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| == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34836" /> == | | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1663" /> == |
| <p> ("a fixed dwelling"); as in Genesis 33:17, "Jacob built him an house," marking his settlement after wanderings (compare 2 Samuel 7:2-6). Then "any dwelling", as "a tent". Then "a family". Also "a temple". "The garden house," Beth-haggan ( 2 Kings 9:27), by way of which [[Ahaziah]] fled; now ''Jenin'' , formerly EN-GANNIN, on the way from [[Samaria]] northward, overlooking the great plain. </p> | | <p> ''''' beth ''''' (in proper names; Greek transliteration in Septuagint, βηθ , <i> ''''' bēth ''''' </i> , <i> ''''' baith ''''' </i> , or <i> ''''' beth ''''' </i> ): This is the English transliteration for the [[Hebrew]] בּית , <i> ''''' bēth ''''' </i> , meaning "house," "tent," "place." It occurs in many compound proper names formed similarly to the method of compounding words in the German language, as shown in the articles immediately following. Thus we have <i> ''''' bēth ''''' </i> <i> ‛ănāth </i> or <i> ''''' ‛ănoth ''''' </i> = "house of replies" ( Joshua 19:38; Judges 1:33 ); <i> ''''' bēth'ēl ''''' </i> = "house of God" ( Genesis 12:8; Genesis 13:3 ), etc. We also find the word in hybrid formations, e.g. Βηθφαγή , <i> ''''' Bēthphagḗ ''''' </i> = [[Bethphage]] = "fig house" ( Matthew 21:1 ). </p> |
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| == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71704" /> ==
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| <p> '''Beth.''' The most general word for a [[House]] or ''Habitation.'' It has the special meaning of a [[Temple]] or ''House Of Worship.'' [[Beth]] is more frequently employed in compound names of places than any other word. </p>
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| == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49693" /> ==
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| <p> <strong> BETH </strong> . The second letter of the Heb. alphabet, and as such used in Psalms 119:1-176 as the heading of the second part, each verse of which begins with this letter. </p>
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| == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15543" /> ==
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| <p> House, forms a part of many compounds names of places, and sometimes means the place or dwelling; and at others the temple. This word becomes Beit in modern Arabic. </p>
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| == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65263" /> ==
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| <p> A word used in many compound names of places, and signifying 'house' or dwelling place: as Beth-el, house of God. </p>
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| == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_25031" /> ==
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| <p> (Heb. Beyth, the "construct form" of '''''בִּיִת''''' , [[Ba]] ' ''Yith,'' according to Furst, from '''''בּוּת''''' , to [[Lodge]] in the night; according to Gesenius, from '''''בָּנָה''''' , to ''Build,'' as '''''Δομός''''' , ''Domus,'' from '''''Δέμω''''' ), the name of the second letter of the [[Hebrew]] alphabet, corresponding to our B, which was derived from it. As an appellative, it is the most general word for a house or habitation. Strictly speaking, it has the force of a settled stable dwelling, as in Genesis 33:17, where the building of a "house" marks the termination of a stage of Jacob's wanderings (comp. also 2 Samuel 7:2; 2 Samuel 7:6, and many other places); but it is also employed for a dwelling of any kind, even for a tent, as in Genesis 24:32, where it must refer to the tent of Laban; also Judges 18:31; 1 Samuel 1:7, to the tent of the tabernacle, and 2 Kings 23:7, where it expresses the textile materials [[(A. V]] "hangings") for the tents of Astarte. From this general force the transition was natural to a house in the sense of a family; as Psalms 107:41, "families," or a pedigree, as Ezra 2:59. In 2 Samuel 13:7, 1 Kings 13:7, and other places, it has the sense of '''''‘''''' house," i.e. "to the house." Beth also. has some collateral and almost technical meanings, similar to those which we apply to the word "house," as in Exodus 25:27, for the "places" or sockets into which the bars for carrying the table were "housed;" and others. Like ''Aeddes'' in Latin and [[Dom]] in German, Beth has the special meaning of a temple or house of worship, in which sense it is applied not only to the tabernacle (see above) or temple of [[Jehovah]] ( 1 Kings 3:2; 1 Kings 6:1, etc.), but to those of false gods '''''—''''' [[Dagon]] ( Judges 16:27; 1 Samuel 5:2), [[Rimmon]] ( 2 Kings 5:18), [[Baal]] ( 2 Kings 10:21), [[Nisroch]] </p> <p> ( 2 Kings 19:37), and other gods ( Judges 9:27). "Bajith" (q.v.) in Isaiah 15:2 is really hab-Bajith= "the Temple" '''''—''''' meaning some well- known idol fane in Moab. Beth is more frequently employed as the first element of the names of places than either Kirjath, Hazer, Beer, Ain, or any other word. See those following. In some instances it seems to be interchangeable (by euphemism) for Baal (q.v.). In all such compounds as Beth-el, etc., the latter part of the word must be considered, according to our Occidental languages, to depend on the former in the relation of the ''Genitive;'' so that [[Bethel]] can only mean "house of God." The notion of [[House]] is, of course, capable of a wide application, and is used to mean temple, habitation, place, according to the sense of the word with which it is combined. In some instances the Auth. Vers. has translated it as an appellative; (See [[Beth-Eked]]); (See Beth-Hag-Gan); (See Beth- Eden). </p>
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| == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15132" /> ==
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| <p> Beth (house) is often found as the first element of proper names of places in the Bible. It is only necessary to observe that, in all such compounds, as Bethel, etc., the latter part of the word must be considered, according to our Occidental languages, to depend on the former in the relation of the genitive; so that Bethel can only mean house of God.' The notion of house is, of course, capable of a wide application, and is used to mean temple, habitation, place, according to the sense of the word with which it is combined. </p>
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| ==References == | | ==References == |
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| <ref name="term_34836"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/beth Beth from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | | <ref name="term_1663"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/beth+(2) Beth from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> |
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| <ref name="term_71704"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/beth Beth from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_49693"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/beth Beth from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_15543"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/beth Beth from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_65263"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/beth Beth from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_25031"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/beth Beth from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_15132"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/beth Beth from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref>
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| </references> | | </references> |
