beth-barah Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
beth-barah in Easton's Bible Dictionary
house of crossing, a place south of the scene of Gideon's victory (Judg. 7:24). It was probably the chief ford of the Jordan in that district, and may have been that by which Jacob crossed when he returned from Mesopotamia, near the Jabbok (Gen. 32:22), and at which Jephthah slew the Ephraimites (Judg. 12:4). Nothing, however, is certainly known of it. (See BETHABARA T0000542.)
beth-barah in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(house of the ford), named only in #Jud 7:24| It derived its chief interest in the possibility that its more modern representative may have been Beth-abara, where John baptized. It was probably the chief ford of the district.
beth-barah in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
BETH-BA'RAH . Jud 7:24. See Beth-abara.