1. Beth-shean (place name) — A proper noun designating the city of Beth-shean (also spelled Beth-shan, Beit-Shean), located in the territory of Manasseh west of the Jordan River in the Jezreel Valley. The name means 'place of quiet' or 'house of rest.' All clusters refer to the identical geographic location; the variation is purely orthographic and prepositional (bare citation, with beth 'in', with min 'from'). Referenced in Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel, 1 Kings, and 1 Chronicles. All multilingual glosses consistently transliterate the same city name. 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"]
Senses
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.