HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1012
בֵּית בָּרָה
bet ba.rah — Beth-barah
Beth-barah = "house of (the) ford" a place on the Jordan Also named: Bēthabara (Βηθαβαρά,Βηθανία "Bethany" G0962)
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Beth-barah
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
House of crossing, a place south of the scene of Gideon’s victory (Judg. 7:24). It was probably the chief ford of the Jordan in that district, and may have been that by which Jacob crossed when he returned from Mesopotamia, near the Jabbok (Gen. 32:22), and at which Jephthah slew the Ephraimites (Judg. 12:4). Nothing, however, is certainly known of it. (See BETHABARA.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.