Lexical Summary Beth-eqed: "house of binding", a place in Palestine Original Word: בֵּית עֵקֶדTransliteration: Beth-eqed Phonetic Spelling: (bayth ay'-ked) Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: "house of binding", a place in Palestine Meaning: Beth-eked -- "house of binding", a place in Palestine Strong's 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 Brown-Driver-Briggs H1044. Beth -eqed הָרֹעִים בֵּיתעֵֿ֫קֶד perhaps proper name, of a location (binding-house of the shepherds) 2 Kings 10:12; compare 10:14 ׳עֿ׳בּ בּוֺר; 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 ע ׳בֵּית הָרֹעִים. II. עקד (√ of following; usually identified with I, whence עָקֹד striped with bands, but dubious; LagBN 31 vocalizes √ עָקֹד). |
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