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Among the various ways of writing Bethabara in Hebrew, these two especially deserve our consideration at present: 'Beth-barah,' which we meet with in

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

Midianites lay on the northern bank of this river, and so were not capable of attaining the passage over Jordan, till they had made through these waters first, it was the Ephraimites 'care and business to maintain the opposite bank, and that indeed all the whole space from the place where the fight began, to Beth-barah and Jordan, that the enemy might be blocked up from all possibility of escape or retiring.

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

Beth-barah from that place so near Jordan, or Beth-abara, from the etymology before mentioned, it is no absurdity for the further bank of Jordan, which lay contiguous to the bridge or passage over it, to be called "Beth-barah beyond Jordan," either upon the one or the other account.

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

Neither was this Beth-barah at any very great distance from this passage.

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

Such poems known as _Barahmasa_ (barah, twelve; masa, month) were sometimes illustrated -- a princely lover and his lady being shown seated on a terrace with the sights and scenes appropriate to the month going on around.

The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry W. G. Archer 1943

They call me _Sia_ [monsieur?] which is Mian [Mahommedan title of respect] and also _man barah_ [mon brave?] which signifies hero.

The Eyes of Asia Rudyard Kipling 1900

(John 1: 28) If this reading be correct, Bethabara is identical with Beth-barah (fords of Abarah) the ancient ford of Jordan on the road to Gilead; or, which seems more likely, with

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884

These were the northern fords of the Jordan, to the east-northeast of wady Maleh. the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together ... unto Beth-barah -- A new conflict ensued, in which two secondary chiefs were seized and slain on the spots where they were respectively taken.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

And all the men of Ephraim were called together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah, and the Jordan.

The Holy Bible: Darby Translation Anonymous 1867

Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721