1044. Beth-eqed
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Beth-eqed: House of Binding or House of Shearing

Original Word: בֵּית עֵקֶד
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Beyth `Eqed
Pronunciation: bayth-eh'-ked
Phonetic Spelling: (bayth ay'-ked)
Definition: House of Binding or House of Shearing
Meaning: Beth-Eked

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
shearing house

From bayith and a derivative of aqad; house of (the) binding (for sheep-shearing); Beth-Eked, a place in Palestine -- shearing house.

see HEBREW bayith

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from bayith and aqad
Definition
"house of binding," a place in Pal.
NASB Translation
Beth-eked (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
בֵּיתעֵֿ֫קֶד הָרֹעִים perhaps proper name, of a location (binding-house of the shepherds) 2 Kings 10:12; compare 2 Kings 10:14 בּוֺר ׳עֿ׳בּ; Bethacath Jerome LagOnom. 107. 17. 2nd ed. 141; — modern Beit Kâd near Mt Gilboa (Fu‡u±a) according to Surveyii. 83; but compare בַּיִת 1

עֵ֫קֶד noun [masculine] ? binding, compare הָרֹעִים ׳בֵּית ע.

II. עקד (√ of following; usually identified with I, whence עָקֹד striped with bands, but dubious; LagBN 31 vocalizesעָקֹד).

Topical Lexicon
Word Origin: Derived from two Hebrew words: בַּיִת (bayith, H1004) meaning "house" and עֵקֶד (eqed, H6124) meaning "binding" or "shepherding."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct corresponding Strong's Greek entries for Beth-Eked, as it is a specific Hebrew proper noun without a direct Greek equivalent in the Septuagint or New Testament texts.

Usage: Beth-Eked is used as a proper noun in the Hebrew Bible, specifically referring to a location known as "Beth-Eked of the Shepherds."

Context: Beth-Eked, also known as "Beth-Eked of the Shepherds," is a location mentioned in the Old Testament. It is referenced in 2 Kings 10:12-14, where Jehu, the king of Israel, encounters the relatives of Ahaziah, king of Judah, at this site. The passage describes how Jehu, on his way to Samaria, stops at Beth-Eked and orders the execution of forty-two men who were relatives of Ahaziah. The name "Beth-Eked" suggests a place associated with shepherding or binding, possibly indicating a location where shepherds gathered or where livestock was managed. The exact geographical location of Beth-Eked is not definitively known, but it is understood to be situated in the northern kingdom of Israel, along the route from Jezreel to Samaria.

Forms and Transliterations
עֵ֗קֶד עקד ‘ê·qeḏ ‘êqeḏ Eked
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Englishman's Concordance
2 Kings 10:14
HEB: בּ֣וֹר בֵּֽית־ עֵ֗קֶד אַרְבָּעִ֤ים וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙
NAS: them at the pit of Beth-eked, forty-two
KJV: them at the pit of the shearing house, [even] two
INT: at the pit of Beth-eked and forty two

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 1044
1 Occurrence


‘ê·qeḏ — 1 Occ.















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