בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה
Bᵉʻeshtᵉrâh · beh-esh-ter-aw'
Beeshterah, a place East of the Jordan
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6251 (עַשְׁתְּרָה) (as singular of H6252 (עַשְׁתָּרוֹת)) with a prepositional prefix; with Ashtoreth;
Beeshterah, a place East of the Jordan
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Beeshterah.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to see and know › to consume, to destroy › the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
The house, what is within that works to see and know that works to consume, to destroy of the mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה 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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and beeshterah1 · 100%
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.