(house of the wall), doubtless a place, though it occurs in the genealogies of Judah as if a person. (1 Chronicles 2:51)
BETHGAMUL
(camel-house), a town of Moab, in the downs east of Jordan. (Jeremiah 48:23) comp. Jere 48:21
BETHGILGAL
Same as Gilgal. (Nehemiah 12:29)
BETHHACCEREM
(house of the vine). (Nehemiah 3:14; Jeremiah 6:1) A beacon station near Tekoa, supposed to be the Frank Mountain, a few miles southeast of Bethlehem.
BETHHARAN
(Numbers 32:36) It is no doubt the same place as BETH-ARAM. (Joshua 13:27)
BETHHOGLA
(partridge-house), and Holg’lah a place on the border of Judah, (Joshua 15:6) and of Benjamin. (Joshua 18:19,21) A magnificent spring and a ruin between Jericho and the Jordan s...
BETHHORON
(house of caverns), the name of two towns or villages, an "upper" and a "nether," (Joshua 16:3,5; 1 Chronicles 7:24) on the road from Gibeon to Azekah, (Joshua 10:10,11) and the...
BETHJESHIMOTH
(house of deserts) or Jes’imoth, a town or place east of Jordan, on the lower level at the south end of the Jordan valley, (Numbers 33:49) and named with Ashdod-pisgah and Beth-...
BETHLEBAOTH
(house of lionesses), a town in the lot of Simeon, (Joshua 19:6) in the extreme south of Judah. [(Joshua 15:32) LEBAOTH] In (1 Chronicles 4:31) the name is given BETH-BIREI.
BETHLEHEM
(house of bread).One of the oldest towns in Palestine, already in existence at the time of Jacob’s return to the country. Its earliest name was EPHRATAH, OR EPHRATH or EPHRATAH....
BETHLOMON
1 Esd. 5:17. [BETHLEHEM, 1]
BETHMAACHAH
(house of oppression), a place named only in (2 Samuel 20:14,15) In the absence of more information we can only conclude that it is identical with Maachah or Aram-maachah, one o...
BETHMARCABOTH
(house of the chariots), one of the towns of Simeon, situated to the extreme south of Judah. (Joshua 19:5; 1 Chronicles 4:31) In the parallel list, (Joshua 15:31) MADMANNAH occu...
BETHMEON
(Jeremiah 48:23) A contracted form of Beth-baal-meon.
BETHNIMRAH
(house of leopards) one of the fenced cities on the east of Jordan taken and built by the tribe of Gad (Numbers 32:36) and described as being in the valley beside Beth-haran. (J...
BETHPALET
(house of flight), a town among those in the extreme south of Judah, named in (Joshua 15:27)
BETHPAZZEZ
(house of the dispersion), a town of Issachar named with En-haddah (Joshua 19:21) and of which nothing is known.
BETHPEOR
(house of Peor), a place on the east of Jordan, opposite Jericho and six miles above Libias or Beth-haran. (Joshua 13:20; 3:29; 4:46)
BETHPHAGE
(g hard) (house of figs) the name of a place on the Mount of Olives on the road between Jericho and Jerusalem. It was apparently close to Bethany. (Matthew 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke...
BETHPHELET
(Nehemiah 11:26) [BETHPALET]
BETHRAPHA
a name which occurs in the genealogy of Judah as the son of Eshton. (1 Chronicles 4:12)
BETHREHOB
(house of Rehob), place mentioned as having near it the valley in which lay the town of Laish or Dan. (Judges 18:28) It was one of the little kingdoms of Aram or Syria. (2 Samue...
BETHSAIDA
(house of fish) of Galilee, (John 12:21) a city which was the native place of Andrew, Peter and Philip, (John 1:44; 12:21) in the land of Gennesareth, (Mark 6:46) comp. Mark 6:5...
BETHSHEAN
(house of rest), or in Samuel, BETHSHAN, a city which belonged to Manasseh, (1 Chronicles 7:29) though within the limits of Issachar (Joshua 17:11) and therefore on the west of ...
BETHSHEMESH
(house of the sun).One of the towns which marked the north boundary of Judah. (Joshua 15:10) It is now ’Ainshems, about two miles from the great Philistine plain, and seven from...