Strong's Hebrew #1032 - בֵּית חוֹרוֹן Beth Choron ("place of a hollow")

Beth- horon

From bayith and chowr; house of hollowness; Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine -- Beth- horon.

see HEBREW bayith

see HEBREW chowr

Beth-horon = “house of hollowness”
1) two towns in Ephraim
1a) Upper Beth-horon - town on the mountains of Ephraim
1b) Lower Beth-horon - town located 800 feet (245 meters) lower than Upper Beth-horon
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H1004 and H2356

בֵּית חוֺרֹן proper name, of a location Joshua 10:10,11, also חֹרוֺן ׳בּ, חֹרֹן ׳בּ, & in Chronicles חוֺרוֺן ׳בּ, two cities in Ephraim, lower & upper B.H. (place of a hole or hollow (?) חֹר, perhaps from a wady between the two, or near by; compare also מַעֲלֶה Joshua 10:10, מוֺרַד Joshua 10:11 1Macc 3:16; 3:24) 1 Chronicles 7:24 אֶתבּֿיתחֿוֺרוֺן הַתַּחְתּוֺן וְאֶתהָֿעֶלְיוֺן; further,

a. עֶלְיוֺן ׳ח ׳בּ Joshua 16:5; הָעֶלְיוֺן ׳ח ׳בּ2Chronicles 8:5.

b.1hour west from

a. תַּחְתּוֺן ׳ח ׳בּ Joshua 16:3; Joshua 18:13; 1 Kings 9:17; הַתַּחְתּוֺן ׳ח ׳בּ2Chronicles 8:5; also Joshua 10:10,11; Joshua 18:14; probably also Joshua 21:22; 1 Samuel 13:18; 1 Chronicles 6:53; 2Chronicles 25:13; — modern Beit ±Ûr el-fôqa & et-ta—ta Rob^{BR ii. 250 f.} Bd^{Pal 21} Survey^{iii. 86}; — compare הַחֹרֹנִי

adjective, of a people Nehemiah 2:10,19; Nehemiah 13:28, only of Sanballat; also dual חֹרֹנַיִם Joshua 10:10,11 ᵐ5 & 2 Samuel 13:34 ᵐ5 We Dr.

בֵּית חָנָן

proper name, of a location in Dan (Judah ? Philistine territory) 1 Kings 4:9 (where read ׳ח ׳וּב see below II. אֵלוֺן p. 19); — modern Beit „anûn compare Rob^{BR ii. 35}.

Strong's Hebrew: 1032. בֵּית (Beth Choron) — 14 Occurrences

Joshua 10:10
HEB: מַעֲלֵ֣ה בֵית־ חוֹרֹ֔ן וַיַּכֵּ֥ם עַד־
NAS: of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck
KJV: that goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote
INT: the way step of Beth-horon and struck far

Joshua 10:11
HEB: בְּמוֹרַ֤ד בֵּית־ חוֹרֹן֙ וַֽיהוָ֡ה הִשְׁלִ֣יךְ
NAS: [while] they were at the descent of Beth-horon, the LORD
KJV: [and] were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD
INT: were at the descent of Beth-horon the LORD threw

Joshua 16:3
HEB: גְּב֧וּל בֵּית־ חוֹרֹ֛ן תַּחְתּ֖וֹן וְעַד־
NAS: of lower Beth-horon even to Gezer,
KJV: unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether,
INT: far as the territory Beth-horon of lower far

Joshua 16:5
HEB: עַד־ בֵּ֥ית חוֹרֹ֖ן עֶלְיֽוֹן׃
NAS: as far as upper Beth-horon.
KJV: was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;
INT: was Ataroth-addar far Beth-horon upper

Joshua 18:13
HEB: מִנֶּ֥גֶב לְבֵית־ חֹר֖וֹן תַּחְתּֽוֹן׃
NAS: of lower Beth-horon.
KJV: of the nether Bethhoron.
INT: which the south Beth-horon of lower

Joshua 18:14
HEB: פְּנֵ֥י בֵית־ חֹרוֹן֮ נֶגְבָּה֒ [וְהָיָה
NAS: [lies] before Beth-horon southward;
KJV: that [lieth] before Bethhoron southward;
INT: that before Beth-horon southward become

Joshua 21:22
HEB: וְאֶת־ בֵּ֥ית חוֹרֹ֖ן וְאֶת־ מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ
NAS: lands and Beth-horon with its pasture lands;
KJV: with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs;
INT: and Kibzaim pasture and Beth-horon lands cities

1 Samuel 13:18
HEB: דֶּ֖רֶךְ בֵּ֣ית חֹר֑וֹן וְהָרֹ֨אשׁ אֶחָ֤ד
NAS: toward Beth-horon, and another
KJV: the way [to] Bethhoron: and another
INT: turned toward Beth-horon company and another

1 Kings 9:17
HEB: וְאֶת־ בֵּ֥ית חֹרֹ֖ן תַּחְתּֽוֹן׃
NAS: Gezer and the lower Beth-horon
KJV: built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,
INT: Solomon Gezer Beth-horon and the lower

1 Chronicles 6:68
HEB: וְאֶת־ בֵּ֥ית חוֹר֖וֹן וְאֶת־ מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃
NAS: lands, Beth-horon with its pasture lands,
KJV: with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,
INT: Jokmeam pasture Beth-horon lands

1 Chronicles 7:24
HEB: אֶת־ בֵּית־ חוֹר֛וֹן הַתַּחְתּ֖וֹן וְאֶת־
NAS: and upper Beth-horon, also Uzzen-sheerah.
KJV: who built Bethhoron the nether,
INT: was Sheerah built Beth-horon lower and upper

2 Chronicles 8:5
HEB: אֶת־ בֵּ֤ית חוֹרוֹן֙ הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן וְאֶת־
NAS: upper Beth-horon and lower
KJV: Also he built Bethhoron the upper,
INT: built Beth-horon upper Beth-horon

2 Chronicles 8:5
HEB: וְאֶת־ בֵּ֥ית חוֹר֖וֹן הַתַּחְתּ֑וֹן עָרֵ֣י
NAS: and lower Beth-horon, fortified
KJV: the upper, and Bethhoron the nether,
INT: Beth-horon upper Beth-horon and lower cities

2 Chronicles 25:13
HEB: וְעַד־ בֵּ֣ית חוֹר֑וֹן וַיַּכּ֤וּ מֵהֶם֙
NAS: from Samaria to Beth-horon, and struck down
KJV: from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote
INT: Samaria against Bethhoron and smote like