Beth

Beth

The word Beth may refer to:

*Beth (letter), the second letter in many Semitic alphabets, including Hebrew, Syriac, Aramaic, and Phoenician
**Beth numbers, a sequence of infinite cardinal numbers named for the Hebrew letter
**Beth (Hebrew), a combining form meaning "house of", from which the letter derived

*"Beth" is a popular female name in English; it is usually a nickname for "Elizabeth" or "Bethany" or Bethan.
**Beth (musician) (1981— ), a Spanish popular musician
**Beth March, a fictional character in Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women"

*David Beth
*Evert Willem Beth (1908–1964), Dutch philosopher and logician
*"Beth" (song), by the band KISS
*Beth Clement, a fictional character in the Channel 4 British soap Hollyoaks


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  • Beth — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Beth Beth en una escena de Lalola , serie de Antena 3 (2008). Información personal Nom …   Wikipedia Español

  • beth — beth; beth·el; beth·ell; beth·le·hem; beth·le·hem·ite; beth·root; beth·y·lid; eliz·a·beth; lam·beth; li·beth·en·ite; ab·beth·din; te·beth; …   English syllables

  • Beth — (בית) ist der zweite Buchstabe im Hebräischen Alphabet. Beth wird im modernen Hebräisch am Silbenanfang nach Konsonant und am Wortanfang als [b] gesprochen (in punktierter Schreibweise mit einem Punkt (Dagesch) in der Mitte des Buchstabens… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Beth — «Beth» Сингл Kiss из альбома Destroyer Выпущен август, 1976 Формат 7 Записан 1976 Жанр софт рок …   Википедия

  • Bêth — Bēth Pour les articles homonymes, voir Beth. Bēth Graphies Graphie {{{graphie}}} Capitale {{{capitale}}} …   Wikipédia en Français

  • beth — [beth, bāth; bāt, bās] n. [Heb bet: see BETA] 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 …   English World dictionary

  • Beth — f English: short form of ELIZABETH (SEE Elizabeth), not used before the 19th century, when it became popular in America and elsewhere after publication of Louisa M. Alcott s novel Little Women (1868), in which Beth March is one of the four… …   First names dictionary

  • beth|el — «BEHTH uhl», noun. 1. a holy place (in the Bible, Genesis 28:16 22). 2. a church or chapel for seamen. 3. British. a chapel or meeting house for any nonconformist Protestant sect. ╂[< Hebrew bēth ēl house of God] …   Useful english dictionary

  • beth — eth n. the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Beth [1] — Beth, das Wachs, welches die Bienen an die Öffnung des Stockes inwendig befestigen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Beth [2] — Beth (hebr., arab. Beït), Haus, Wohnung; daher die zahlreichen folgenden biblischen Ortsnamen, z.B. Bethlehem, Bethel, Bethphage etc …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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