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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Beeroth

 

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: Yes
  • Included in Hitchcocks: Yes
  • Included in Naves: Yes
  • Included in Smiths: Yes
  • Included in Websters: No
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Beeroth

Wells, one of the four cities of the Hivites which entered by fraud into a league with Joshua. It belonged to Benjamin (Joshua 18:25). It has by some been identified with el-Bireh on the way to Nablus, 10 miles north of Jerusalem.


Hitchcock's Names Dictionary
Beeroth

wells; explaining


Naves Topical Index
Beeroth

1. A station of the Israelites

Aaron died at
Deuteronomy 10:6
Bene-Jaakan

2. A city of the Hivites
Joshua 9:17; Joshua 18:25; 2 Samuel 4:2; Ezra 2:25; Nehemiah 7:29


Smith's Bible Dictionary
Beeroth

(wells), one of the four cities of the Hivites who deluded Joshua into a treaty of peace with them. (Joshua 9:17) It is now el-Bireh , which stands about 10 miles north of Jerusalem.


Easton's Bible Dictionary
Beeroth of the Children Jaakan

(Deuteronomy 10:6). The same as Bene-jaakan (Numbers 33:31).


Smith's Bible Dictionary
Beeroth of the Children Jaakan

the wells of the tribe of Bene-Jaakan, which formed one of the halting-places of the Isr'lites in the desert. (10:6) In (Numbers 33:31) the name is given as BENE-JAAKAN only.