Definition

Beth-ham-Markaboth or Beth-Markaboth, a place in Palestine

Etymology

or (shortened) בֵּית מַרְכָּבוֹת; from H1004 (בַּיִת) and the plural of H4818 (מֶרְכָּבָה) (with or without the article interposed); place of (the) chariots;

Where the KJV renders it

• Bethmarcaboth

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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