Beth
the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
either of the consonant sounds represented by this letter.
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
Contemporary Examples
The Walking Dead’s ‘Crossed’: The Stage Is Now Set for a Bloody, Deadly Midseason Finale Melissa Leon November 23, 2014
The Walking Dead’s Killer Diva Emily Kinney on Daryl and ‘Expired Love’ Melissa Leon March 19, 2014
Aubrey Plaza on Playing A Zombie in ‘Life After Beth,’ the ‘Daria’ Movie, and More Marlow Stern January 20, 2014
Exit Interview: The Walking Dead’s Beth Tells All Melissa Leon November 30, 2014
Don’t Call It a Peasant Dish Cookstr.com October 12, 2009
Historical Examples
Boys and Girls of Colonial Days Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
The Fighting Shepherdess
Caroline Lockhart
The Vagrant Duke George Gibbs
A Day at the County Fair Alice Hale Burnett
The Vagrant Duke George Gibbs
noun
the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ב) transliterated as b
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- Beth din
a Jewish court of law. noun (Judaism) a rabbinical court, consisting of at least three dayanim, and having authority over such matters as divorce and conversion and other communal ecclesiastical matters such as Kashruth. It may also try civil disputes with the consent of both parties
- Beth hillel
the school of Jewish legal thought and hermeneutics founded in Jerusalem in the 1st century b.c. by the Jewish spiritual leader Hillel and characterized by its systematic use of interpretive principles and a certain flexibility in interpreting the oral and written law.
- Beth midrash
a place where Jews gather to study the Talmud and other religious writings; a small synagogue.
- Bethphage
a place in ancient Israel, at the foot of the Mount of Olives: starting point of Jesus’ ride into Jerusalem. Matt. 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29. Historical Examples Jerusalem Explored, Volume I–Text Ermete Pierotti Memories of Bethany John Ross Macduff The Autobiography of St. Ignatius Saint Ignatius Loyola
- Beth shammai
the school of Jewish legal thought and hermeneutics founded in Jerusalem in the 1st century b.c. by the Jewish teacher Shammai and characterized by an austere or rigid interpretation of Jewish law and tradition.