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Bether

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Figurative mountains (Song of Sol. 2:17¹⁷Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. (Song of Solomon 2:17)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Mountains not identified, and to what the name refers is not known (Song of Sol. 2:17¹⁷Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. (Song of Solomon 2:17)). It reads “division”‘ in the margin and in the LXX.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

1336 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Bether

Phonic:

beh’-ther

Meaning:

the same as 1335; Bether, a (craggy) place in Palestine

KJV Usage:

Bether

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

division

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Place of divisions; cut up into sections:―a craggy place in Palestine, Sol. Song 2:17. {Locus divisionum}