Beth Definition

bĕt
noun
The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
American Heritage
The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ב): in a text containing points, this letter written with a dot is designated beth or bet; without a dot it is vet.
Webster's New World
House (of)
Beth Din, Beth Jacob School.
Webster's New World

Name of the second letter of the Aramaic alphabet,

Wiktionary

Name of the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ב

Wiktionary
pronoun

A diminutive of the female given names Elizabeth, Elisabeth, and sometimes Bethany. Also a formal given name or middle name.

Wiktionary

Origin of Beth

  • From Middle Bronze Age picture of a house by acrophony, ultimately Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Hebrew bêt of Phoenician origin byt in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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