B`eshtrah - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1203 — despotes (“Lord”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1203 בְּעֶשׁתְּרָה (B`eshtrah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. B`eshtrah (beh-esh-ter-aw') n/l. 1. with Ashtoreth 2. Beeshterah, a place East of the Jordan It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include beeshterah. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
B`eshtrah (beh-esh-ter-aw') n/l. 1. with Ashtoreth 2. Beeshterah, a place East of the Jordan [from H6251 (as singular of H6252) with a prepositional prefix] KJV: Beeshterah. Root(s): H6251, H6252
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1203. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
Beeshterah
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render B`eshtrah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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1 indexed usage in Old Testament.
And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's H1203.
And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1203, grouped by book.
Beeshterah (Strong's H1203) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Beeshterah". B`eshtrah (beh-esh-ter-aw') n/l. 1. with Ashtoreth 2. Beeshterah, a place East of the Jordan
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's H1203 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1203 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as beeshterah. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.