BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1192
ba.a.lat be.er — Baalath-beer
§ Baalath-beer = "mistress of the well" a town in the south part of Judah, given to Simeon, which also bore the name of 'Ramath-negeb'
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1175
be.a.lot — Bealoth
Baalath or Bealoth = "mistresses" a town in south Judah Another name of ba.a.lat be.er (בַּעֲלַת בְּאֵר "Baalath-beer" H1192)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Baalah of the well, (Josh. 19:8, probably the same as Baal, mentioned in 1 Chr. 4:33, a city of Simeon.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
