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Definition: Beth |
BethNoun1. The 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Beth" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "God is my oath". |
Date "beth" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1868. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Beth occurs frequently as the appellation for a house, or dwelling-place, in such compounds as the words immediately following:. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Beth is the second letter in the Hebrew alphabet.Beth is a popular musician in Spain. She was born in Barcelona on December 23, 1981 and spent her childhood in Suria, a town near Barcelona. Her desire to discover the world and learn about other cultures has taken her on several trips abroad, including to Africa where she participated in a humanitarian aid programme. She has also lived in England for a few months after completing her studies. Back in Spain, she now shares an apartment with her cousin in Barcelona, where she combines her work as a singer with studies in musical theatre.
Beth has a strong personality and her goal in life has always been music. Therefore, one year ago she competed in the musical show Operación Triunfo and was voted the winner by the audience. She has since recorded her first album in London and became 8th in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003. Her entry, "Dime", was a huge succes in the Spanish charts.
'Beth is a fictional character, one of the four March sisters in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Beth."
Crosswords: Beth |
| Specialty definitions using "beth": Beth Gelert. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Beth" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Latin (bet), Welsh (that, what). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Beth you just got to run girl and oh you know what that clutz did next (Dumb & Dumber; writing credit: Peter Farrelly; Bennett Yellin) Beth has finally agreed to a divorce (Look Who's Talking; writing credit: Amy Heckerling) Beth, honey, nobody likes a tattle tale (The Oblongs...; writing credit: Ana Katz) Beth look out there's someone in the room, he's right behind you (Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers; writing credit: Debra Hill; John Carpenter) Beth, we don't want anything from you; Audrey, Cal, Connie and Me, we just want you to be happy (Ordinary People; writing credit: Judith Guest; Alvin Sargent) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Mac's Beth (1925) Beth (1978) | |
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Music |
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![]() | NRCS employees, Beth and Rachel, evaluating placement of in stream stuctures for stream stabilization and habitat along the Dogfish Creek, Washington. Credit: Gary Wilson. | ![]() | Strife Dependency And The Pursuit Of Loneliness : Drinking Destroys Dreams / Beth Bevan. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Expert and Beth. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Temple Beth El, Detroit, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Orange wall" by Matty And Sharon Commentary: "Beth Shemesh mall." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| "Beth" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.66% of the time. "Beth" is used about 590 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 99.66% | 588 | 10,794 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.34% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 590 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "beth" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Beth | First name Female | 110,000 | 199 |
| Beth | Last name | 100 | 74,975 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Beth" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "God is my oath". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Beth." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Elsabeth | Female | N/A | Elizabeth |
| Elisheba | Female | Biblical | Elizabeth |
| Elizabeth | Female | Biblical | N/A |
| Elisabeth | Female | Biblical (Variant) | Elizabeth |
| Alzbeta | Female | Czech | Elizabeth |
| Else | Female | Danish | Elizabeth |
| Liesbeth | Female | Dutch | Elizabeth |
| Liesje | Female | Dutch | Elizabeth |
| Lijsbeth | Female | Dutch | Elizabeth |
| Bess | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Bessie | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Beth | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Betsy | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Bette | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Bettie | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Betty | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Elisabeth | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Elise | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Elissa | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Eliza | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Elizabeth | Female | English | N/A |
| Elsie | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Elspet | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Elspeth | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Isabel | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Libby | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Lis | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Lisa | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Lise | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Liz | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Liza | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Lizbeth | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Lizzie | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Lizzy | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Tetty | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Elisabeth | Female | French | Elizabeth |
| Isabel | Female | French | Elizabeth |
| Lisette | Female | French | Elizabeth |
| Elisabeth | Female | German | Elizabeth |
| Elli | Female | German | Elizabeth |
| Else | Female | German | Elizabeth |
| Ilse | Female | German | Elizabeth |
| Liesa | Female | German | Elizabeth |
| Liese | Female | German | Elizabeth |
| Liesel | Female | German | Elizabeth |
| Liesl | Female | German | Elizabeth |
| Lili | Female | German | Elizabeth |
| Lisbeth | Female | German | Elizabeth |
| Elisavet | Female | Greek | Elizabeth |
| Elikapeka | Female | Hawaiian | Elizabeth |
| Erzsébet | Female | Hungarian | Elizabeth |
| Eilís | Female | Irish | Elizabeth |
| Elisabetta | Female | Italian | Elizabeth |
| Elisheva | Female | Jewish | Elizabeth |
| Elisaveta | Female | Macedonian | Elizabeth |
| Ealisaid | Female | Manx | Elizabeth |
| Elzbieta | Female | Polish | Elizabeth |
| Isabel | Female | Portuguese | Elizabeth |
| Elisabeta | Female | Romanian | Elizabeth |
| Elizaveta | Female | Russian | Elizabeth |
| Elisabet | Female | Scandinavian | Elizabeth |
| Lis | Female | Scandinavian | Elizabeth |
| Lisbet | Female | Scandinavian | Elizabeth |
| Ealasaid | Female | Scottish | Elizabeth |
| Elspet | Female | Scottish | Elizabeth |
| Elspeth | Female | Scottish | Elizabeth |
| Alzbeta | Female | Slovak | Elizabeth |
| Elizabeta | Female | Slovene | Elizabeth |
| Elian | Male | Spanish | Elizabeth |
| Isabel | Female | Spanish | Elizabeth |
| Bethan | Female | Welsh | Elizabeth |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "beth": Beth-anath, Beth-anoth, Beth-arabah, Beth-aram, Beth-arbel, Beth-aven, Beth-azmaveth, Beth-baalmeon, Beth-barah, Beth-birei, Beth-car, Beth-dagon, Beth-diblathaim, Beth-el, Beth-ezal, Beth-gader, Beth-gamul, Beth-gilgal, Beth-haccerem, Beth-haran, Beth-horon, Beth-jeshimoth, Beth-le-Aphrah, Beth-lebaoth, Beth-lehem, Beth-marcaboth, Beth-meon, Beth-nimrah, Beth-palet, Beth-pazzez, Beth-peor, Beth-phage, Beth-phelet, Beth-rapha, Beth-shean, Beth-shemesh, Beth-tappuah, Beth-zur. | |
Ending with "beth": Cora-beth. | |
Containing "beth": Abel-beth-maachah, El-beth-el, Elon-beth-hanan. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
beth decker mary | 1,362 | beth tyler | 71 |
beth ostrosky | 766 | beth toussaint | 68 |
beth moore | 756 | amateur beth facial | 66 |
beth | 629 | beth moore bible study | 63 |
beth israel hospital | 335 | aaron beth | 63 |
beth orton | 268 | bauer beth | 59 |
beth decker mary nude | 216 | beth mary playboy road rule | 59 |
beth mary road rule | 208 | beth decker mary picture | 59 |
beth o | 193 | beth gibbon | 55 |
beth israel | 171 | beth boston hospital israel | 54 |
beth mary playboy | 141 | beth book joseph seller | 53 |
beth broderick | 138 | beth roberts | 50 |
beth decker mary playboy | 138 | beth horn | 48 |
beth israel medical center | 135 | chapman nielsen beth | 47 |
beth howard stern | 132 | bath beth beyond | 46 |
beth decker mary pic | 113 | beth joseph | 44 |
mary beth | 109 | beth deaconess hospital israel | 43 |
beth israel deaconess medical center | 106 | beth morggan | 42 |
beth hart | 93 | beth from mary road rule | 40 |
beth deaconess israel | 91 | beth moore ministry | 38 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "beth"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Serbo-Croatian | bet, drugo slovo hebrejske azbuke. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 8, Verse 33 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Audite disciplinam et estote sapientes et nolite abicere eam |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Hereth discipline, and beth wise men; and wileth not casten it awei. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 8, Verse 33 |
| Cebuano | Pamatia ang pahamatngon, ug pagmanggialamon, Ug ayaw kini pag-isalikway. |
| Chinese | 要 聽 教 訓 、 就 得 智 慧 、 不 可 棄 絕 。 |
| Croatian | Poslušajte pouku - da steèete mudrost i nemojte je odbaciti. |
| Danish | Hør på Tugt og bliv vise, lad ikke hånt derom! |
| Dutch | Hoort de tucht, en wordt wijs, en verwerpt die niet. |
| Finnish | Kuritusta kuulkaa, niin viisastutte; älkää sen antako mennä menojaan. |
| French | Écoutez l`instruction, pour devenir sages, Ne la rejetez pas. |
| German | Höret die Zucht und werdet weise und lasset sie nicht fahren. |
| Hungarian | Hallgassátok a tudományt és legyetek bölcsek, és magatokat el ne vonjátok! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Terimalah petuah dan jadilah bijaksana, janganlah engkau meremehkannya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dengarlah akan pengajaran dan jadilah berbudi; janganlah tolak akan dia. |
| Italian | Ascoltate l'esortazione e siate saggi, non trascuratela! |
| Maori | Whakarongo mai ki te ako, kia whai whakaaro ai koutou; kaua hoki e paopaongia. |
| Norwegian | Hør på min tilrettevisning og bli vise og forakt den ikke! |
| Portuguese | Ouvi a correção, e sede sábios; e não a rejeiteis. |
| Rumanian | Ascultayi knvqyqtura, ca sq vq faceyi knyelepyi, wi nu lepqdayi sfatul meu. |
| Swedish | Hören tuktan, så att I bliven visa, ja, låten henne icke fara. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "beth": bethank, bethanked, bethanking, bethanks, bethel, bethels, bethesda, bethesdas, bethink, bethinking, bethinks, bethorn, bethorned, bethorning, bethorns, bethought, beths, bethump, bethumped, bethumping, bethumps. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "beth": turbeth, zibeth. (additional references) | |
Words containing "beth": turbeths, zibeths. (additional references) | |
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"Beth" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bayh, Beath, beeth, Behm, benth, Bethge, Bethoc, Beti, Beuth, Byth, Ebyth, Geht, Yeth. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "beth" (pronounced be"th) |
| 2 | -e" th | breath, death, heth, meth. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-h-t" | |
-1 letter: bet, eth, het, the. | |
-2 letters: be, eh, et, he. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-h-t" | |
+1 letter: bathe, berth, beths, thebe. | |
+2 letters: bathed, bather, bathes, behest, bertha, berths, bethel, blithe, bother, breath, henbit, hotbed, thebes, zibeth. | |
+3 letters: batched, batcher, batches, bathers, bedight, behests, beneath, benthal, benthic, benthos, berthas, berthed, beshout, bethank, bethels, bethink, bethorn, bethump, betroth, bewitch, bheesty, bhistie, bighted, biotech, birthed, bitched, bitches, blather, blether, blither, botched, botcher, botches, bothers, bothies, brachet, breadth, breathe, breaths, breathy, brothel, brother, burthen, butcher, butches, exhibit, habited, habitue, halbert, hatable, hebetic, henbits, hotbeds, howbeit, potherb, rebirth, sherbet, theorbo, thereby, thimble, thumbed, turbeth, zibeths. | |
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