HebrewH1203Noun
בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה
be.esh.te.rah
“Beeshterah”
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H1203Strong's #
NounPart of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Beeshterah, a place East of the Jordan
from H6251 (עַשְׁתְּרָה) (as singular of H6252 (עַשְׁתָּרוֹת)) with a prepositional prefix; with Ashtoreth;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Beeshterah = "with increase" a Levitical city in Manasseh, east of the Jordan; probably identical with 'Ashtaroth' Another name of ash.ta.rot (*עַשְׁתָּרוֹת *"Ashtaroth" H6252H)
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun
Morphology Code
N:N--L
Full Description
N:N--L
Occurrences
בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה appears 1 time in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Joshua
1
Key Passages
Joshua 21:27BSB
This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given:From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.
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