Beeroth

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Beeroth: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
Beerothite: NET AVS NRSV NASB TEV
Beerothites: NET NASB

a town of Gibeon in the territory of Benjamin (OS)
a resident(s) of the town of Beeroth

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wells; explaining

Google Maps: Beeroth (31° 54´, 35° 13´)

Hebrew

Strongs #0881: twrab B@'erowth

Beeroth = "wells"

1) a Gibeonite city allotted to Benjamin

881 B'erowth be-ay-rohth'

feminine plural of 875; wells; Beeroth, a place in
Palestine:-Beeroth.
see HEBREW for 0875

Strongs #0886: ytrab B@'erothiy

Beerothite = "wells"

1) an inhabitant of Beeroth (in Benjamin)

886 B'erothiy be-ay-ro-thee'

patrial from 881; a Beerothite or inhabitant of
Beeroth:-Beerothite.
see HEBREW for 0881

Strongs #01307: ytrb Berothiy

Berothite = "my wells"

1) an inhabitant of Berothah

1307 Berothiy bay-ro-thee'

patrial from 1268; a Berothite, or inhabitant of
Berothai:-Berothite.
see HEBREW for 01268

Beeroth [EBD]

wells, one of the four cities of the Hivites which entered by fraud into a league with Joshua. It belonged to Benjamin (Josh. 18:25). It has by some been identified with el-Bireh on the way to Nablus, 10 miles north of Jerusalem.

Beeroth [NAVE]

BEEROTH
1. A station of the Israelites. Aaron died at, Deut. 10:6.
See: Bene-jaakan.
2. A city of the Hivites, Josh. 9:17; 18:25; 2 Sam. 4:2; Ezra 2:25; Neh. 7:29.

Beerothites [NAVE]

BEEROTHITES
See: Beeroth.

BEEROTH [SMITH]

(wells), one of the four cities of the Hivites who deluded Joshua into a treaty of peace with them. (Joshua 9:17) It is now el-Bireh , which stands about 10 miles north of Jerusalem.

BEEROTH [ISBE]

BEEROTH - be-e'-roth, be'-er-oth (be'eroth; Beroth): One of the cities of the Canaanites whose inhabitants succeeded in deceiving Israel, and in making a covenant with them (Josh 9:3 ff). Apparently they were Hivites (Josh 9:7). The occasion on which the Beerothites fled to Gittaim where they preserved their communal identity is not indicated. The town was reckoned to Benjamin (2 Sam 4:2 f). Eusebius, Onomasticon places it under Gibeon, 7 Roman miles from Jerusalem on the way to Nicopolis (Amwas). If we follow the old road by way of Gibeon (el-Jib) and Bethhoron, Beeroth would lie probably to the Northwest of el-Jib. The traditional identification is with el-Bireh, about 8 miles from Jerusalem on the great north road. If the order in which the towns are mentioned (Josh 9:17; 18:25) is any guide as to position, el-Bireh is too far to the Northwest. The identification is precarious. To Beeroth belonged the murderers of Ish-bosheth (2 Sam 4:2), and Naharai, Joab's armor-bearer (2 Sam 23:37; 1 Ch 11:39). It was reoccupied after the Exile (Ezr 2:25; Neh 7:29).

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BEEROTHITE; BEROTHITE [ISBE]

BEEROTHITE; BEROTHITE - be-e'-roth-it, be'-er-oth-it (be'erothi; 2 Sam 4:5,9; 2 Sam 23:37; shortened form, 1 Ch 11:39).

See BEEROTH.

BEROTHITE [ISBE]

BEROTHITE - be'-roth-it.

See BEEROTHITE.