Beeroth: meaning of the name
Beeroth means “wells; explaining.”
Beeroth in Hebrew and Greek
Places named Beeroth
Beeroth in Scripture
“Beeroth” appears in 6 verses of the King James Version.
- Deuteronomy 10:6
And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his stead.
- Joshua 9:17
And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath–jearim.
- Joshua 18:25
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
- 2 Samuel 4:2
And Saul’s son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:
- Ezra 2:25
The children of Kirjath–arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.
- Nehemiah 7:29
The men of Kirjath–jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.