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Beesh-terah; Beeshterah

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(house of Ashterah). A city of Manasseh (Josh. 21:27²⁷And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh-terah with her suburbs; two cities. (Joshua 21:27)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Levitical city in Manasseh, east of Jordan (Josh. 21:27²⁷And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh-terah with her suburbs; two cities. (Joshua 21:27)). It would appear by comparing 1 Chronicles 6:71⁷¹Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs: (1 Chronicles 6:71) to be the same as ASHTAROTH.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

1203 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

B`eshtrah

Phonic:

beh-esh-ter-aw’

Meaning:

from 6251 (as singular of 6252) with a prepositional prefix; with Ashtoreth; Beeshterah, a place East of the Jordan

KJV Usage:

Beeshterah

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

in Ashtoreth: in her flock

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

House, or temple, of Ashtoreth:―place E. of Jordan [ASHTAROTH], Josh. 21:27. {Domus Ashtoreth}