Strong's Hebrew · H1053
בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ
Bêyth Shemesh · bayth sheh'-mesh
Beth-shemesh.
Definition
Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine
Derivation
from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ); house of (the) sun;
Appears 42 times in Scripture
“He will demolish the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’””
“The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.”
“And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.”
“Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh. There were nineteen cities, along with their villages.”
“but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.””
“Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).