H1052 - בֵּית שְׁאָן (Bêyth Shᵉʼân)

H1052 בֵּית שְׁאָן (Bêyth Shᵉʼân) bayth she-awn'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Beth-shean

Biblical Persons & Places

Beth-shean Beth-shan

A location first mentioned at Jos.17.11; referred to as Beth-shean (בֵּית שְׁאָן), or Beth-shan (NIV= Beth Shan) (בֵּית שָׁן).

Strong's Definition

Beth-Shean or Beth-Shan, a place in Palestine

Derivation: or בֵּית שָׁן; from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H7599 (שָׁאַן); house of ease;

KJV Usage: Beth-shean, Beth-Shan.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Beth-shean or Beth-Shan = "house of ease"

1) a place in Manasseh, west of the Jordan

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

§ Beth-shean or Beth-Shan = "house of ease" a place in Manasseh, west of the Jordan

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בֵּית שָׁן / בֵּית שְׁאָן bêyth sheân / bêyth shân BDB Definition: Beth-shean or Beth-Shan = house of ease 1) a place in Manasseh, west of the Jordan Part of Speech: noun proper locative A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1004 and H7599 Total KJV Occurrences: 9

Bible Occurrences (8)

17:11 17:16

1:27

31:10 31:12

21:12

4:12

7:29

Joshua 17:11

Within Issachar and Asher -, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean -, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath) Endor -, Taanach -, [and] Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.

Joshua 17:16

The hill country is not enough for us, [they]... replied, and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.

Judges 1:27

At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.

1 Samuel 31:10

They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.

1 Samuel 31:12

all their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul [and] his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.

2 Samuel 21:12

he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead..., [who] had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan... where the Philistines had hung [the bodies]... after [they] had struck down Saul at Gilboa.

1 Kings 4:12

Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;

1 Chronicles 7:29

And along the borders of Manasseh [were] Beth-shean -, Taanach -, Megiddo -, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.