Strong's Lexicon

H1032

H1032 — בֵּיתּ חוֹרוֹן

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewBeythName/l.Occurrences: 14

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1032
Word:	בֵּיתּ חוֹרוֹן
Part of Speech:	Name/l.
Etymology:	from H1004 and H2356
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	14
Transliteration:	Beyth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	Chowrown (bayth kho-rone') n/l.
Meaning:	1. house of hollowness 2. Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Israel
KJV Renderings:	Beth- horon.

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BDB1063

בֵּית חוֺרֹן proper name [of a location] Josh 10:10; Josh 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 מַעֲלֶה Josh 10:10, מוֺרַד Josh 10:11 1 Macc 3:16; 3:24) 1Chr 7:24 אֶתבּֿיתחֿוֺרוֺן הַתַּחְתּוֺן וְאֶתהָֿעֶלְיוֺן; further,

a. עֶלְיוֺן ׳ ח ׳ בּ Josh 16:5 הָעֶלְיוֺן ׳ ח ׳ בּ 2Chr 8:5.

b. 1 hour west from a. תַּחְתּוֺן ׳ ח ׳ בּ Josh 16:3; Josh 18:13; 1Kgs 9:17 הַתַּחְתּוֺן ׳ ח ׳ בּ 2Chr 8:5 also Josh 10:10; Josh 10:11; Josh 18:14 probably also Josh 21:22; 1Sam 13:18; 1Chr 6:53; 2Chr 25:13 — modern Beit ±Ûr el-fôqa & et-ta—ta Rob^{BR ii. 250 f.} Bd^{Pal 21} Survey^{iii. 86}; — compare הַחֹרֹנִי adjective [of a people] Neh 2:10; Neh 2:19; Neh 13:28, only of Sanballat; also dual חֹרֹנַיִם Josh 10:10; Josh 10:11 ᵐ5 & 2Sam 13:34 ᵐ5 We Dr.

BDB6079

מַעֲלֶה₁₉ noun masculine^{Isa 15:5} ascent; — ׳ מ Neh 12:37 construct מַעֲלֵה Josh 10:10 + 14 t.; מַעֲלָו֯ Ezek 40:31; Ezek 40:34; Ezek 40:37

1. ascent of hill or mountain: to a city 1Sam 9:11, to the royal sepulchers (in Jerusalem) 2Chr 32:33 הַזֵּיתִית ׳ מִ 2Sam 15:30 (see זַיִת 3); עַקְרַבִּים ׳ מ = Srorpion-pass, on southern border of Palestine, Judg 1:36; Num 36:4; Josh 15:3 (both P ), i.e. probably the Na‡b eƒ-ƒafâ southwest from Dead Sea Buhl^{Geogr. 16. 66} Di and GFM on the passage, and references; often defined by proper name, of a location: אֲדֻמִים ׳ מ Josh 15:7; Josh 18:17, south of valley of Achor, between Jerusalem and Jericho, compare modern Tel`at ed-dâm Buhl^{Geogr. 98}.; see also בֵּית חוֺרֹן I. גּוּר, II. חֶרֶס, לוּחִית, II. ציץ .

2. of stairs Ezek 40:31; Ezek 40:34; Ezek 40:37 to a wall Neh 12:27 מַעֵלֵה הַלִּוִיִּם Neh 9:4. p.111, 158, 357, 532, 851