Word Study · Strong's H1053 · Hebrew
בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ
Beth Shemesh
bayth sheh'-mesh
Strong's 1890 spelling: Bêyth Shemesh
“Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Beth-shemesh.
- 42occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 14inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 42 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 14
- שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ6
- בֵֽית־5
- שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ5
- וּבֵ֣ית4
- שָׁ֑מֶשׁ4
- בֵּ֥ית3
- בֵּ֣ית3
- בְּבֵ֥ית2
- בְּבֵ֣ית2
- בֵּֽית־2
- שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙2
- שֶׁ֗מֶשׁ2
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 5
- Shemesh21
- Beth13
- at Beth4
- and Beth3
- and in Beth1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- proper noun (a name)32
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)4
- preposition + proper noun (a name)4
- noun · masculine or feminine singular1
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 32
- HC/Npl · 4
- HR/Npl · 4
- HNcbsa · 1
- HNcbsc · 1
All 42, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Samuel14 of 42 · 33%
- Joshua8 of 42 · 19%
- 2 Chronicles6 of 42 · 14%
- Judges4 of 42 · 10%
- 2 Kings4 of 42 · 10%
1 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Joshua8 occurrences
- Joshua 15:10בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.here: Beth
- Joshua 15:10שֶׁ֖מֶשׁshemeshproper noun (a name)The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.here: Shemesh
- Joshua 19:22וּבֵ֣יתuveitconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The border reached Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen cities, along with their villages.here: and Beth
- Joshua 19:22שֶׁ֔מֶשׁshemeshproper noun (a name)The border reached Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen cities, along with their villages.here: Shemesh
- Joshua 19:38וּבֵ֣יתuveitconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh. There were nineteen cities, along with their villages.here: and Beth
- Joshua 19:38שָׁ֑מֶשׁshameshproper noun (a name)Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh. There were nineteen cities, along with their villages.here: Shemesh
- Joshua 21:16בֵּ֥יתbeitproper noun (a name)Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.here: Beth
- Joshua 21:16שֶׁ֖מֶשׁshemeshproper noun (a name)Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.here: Shemesh
Judges4 occurrences
- Judges 1:33בֵֽית־veit-proper noun (a name)Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphtalites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers.here: Beth
- Judges 1:33שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙shemeshproper noun (a name)Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphtalites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers.here: Shemesh
- Judges 1:33בֵֽית־veit-proper noun (a name)Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphtalites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers.here: Beth
- Judges 1:33שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙shemeshproper noun (a name)Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphtalites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers.here: Shemesh
1 Samuel14 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 6:9בֵּ֣יתbeitproper noun (a name)but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”here: Beth
- 1 Samuel 6:9שֶׁ֔מֶשׁshemeshproper noun (a name)but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”here: Shemesh
- 1 Samuel 6:12בֵּ֣יתbeitproper noun (a name)And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.here: Beth
- 1 Samuel 6:12שֶׁ֔מֶשׁshemeshproper noun (a name)And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.here: Shemesh
- 1 Samuel 6:12בֵּ֥יתbeitproper noun (a name)And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.here: Beth
- 1 Samuel 6:12שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃shameshproper noun (a name)And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.here: Shemesh
- 1 Samuel 6:13וּבֵ֣יתuveitconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Now the people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyed at the sight.here: and Beth
- 1 Samuel 6:13שֶׁ֔מֶשׁshemeshproper noun (a name)Now the people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyed at the sight.here: Shemesh
- 1 Samuel 6:15בֵֽית־veit-proper noun (a name)And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.here: Beth
- 1 Samuel 6:15שֶׁ֗מֶשׁshemeshproper noun (a name)And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.here: Shemesh
- 1 Samuel 6:19בֵֽית־veit-proper noun (a name)But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.here: Beth
- 1 Samuel 6:19שֶׁ֗מֶשׁshemeshproper noun (a name)But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.here: Shemesh
- 1 Samuel 6:20בֵֽית־veit-proper noun (a name)The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”here: Beth
- 1 Samuel 6:20שֶׁ֔מֶשׁshemeshproper noun (a name)The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”here: Shemesh
1 Kings2 occurrences
2 Kings4 occurrences
- 2 Kings 14:11בְּבֵ֥יתbeveitpreposition + proper noun (a name)But Amaziah would not listen, and Jehoash king of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.here: at Beth
- 2 Kings 14:11שֶׁ֖מֶשׁshemeshproper noun (a name)But Amaziah would not listen, and Jehoash king of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.here: Shemesh
- 2 Kings 14:13בְּבֵ֣יתbeveitpreposition + proper noun (a name)There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.here: at Beth
- 2 Kings 14:13שָׁ֑מֶשׁshameshproper noun (a name)There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.here: Shemesh
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
2 Chronicles6 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 25:21בְּבֵ֥יתbeveitpreposition + proper noun (a name)So Jehoash king of Israel advanced, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.here: at Beth
- 2 Chronicles 25:21שֶׁ֖מֶשׁshemeshproper noun (a name)So Jehoash king of Israel advanced, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.here: Shemesh
- 2 Chronicles 25:23בְּבֵ֣יתbeveitpreposition + proper noun (a name)There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.here: at Beth
- 2 Chronicles 25:23שָׁ֑מֶשׁshameshproper noun (a name)There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.here: Shemesh
- 2 Chronicles 28:18בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.here: Beth
- 2 Chronicles 28:18שֶׁ֨מֶשׁshemeshproper noun (a name)The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.here: Shemesh
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 43:13בֵּ֣יתbeitnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)He will demolish the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”here: Beth
- Jeremiah 43:13שֶׁ֔מֶשׁshemeshnoun · masculine or feminine singularHe will demolish the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”here: Shemesh