Bayt Jibrin
Bayt Jibrin or Beit Jibrin was an Arab village in the Hebron Subdistrict of British Mandatory Palestine, in what is today the State of Israel, which was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: depopulated Palestinian town in Hebron, Palestine
- Also known as: “Beit Jibrin”, “Bet Guverin”, “Bet Guvrin”, and “Eleutheropolis”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Beth Guvrin and Amphitheater.
Beth Guvrin
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Beth Guvrin or Beit Guvrin is a national park located in south-central Israel, in the Shfela region. It is a particularly good place to visit in summer, because its caves are cool and shady even when it's scorching outside.
Amphitheater
Archaeological site
Photo: אסף.צ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Amphitheater is an archaeological site, which is situated 320 metres west of Bayt Jibrin.
Tel Maresha
Ruins
Photo: Chai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maresha was an Iron Age city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, whose remains have been excavated at Tell Sandahanna, an archaeological mound or 'tell' renamed after its identification to Tel Maresha. Tel Maresha is situated 1½ km south of Bayt Jibrin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beit Guvrin and Kfar Zoharim.
Beit Guvrin
Village
Photo: אסף.צ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beit Guvrin is a kibbutz in the Lakhish region, west of the ancient city of Beit Guvrin, for which it is named. Located 14 kilometres east of Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 483.
Kfar Zoharim
Hamlet
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Kfar Zoharim, officially Ramot Yehuda-Zoharim, is an Israeli educational therapy youth village for teenagers aged 14–18 from the ultra-orthodox community who do not fit into regular educational frameworks. Kfar Zoharim is situated 3 km northeast of Bayt Jibrin.
Beit Nir
Village
Beit Nir is a kibbutz in the Lakhish region of south-central Israel. Beit Nir falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council and is a member of the Kibbutz Movement. In 2023 its population was 660. Beit Nir is situated 5 km northwest of Bayt Jibrin.
Bayt Jibrin
- Categories: village, depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Urdu—“Bayt Jibrin” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Βαιτογάβρα”
- Arabic: “بيت جبريل”
- Arabic: “بيت جبرين”
- Arabic: “بيت غوفرين”
- Catalan: “Bayt Djibrin”
- Catalan: “Bayt Jibrin”
- Chinese: “伊柳塞羅波利斯”
- Chinese: “拜特·吉布林”
- Chinese: “拜特吉卜林”
- Croatian: “Bet-Guvrin”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيت جبرين”
- Finnish: “Bayt Jibrin”
- French: “Bayt Jibrin”
- Hebrew: “בית ג’יברין”
- Hebrew: “בית גברין”
- Indonesian: “Bayt Jibrin”
- Japanese: “バイト・ジブリーン”
- Persian: “بیت جبرین”
- Polish: “Bajt Dżibrin”
- Polish: “Bajt Jibrin”
- Russian: “Бейт Гуврин”
- Urdu: “بیت جبرین”
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