Strong's Hebrew · H1052

בֵּית שְׁאָן

Bêyth Shᵉʼân · bayth she-awn'

DefinitionBeth-Shean or Beth-Shan, a place in Palestine
Derivationor בֵּית שָׁן; from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H7599 (שָׁאַן); house of ease;
KJV usageBeth-shean, Beth-Shan.
Occurrences9 in the KJV · 8 verses

בֵּית שְׁאָן in Scripture

Joshua 17:11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth -shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries. Joshua 17:16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth -shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel. Judges 1:27 Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 1 Samuel 31:10 And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth -shan. 1 Samuel 31:12 All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth -shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. 2 Samuel 21:12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh -gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth -shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: 1 Kings 4:12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth -shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth -shean to Abel -meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam: 1 Chronicles 7:29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth -shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.