bet-choron · Beth-horon

What it means

bet-choron (בֵּית חוֹרוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Beth-horon”.

Two neighboring towns, the upper and the lower, on the road that goes down from the hill country to the coast. The name means "house of the hollow."

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Joshua×14
• 1 Samuel×2
• 1 Kings×2
• 1 Chronicles×4
• 2 Chronicles×6

• Joshua 10:10

  And YHWH threw them into confusion before Israel, and he struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and pursued them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and as far as Makkedah.

• Joshua 10:11

  And it came about, as they fled before Israel, while they were on the descent of Beth-horon, that YHWH threw down on them great stones from the heavens as far as Azekah, and they died. More were those who died by the hailstones than those whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword.

• Joshua 16:3

  and it went down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of Lower Beth-horon and as far as Gezer, and its ends were at the sea.

• Joshua 16:5

  And the territory of the sons of Ephraim according to their families was this: the border of their inheritance on the east was Ataroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon,

• Joshua 18:13

  And from there the border passed along to Luz, to the slope of Luz on the south (that is Bethel); and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, on the hill that is south of Lower Beth-horon.

• Joshua 18:14

  And the border bent and turned on the west side southward from the hill that lies over against Beth-horon on the south, and its ends were at Kiriath-baal (that is Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the west side.

• Joshua 21:22

  and Kibzaim with its pasturelands, and Beth-horon with its pasturelands —four cities.

• 1 Samuel 13:18

  another group turned toward the road to Beth-horon; and another group turned toward the road of the border that looks down on the valley of Zeboim, toward the wilderness.

• 1 Kings 9:17

  And Solomon built Gezer and Lower Beth-horon,

• 1 Chronicles 6:68

  Jokmeam with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands,

• 1 Chronicles 7:24

  And his daughter was Sheerah, and she built Lower Beth-horon and Upper, and Uzzen-sheerah.

• 2 Chronicles 8:5

  He built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

• 2 Chronicles 25:13

  But the members of the band that Amaziah had sent back from going with him to war made raids on the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon, and struck of them three thousand, and plundered much plunder.

And 15 more times.