בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה

Strong’s Definition

Beeshterah, a place East of the Jordan

Etymology & Derivation

from H6251 (עַשְׁתְּרָה) (as singular of H6252 (עַשְׁתָּרוֹת)) with a prepositional prefix; with Ashtoreth;

KJV Usage

Beeshterah.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.a levitical city in manasseh, east of the jordan; probably identical with 'ashtaroth'

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Bᵉʻeshtᵉrâh; Pronunciation: beh-esh-ter-aw'