בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ
Bêyth Shemesh · bayth sheh'-mesh
Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ); house of (the) sun;
Beth-Shemesh, 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-shemesh.
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
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign › to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy
The house, what is within of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign that works to consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ 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
42 occurrences · 42 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of bethshemesh8 · 38%
- and bethshemesh5 · 24%
- at bethshemesh4 · 19%
- to bethshemesh2 · 10%
- and they of bethshemesh1 · 5%
- bethshemesh1 · 5%
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.