What does "Booth" mean in the Bible?
A hut made of the branches of a tree. In such tabernacles Jacob sojourned for a season at a place named from this circumstance Succoth (Gen. 33:17). Booth appears in 4 verses across 4 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Booth?
A hut made of the branches of a tree. In such tabernacles Jacob sojourned for a season at a place named from this circumstance Succoth (Gen. 33:17). Booths were erected also at the feast of Tabernacles (q.v.), Lev. 23:42, 43, which commemorated the abode of the Israelites in the wilderness.
Definition text: Easton's Bible Dictionary · 1897. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Greek word for Booth?
Greek · G5058
τελώνιον
telōnion
tax booth
TBESG, from Abbott-Smith (1922). Public domain.
Where does Booth appear in the Bible?
Booth is referenced in 4 verses across 4 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- Lamentations 2:6
- Luke 5:27
- Matthew 9:9
- Mark 2:14
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Booth.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Booth?
Booth appears in 4 verses across 4 books, most often in Lamentations, which accounts for 1 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Booth?
Lamentations, Luke, Matthew, Mark.
Where can I read every verse about Booth?
This page lists 4 of them. Protos carries all 4, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.


