Beth-lebaoth — the meaning of the Hebrew name בֵּית לְבָאוֹת

בֵּית לְבָאוֹת

Bêyth Lᵉbâʼôwth · pronounced bayth leb-aw-oth' · Strong's H1034 · a place

Beth-lebaoth means house of lionesses.

Built from

בַּיִת bayith (from, H1004) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) open in the lexicon ›

לָבִיא lâbîyʼ (the plural of, H3833) — a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer open in the lexicon ›

from H1004 and the plural of H3833; house of lionesses; Beth-Lebaoth, a place in Palestine.

Josh 19:6 And Beth–lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages: (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Joshua

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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