בֵּית שְׁאָן
Bêyth Shᵉʼân · bayth she-awn'
Beth-Shean or Beth-Shan, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: or בֵּית שָׁן; from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H7599 (שָׁאַן); house of ease;
Beth-Shean or Beth-Shan, a place 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-shean, Beth-Shan.
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
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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 consume, to destroy › strength, the leader › the seed, life continuing
The house, what is within of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign that works to consume, to destroy of strength, the leader of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בֵּית שְׁאָן 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
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of bethshan3 · 33%
- bethshean2 · 22%
- both they who are of bethshean1 · 11%
- the inhabitants of bethshean1 · 11%
- and all bethshean1 · 11%
- from bethshean1 · 11%
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.