בֵּית חוֹרֹן

bet cho.ron

Beth-horon

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Strong’s H1032Proper name, a place28 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Joshua14

Translated as

beth14

horon14

In the text

Joshua 10:10בֵית
And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
1 Samuel 13:18בֵּית
another toward Beth-horon, and the third down the border road overlooking the Valley of Zeboim facing the wilderness.
1 Kings 9:17בֵּית
So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,
1 Chronicles 6:68בֵּית
Jokmeam, Beth-horon,
2 Chronicles 8:5בֵּית
He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

Brown-Driver-Briggs

בֵּית חוֹרֹן n.pr.loc. two cities in Ephraim, lower & upper B.H. (place of a hole or hollow (?), perh. fr. a wady betw. the two, or near by);—cf. הַחֹרֹנִי adj.gent. only of Sanballat

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.