BETH-ASMOTH, BETHASMOTH bə thăz’ mŏth (Gr. Βαιτασμων, variant Bethsamos [KJV] a Hel. form of Azmaveth [q.v.]). Beth-asmoth occurs in 1 Esdras 5:18 as the origin of a group which returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon.