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Beth-nimrah

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(house of leopards). A fenced city of Gad (Num. 32:3³Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, (Numbers 32:3)6). Nimrah (Num. 32:3³Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, (Numbers 32:3)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

City of Gad, on the east of the Jordan (Num. 32:36³⁶And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep. (Numbers 32:36); Josh. 13:27²⁷And in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward. (Joshua 13:27)): it is called NIMRAH in Numbers 32:3³Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, (Numbers 32:3). Identified with Tell Nimrin, 31° 54’ N, 35° 37’ E.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

1039 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Beyth

Phonic:

Nimrah

Meaning:

from 1004 and the feminine of 5246; house of (the) leopard; Beth-Nimrah, a place east of the Jordan

KJV Usage:

Beth-Nimrah. Compare 5247

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

house of the leopardess

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Locus aquis abundans-A place abounding in waters; house of the leopard:-a place E. of Jordan [NIMRAH], Josh. 13:27.