HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1033
בֵּית כָּ֑ר
bet kar — Beth-car
§ Beth-car = "house of the ram" or "place of the lamb" a place apparently belonging to the Philistines
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Beth-car
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Sheep-house, a place to which the Israelites pursued the Philistines west from Mizpeh (1 Sam. 7:11).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.