King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1052
Transliteration: Beth Shean
Phonetic Spelling: (bayth she-awn')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: "place of quiet", a place in Manasseh, West of the Jordan
Meaning: Beth-shean -- "place of quiet", a place in Manasseh, West of the Jordan
Word Summary
Beth Shean: "place of quiet", a place in Manasseh, West of the Jordan
Original Word: בֵּית שְׁאָןTransliteration: Beth Shean
Phonetic Spelling: (bayth she-awn')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: "place of quiet", a place in Manasseh, West of the Jordan
Meaning: Beth-shean -- "place of quiet", a place in Manasseh, West of the Jordan
Strong's Concordance
Beth- shean, Beth-Shan Or Beyth Shan {bayth shawn'}; from bayith and sha'an; house of ease; Beth-Shean or Beth-Shan, a place in Palestine -- Beth- shean, Beth-Shan.
see HEBREW bayith
see HEBREW sha'an
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1052. Beth
Shean שְׁאָן בֵּית proper name, of a location in Manasseh, west of Jordan (place of quiet) 1 Kings 4:12 (twice in verse); בֵּיתשְֿׁאָן Joshua 17:11, 16; Judges 1:27; 1 Chronicles 7:29; = שָׁ֑ן בֵּית 1 Samuel 31:10, 12; בֵּיתשַֿׁן 2 Samuel 21:12; — modern Beisân (Scythopolis), Late Hebrew בֵּישָׁן RobBR iii. 329 BdPal 224 Surveyi. 101 f.