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<p> '''''beth''''' -'''''shit´a''''' ( בּית השׁטּה , <i> '''''bēth ha''''' </i> - <i> '''''shiṭṭāh''''' </i> , "house of the acacia"): A place on the route followed by the | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71824" /> == | ||
<p> '''Beth-shit'tah.''' ''(Home Of The Acacia).'' One of the spots to which, the flight of the host of the Midianites, extended after their discomfiture, by Gideon. Judges 7:22. </p> | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49905" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> [[Beth-Shittah]] </strong> (‘place of the acacia,’ Judges 7:22 ). In the vicinity of Abel-meholah. It is the present <em> Shutta </em> . a village on a knoll, in the [[Jezreel]] valley. </p> | |||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38984" /> == | |||
Judges 7:22 | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_24917" /> == | |||
<p> (Heb. Beyth hash-Shittah', '''''הִשִּׁטָּה''''' '''''בֵּית''''' , ''House Of The Acacia;'' Sept. '''''Βηθασεττά''''' v.r. '''''Βηθσεέδ''''' and '''''Βοσαέττα''''' ) '','' a place near the [[Jordan]] (comp. Josephus, who only names it as a "valley encompassed with torrents," ''Ant.'' 5, 6, 5), apparently between [[Bethshean]] and Abel-meholah, or at least in the vicinity of (Heb. toward) Zarerath, whither the flight of the [[Midianites]] extended after their defeat by [[Gideon]] in the valley of [[Esdraelon]] ( Judges 7:20); probably the village of Shutta discovered by Robinson (Researches, 3, 219) south-east of Jebel Duhy (Schwarz says, incorrectly, one mile west, Palest. p. 163), and east of Jezreel (De Saulcy, [[Dead]] Sea, 2, 307); although this is west of Bethshean, and farther from the Jordan than we should expect. (See [[Shittim]]). </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1881" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' beth ''''' - ''''' shit´a ''''' ( בּית השׁטּה , <i> ''''' bēth ha ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' shiṭṭāh ''''' </i> , "house of the acacia"): A place on the route followed by the Midianites in their flight before Gideon ( Judges 7:22 ). It is probably identical with the modern <i> ''''' Shuṭṭa ''''' </i> , a village in the [[Vale]] of Jezreel, about 6 miles Northwest of <i> ''''' Beisān ''''' </i> . </p> | |||
==References == | |||
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<ref name="term_71824"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/beth-shittah Beth-Shittah from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_49905"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/beth-shittah Beth-Shittah from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_38984"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/beth-shittah Beth-Shittah from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_24917"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/beth-shittah Beth-Shittah from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_1881"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/beth-shittah Beth-Shittah from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
</references> | |||
Latest revision as of 15:18, 14 October 2021
Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
Beth-shit'tah. (Home Of The Acacia). One of the spots to which, the flight of the host of the Midianites, extended after their discomfiture, by Gideon. Judges 7:22.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Beth-Shittah (‘place of the acacia,’ Judges 7:22 ). In the vicinity of Abel-meholah. It is the present Shutta . a village on a knoll, in the Jezreel valley.
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
Judges 7:22
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
(Heb. Beyth hash-Shittah', הִשִּׁטָּה בֵּית , House Of The Acacia; Sept. Βηθασεττά v.r. Βηθσεέδ and Βοσαέττα ) , a place near the Jordan (comp. Josephus, who only names it as a "valley encompassed with torrents," Ant. 5, 6, 5), apparently between Bethshean and Abel-meholah, or at least in the vicinity of (Heb. toward) Zarerath, whither the flight of the Midianites extended after their defeat by Gideon in the valley of Esdraelon ( Judges 7:20); probably the village of Shutta discovered by Robinson (Researches, 3, 219) south-east of Jebel Duhy (Schwarz says, incorrectly, one mile west, Palest. p. 163), and east of Jezreel (De Saulcy, Dead Sea, 2, 307); although this is west of Bethshean, and farther from the Jordan than we should expect. (See Shittim).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
beth - shit´a ( בּית השׁטּה , bēth ha - shiṭṭāh , "house of the acacia"): A place on the route followed by the Midianites in their flight before Gideon ( Judges 7:22 ). It is probably identical with the modern Shuṭṭa , a village in the Vale of Jezreel, about 6 miles Northwest of Beisān .
