Algebraic Characterizations of Various Beth Definability Properties Eva Hoogland In this paper it will be shown that the Beth definability property corresponds to surjectiveness of epimorphisms in abstract algebraic logic. This generalizes a result by I.~N\'emeti. Moreover, an equally general characterization of the weak Beth property will be given. This gives a solution to Problem 14 in \cite{sain:90}. Finally, the characterization of the projective Beth property for varieties of modal algebras by L.\ Maksimova will be shown to hold for the larger class of semantically algebraizable logics.