881. Beeroth

Lexicon

Beeroth: Beeroth

Original Word: בְּאֵרוֹת
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: B'erowth
Pronunciation: beh-ay-roth'
Phonetic Spelling: (be-ay-rohth')
Definition: Beeroth
Meaning: Beeroth

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Beeroth

Feminine plural of 'er; wells; Beeroth, a place in Palestine -- Beeroth.

see HEBREW 'er

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
pl. of beer
Definition
"wells," a place in Pal.
NASB Translation
Beeroth (5).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

בְאֵרוֺת proper name, of a location (but only 2 Samuel 4:2 according to Masora, see BD^{Ezra 2:23} elsewhere בְּאֵרֹת), city of the Gibeonites Joshua 9:17; assigned to Benjamin 2 Samuel 4:2; Joshua 18:25; compare also Ezra 2:25; Nehemiah 7:29; modern el-Bîreh Rob^{BR i. 452} Bd^{Pal 214} Survey^{iii. 88}.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root בְּאֵר (be'er), meaning "well" or "spring."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct corresponding Strong's Greek entries for Beeroth, as it is a proper noun specific to the Hebrew Bible and does not appear in the Greek New Testament.

Usage: Beeroth is used as a proper noun in the Hebrew Bible, referring to a specific location. It is one of the cities of the Gibeonites and is mentioned in the context of the tribal allotments of Benjamin.

Context: Beeroth is a city mentioned in the Old Testament, specifically within the tribal territory of Benjamin. It is one of the four cities of the Hivites that made a treaty with Joshua by deception, as recorded in Joshua 9:17. The inhabitants of Beeroth, along with those of Gibeon, Chephirah, and Kiriath-jearim, tricked the Israelites into making a peace treaty with them by pretending to be from a distant land.

Beeroth is also noted in the genealogical records and narratives of the Bible. In 2 Samuel 4:2, it is mentioned as the hometown of Baanah and Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, who were captains of bands for Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul. These men are infamous for assassinating Ish-bosheth, an act that ultimately led to their execution by David.

The city is further referenced in Ezra 2:25 and Nehemiah 7:29, where the returnees from the Babylonian exile are listed, indicating that descendants of Beeroth's original inhabitants returned to the land.

Beeroth's location is traditionally identified with modern-day el-Bireh, situated near Ramallah in the West Bank, although the exact identification remains a subject of scholarly debate.

Forms and Transliterations

בְּאֵר֔וֹת בארות וּבְאֵר֔וֹת וּבְאֵר֖וֹת וּבְאֵרֽוֹת׃ ובארות ובארות׃ bə’êrōwṯ bə·’ê·rō·wṯ beeRot ū·ḇə·’ê·rō·wṯ ūḇə’êrōwṯ uveeRot

Englishman's Concordance

Joshua 9:17
HEB: גִּבְע֣וֹן וְהַכְּפִירָ֔ה וּבְאֵר֖וֹת וְקִרְיַ֥ת יְעָרִֽים׃
NAS: and Chephirah and Beeroth and Kiriath-jearim.
KJV: and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.
INT: Gibeon and Chephirah and Beeroth and Kiriath-jearim

Joshua 18:25
HEB: גִּבְע֥וֹן וְהָֽרָמָ֖ה וּבְאֵרֽוֹת׃
NAS: Gibeon and Ramah and Beeroth,
KJV: Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
INT: Gibeon and Ramah and Beeroth

2 Samuel 4:2
HEB: כִּ֚י גַּם־ בְּאֵר֔וֹת תֵּחָשֵׁ֖ב עַל־
NAS: of Benjamin (for Beeroth is also
KJV: of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned
INT: for is also Beeroth considered of

Ezra 2:25
HEB: עָרִים֙ כְּפִירָ֣ה וּבְאֵר֔וֹת שְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת
NAS: Chephirah and Beeroth, 743;
KJV: Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven
INT: of Kirjatharim Chephirah and Beeroth seven hundred

Nehemiah 7:29
HEB: יְעָרִים֙ כְּפִירָ֣ה וּבְאֵר֔וֹת שְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת
NAS: Chephirah and Beeroth, 743;
KJV: Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven
INT: Kirjathjearim Chephirah and Beeroth seven hundred

5 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 881
5 Occurrences

bə·’ê·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·’ê·rō·wṯ — 4 Occ.