hebrew #1032 - בֵּית חוֹרוֹן Beth Choron ("place of a hollow")
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Beth- horon From bayith and chowr; house of hollowness; Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine -- Beth- horon. see HEBREW bayith see HEBREW chowr Englishman's Concordance Beth-horon=“house of hollowness” 1) two towns in Ephraim 1a) Upper Beth-horon - town on the mountains of Ephraim 1b) Lower Beth-horon - town located 800 feet (245 meters) lower than Upper Beth-horon Part of Speech: noun proper locative A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H1004 and H2356 Brown-Driver-Briggsבֵּית חוֺרֹןproper name, of a locationJoshua 10:10,11, also חֹרוֺן׳בּ, חֹרֹן׳בּ, & in Chronicles חוֺרוֺן׳בּ, two cities in Ephraim, lower & upper B.H. (place of a hole or hollow (?) חֹר, perhaps from a wady between the two, or near by; compare also מַעֲלֶהJoshua 10:10, מוֺרַדJoshua 10:11 1Macc 3:16; 3:24) 1 Chronicles 7:24אֶתבּֿיתחֿוֺרוֺן הַתַּחְתּוֺן וְאֶתהָֿעֶלְיוֺן; further, a.עֶלְיוֺן׳ח׳בּJoshua 16:5; הָעֶלְיוֺן׳ח׳בּ2Chronicles 8:5. b.1hour west from a.תַּחְתּוֺן׳ח׳בּJoshua 16:3; Joshua 18:13; 1 Kings 9:17; הַתַּחְתּוֺן׳ח׳בּ2Chronicles 8:5; also Joshua 10:10,11; Joshua 18:14; probably also Joshua 21:22; 1 Samuel 13:18; 1 Chronicles 6:53; 2Chronicles 25:13; — modern Beit ±Ûr el-fôqa & et-ta—ta RobBR ii. 250 f. BdPal 21 Surveyiii. 86; — compare הַחֹרֹנִי adjective, of a peopleNehemiah 2:10,19; Nehemiah 13:28, only of Sanballat; also dual חֹרֹנַיִםJoshua 10:10,11 ᵐ5 & 2 Samuel 13:34ᵐ5 We Dr. בֵּית חָנָן proper name, of a location in Dan (Judah ? Philistine territory) 1 Kings 4:9 (where read ׳ח׳וּב see below II. אֵלוֺן p. 19); — modern Beit „anûn compare RobBR ii. 35. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 1032. בֵּית (Beth Choron) — 14 OccurrencesJoshua 10:10 Joshua 10:11 Joshua 16:3 Joshua 16:5 Joshua 18:13 Joshua 18:14 Joshua 21:22 1 Samuel 13:18 1 Kings 9:17 1 Chronicles 6:68 1 Chronicles 7:24 2 Chronicles 8:5 2 Chronicles 8:5 2 Chronicles 25:13 |