Definition

Beeshterah, a place East of the Jordan

Etymology

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

Where the KJV renders it

• Beeshterah

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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