Definition

Beth-le-Aphrah, a place in Palestine

Etymology

from H1004 (בַּיִת) and the feminine of H6083 (עָפָר) (with preposition interposed); house to (i.e. of) dust;

Where the KJV renders it

• house of Aphrah

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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