בֵּית חוֹרוֹן
Bêyth Chôwrôwn · bayth kho-rone'
Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H2356 (חוֹר); house of hollowness;
Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Beth-horon.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign › to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
The house, what is within of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign that works to separate and protect that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בֵּית חוֹרוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- bethhoron4 · 29%
- and bethhoron4 · 29%
- to bethhoron3 · 21%
- of bethhoron1 · 7%
- unto bethhoron1 · 7%
- even unto bethhoron1 · 7%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.