Beeshterah בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה
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| בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | beeshterah |
| Strong's number | H1203 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Beeshterah |
| Occurrences | 1 in 1 verse |
Beeshterah (Hebrew בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה, Strong's H1203) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Beeshterah”. It occurs 1 time.
Definition
Beeshterah = "with increase"
a Levitical city in Manasseh, east of the Jordan; probably identical with 'Ashtaroth'
Another name of ash.ta.rot (עַשְׁתָּרוֹת "Ashtaroth" H6252H)
a Levitical city in Manasseh, east of the Jordan; probably identical with 'Ashtaroth'
Another name of ash.ta.rot (עַשְׁתָּרוֹת "Ashtaroth" H6252H)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | beesh terah (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | beeshterah (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Beeshterah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Joshua
- Joshua 21:27And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh–terah with her suburbs; two cities.This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).