Bêyth hash-Shimshîy — H1030

Definition

adjective

a Beth-shimshite, or inhabitant of Bethshemesh

1. Bethshemite or Beth-shemeshite = "house of the sun"
2. an inhabitant of Beth-shemesh

Usually translated as

Bethshemite

Origin

patrial from H1053 with the article inserted

• Derived from Bêyth Shemesh (H1053)

Occurrences

Bêyth hash-Shimshîy occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (2)

• 1 Samuel 6:14 — And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite (בֵּֽית), and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.
• 1 Samuel 6:18 — And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth-shemite (בֵּֽית).