Strong's #1053: Beyth Shemesh (pronounced bayth sheh'-mesh)

from 1004 and 8121; house of (the) sun; Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine:--Beth-shemesh.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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bêyth shemesh

Beth-shemesh = "house of the sun" or "sun-temple"

1) a town in southwest Judah

2) a town in Naphtali

3) a town in Issachar

4) a town in Egypt

Part of Speech: noun proper locative

Relation: from H1004 and H8121

Usage:

This word is used 21 times:

 

Joshua 15:10: "which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:"
Joshua 19:22: "reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan:"
Joshua 19:38: "and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages."
Joshua 21:16: "with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities"
Judges 1:33: "drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among"
Judges 1:33: "the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath tributaries"
1 Samuel 6:9: "it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this"
1 Samuel 6:12: "way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing"
1 Samuel 6:12: "after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh."
1 Samuel 6:13: " And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes,"
1 Samuel 6:15: "the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices"
1 Samuel 6:19: "And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote"
1 Samuel 6:20: "And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this"
1 Kings 4:9: "The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:"
2 Kings 14:11: "of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah."
2 Kings 14:13: "of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall"
1 Chronicles 6:59: "And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:"
2 Chronicles 25:21: "and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah."
2 Chronicles 25:23: "of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall"
2 Chronicles 28:18: "of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages"
Jeremiah 43:13: "He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses"