H1052 H1052
Beth-shean, a fortified city in the territory of Manasseh in the Jezreel Valley, west of the Jordan.
A place name meaning 'house of quiet' or 'house of security,' designating a major city at the junction of the Jezreel and Jordan valleys. Beth-shean was assigned to Manasseh but never fully conquered (Josh 17:11, 16; Judg 1:27). It became notorious as the place where the Philistines fastened the bodies of Saul and his sons to the city wall (1 Sam 31:10, 12; 2 Sam 21:12). Solomon later made it an administrative center (1 Kgs 4:12). Cross-linguistic renderings are strikingly uniform, preserving the compound name across all translations.
Senses
1. Beth-shean (place name) — Beth-shean (also Beth-shan) — a proper place name for the fortified city at the strategic junction of the Jezreel and Jordan valleys, in the territory of Manasseh. Despite its allotment to Manasseh, the Canaanite population could not be driven out (Josh 17:11, 16; Judg 1:27). It is most memorably the site where the Philistines displayed the corpses of Saul and his sons after the battle of Gilboa (1 Sam 31:10, 12), and later became part of Solomon's administrative district (1 Kgs 4:12). All major translation traditions preserve the compound form: English 'Beth-Shean', Spanish 'Bet-Seán', French and German 'Beth-Shean'. 9×
AR["بَيت-شَأن","بَيتِ-شانَ","بَيْتَ-شَأْنَ","بَيْتُ-شَأْنَ","بَيْتِ-شَأَنَ","بَيْتِ-شَانَ","في-بَيْتِ-شَأْنَ","مِنْ-بَيْتِ-شَأَنَ"]·ben["বেথ-শানের","বেৎ-শান","বৈৎ-শন","বৈৎ-শনে","বৈৎ-শান","বৈৎ-শানকে-","যা"]·DE["Beit-Shean","Beth-Shean","Beth-shan","Beyth-Shean","[ביתשאן]","in-Beyth-Shean","von-Beth-Shean"]·EN["Beit-Shean","Beth-Shean","Beth-shan","Beyth-Shean","from-Beth-Shean","in-Beyth-Shean"]·FR["Beit-Shean","Beth-Shean","Beth-shan","Beyth-Shean","[ביתשאן]","dans-Beyth-Shean","de-Beth-Shean"]·heb["ב-בית-שאן","בית שאן","בית-שאן","בית-שן","ביתשאן","מ-בית שאן"]·HI["बेइत-शन-कि","बेत-शान","बेत-शान-के","बैत-शान","बैत-शान-को","बैत-शान-में","बैत-शान-से"]·ID["Bet-Sean","Bet-Shan","Bet-Syan","dari-Bet-Sean","di-Bet-Sean"]·IT["Beit-Shean","Beth-Shean","Beth-shan","Beyth-Shean","[ביתשאן]","da-Beth-Shean","in-Beyth-Shean"]·jav["Bèt-San","Bèt-Sean","Bèt-Syan","Bèt-Séan","ing-Bèt-Syan","saking-Bèt-Sean"]·KO["벧-산","벧-선","벧-스안","벧-스안에서","벧-스안을","벳-신과","벳-신에서","벳샨의"]·PT["Beit-Shan","Beit-She'an","Beit-Shean","Bet-She'an","de-Bet-She'an","em-Beit-Shean"]·RU["Бейт-Шана","Бейт-Шеан","Бейт-Шеана","Бет-Шана","Бет-Шеан","в-Бейт-Шеане","от-Бет-Шеана"]·ES["Bet-Seán","Bet-Shan","Bet-Sheán","Bet-Sán","desde-Bet-Sheán","en-Bet-Seán"]·SW["Beth-Sheani","Bethi-Sheani","Bethshani","katika-Bethi-Sheani","kutoka-Beth-sheani","wa-Beth-shani","ya-Beth-sheani"]·TR["Bet-Şan'ın","Beyt-Şan'nın","Beyt-Şan'ın","Beyt-Şanda","Beyt-Şean","Beyt-Şean'dan"]·urd["بیت-شان","بیت-شان-میں","بیت-شان-کی","بیت-شان-کے","سے-بیت-شان"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בֵּית שְׁאָן n.pr.loc. in Manasseh, W. of Jordan (place of quiet) 1 K 4:12(×2); בֵּית־שְׁאָן Jos 17:11, 16; Ju 1:27; 1 Ch 7:29; = בֵּית שָׁ֑ן 1 S 31:10, 12; בֵּית־שַׁן 2 S 21:12;—mod. Beisân (Scythopolis), NH בֵּישָׁן RobBR iii. 329 BdPal. 224 Surveyi. 101 f.