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Bethphage = "house of unripe figs"
1] the name of a hamlet between Jericho and Jerusalem, close to Bethany (see map)
derivation: of Aramaic origin cf (01004) and (06291)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Greek/grk.cgi?number=967&version=kjv

(01004)
1] house
   1.a] house, dwelling habitation
   1.b] shelter or abode of animals
   1.c] human bodies (fig.)
   1.d] of Sheol
   1.e] of abode of light and darkness
   1.f] of land of Ephraim
2] place
3] receptacle
4] home, house as containing a family
5] household, family
   5.a] those belonging to the same household
   5.b] family of descendants,
   5.c] descendants as organized body
6] household affairs
7] inwards (metaphorically.)
8] temple adv
9] on the inside prep
10] within
derivation: probably from (01129) abbreviated
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=1004&version=kjv

(01129)
1] to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue
   1.a] (Qal)
       1.a.1] to build, rebuild
       1.a.2] to build a house (i.e., establish a family)
   1.b] (Niphal)
       1.b.1] to be built
       1.b.2] to be rebuilt
       1.b.3] established (of restored exiles) (fig.)
       1.b.4] established (made permanent)
       1.b.5] to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)
derivation: a primitive root
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=1129&version=kjv

(06291)
1] green fig, early fig
derivation: from an unused root meaning to be torpid, i.e. crude
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=6291&version=kjv

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