Hebrew word · H881

בְּאֵרוֹת

be'erot

Beeroth

Appears 6 times in 6 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

§ Beeroth = "wells"

a Gibeonite city allotted to Benjamin

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Deuteronomy · 1
  1. Deuteronomy 10:6 מִבְּאֵרֹ֥ת from Beeroth

    The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.

Joshua · 2
  1. Joshua 9:17 וּבְאֵר֖וֹת and Beeroth

    So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.

    Here: "Wells", from beʾer, "well". Scholars disagree on where it stood, though it was in the Gibeon area. Later it belonged to Benjamin (Josh 18:25).

  2. Joshua 18:25 וּבְאֵרֽוֹת׃ and Beeroth

    Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

2 Samuel · 1
  1. 2 Samuel 4:2 בְּאֵר֔וֹת Beeroth

    Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,

Ezra · 1
  1. Ezra 2:25 וּבְאֵר֔וֹת and Beeroth

    the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;

Nehemiah · 1
  1. Nehemiah 7:29 וּבְאֵר֔וֹת and Beeroth

    the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;

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