בֵּית צוּרBêyth Tsûwr
proper name [of a location]: in Judah, approximately 12 miles south from Jerusalem (Joshua 15:58; 2 Chronicles 11:7; Nehemiah 3:16; 1 Chronicles 2:45)
Pronunciation: bayth tsoor' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1049
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 15:58 In addition, there were Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor,
- 1 Chronicles 2:45 The son of Shammai was Maon. Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
- 2 Chronicles 11:7 Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,
- Nehemiah 3:16 Next to him was Nehemiah son of Azbuk, the leader of half the district of Beth-zur. He rebuilt the wall from a place across from the tombs of David’s family as far as the water reservoir and the House of the Warriors.
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).