bet-shean · Beth-shean

What it means

bet-shean (בֵּית שְׁאָן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Beth-shean”.

A strong city where the valley of Jezreel goes down to the Jordan.

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.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Beth-shean ×12
• Beth-shan ×6

Where it appears

• Joshua×4
• Judges×2
• 1 Samuel×4
• 2 Samuel×2
• 1 Kings×4
• 1 Chronicles×2

• Joshua 17:11

  And in Issachar and in Asher Manasseh had Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns: the three heights.

• Joshua 17:16

  And the sons of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us, and there are iron chariots among all the Canaanite who live in the land of the valley, both those in Beth-shean and its towns and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”

• Judges 1:27

  Manasseh did not dispossess Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; and the Canaanite was determined to live in this land.

• 1 Samuel 31:10

  They put his weapons in the house of the Astartes, and his body they fastened to the wall of Beth-shan.

• 1 Samuel 31:12

  all the valiant men arose and went all night and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; they came to Jabesh and burned them there.

• 2 Samuel 21:12

  David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the lords of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them on the day the Philistines struck Saul on Gilboa.

• 1 Kings 4:12

  Baana son of Ahilud, Taanach and Megiddo and all Beth-shean, which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;

• 1 Chronicles 7:29

  and alongside the sons of Manasseh: Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel.

And 10 more times.