Bêyth hash-Shiṭṭâh — H1029

Definition

locative proper noun

Beth-hash-Shittah, a place in Palestine

1. Beth-shittah = "house of the acacia tree" or "place of the acacia"
2. an unknown location, perhaps an acacia grove

Usually translated as

Beth-shittah

Origin

from H1004 and H7848 with the article interposed; house of the acacia

• Derived from Bayith (H1004)
• Derived from Shiṭṭâh (H7848)

Occurrences

Bêyth hash-Shiṭṭâh occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (1)

• Judges 7:22 — And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth-shittah (בֵּ֤ית) in Zererath, and to the border of Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath.