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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The second letter of the Phoenician alphabet, 𐤁
2. 2
   the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet wordnet
3. 3
   The second letter of the Aramaic alphabet, 𐡁
4. 4
   The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ב
5. 5
   The second letter of the Syriac alphabet, ܒ

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A diminutive of the female given names Elizabeth or Bethany.

   "Ogles, an entrepreneur, will defeat state House Speaker Beth Harwell and retired Brig. Gen. Kurt Winstead."

Example

More examples

"Mrs. Brown warned Beth that if she didn't eat properly she would be permanently overweight."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

aleph-bethbeth midrashgiven name

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.