BETH

House, forms a part of many compounds names of places, and sometimes means the place or dwelling; and at others the temple. This word becomes Beit in modern Arabic.

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Beth. Beth
Occurs frequently as the appellation for a house, or dwelling-place, in such compounds as the words immediately following:

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the most general word for a house or habitation. It has the special meaning of a temple or house of worship Beth is more frequently employed in compound names of places than any other word.