Bethzur ~ ቤትጹር: “Bethzur” means house of rock / SBD, (ኢያ 15፡58)

The name ‘Bethzur’ is derived from two words ‘Biete’ (ቤተ) and ‘Zer’ (ዘር) ፥ the meaning is ‘house of a relative’ / Ibid.

A town in the mountains of Judah, It was built by Rehoboam for the defence of his kingdom, “Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor,” (Jos 15:58), (2 Chr 11:7)
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ቤትጹር ~Bethzur: ቤት ዙር፣ ቤተ ዘር፣ ወገን፣ ቤተ ዘመድ፣ ቤተሰብ ማለት ነው። [ተዛማጅ ስሞች- በቱል፣ ቤቱኤል፣ ቢትያ፣ ባቱኤል፣ ባይት፣ ቤቴል ፣ ቤት፣ ቤትኤጼል]

·                     በይሁዳና በብንያም ያሉትንም ከተመሸጉትን ከተሞች፥ (2 ዜና 11:7)

·                     “ሐልሑል፥ ቤትጹር፥ ጌዶር፥ ማዕራት፥ ቤትዓኖት፥ ኤልትቆን ስድስት ከተሞችና መንደሮቻቸው” (ኢያ 15፡58)