בֵּית עֵקֶדBêyth ʻÊqed

בֵּיתעֵֿ֫קֶד הָרֹעִים: proper name [of a location]: modern Beit Kâd near Mt Gilboa (2 Kings 10:12; 2 Kings 10:14)

Pronunciation: bayth ay'-ked · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1044

Meanings

עֵ֫קֶד: binding, compare הָרֹעִים ׳ בֵּית ע

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 10:12 Then Jehu set out for Samaria. Along the way, while he was at Beth-eked of the Shepherds,
  • 2 Kings 10:14 “Take them alive!” Jehu shouted to his men. And they captured all forty-two of them and killed them at the well of Beth-eked. None of them escaped.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).