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Strong's #1008 - בֵּיתְ־אֵל

Transliteration

Bêyth-ʼÊl

Phonetics

bayth-ale'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H1004) and (H410)

Parts of Speech

Proper Name Location

TWOT

241a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Bethel = “house of God”

1) ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identified with Luz (former name)

2) a place in south country of Judah, not far from Beersheba and Ziklag

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (66)

Genesis 12

Joshua 10

Judges 5

1 Samuel 4

1 Kings 10

2 Kings 10

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 2

Amos 7

NAS (71)

Genesis 12

Joshua 10

Judges 9

1 Samuel 4

1 Kings 10

2 Kings 10

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 2

Amos 7

Zechariah 1

HCS (72)

Genesis 13

Joshua 10

Judges 9

1 Samuel 4

1 Kings 10

2 Kings 10

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 2

Amos 7

Zechariah 1

BSB (76)

Genesis 17

Joshua 10

Judges 9

1 Samuel 4

1 Kings 10

2 Kings 10

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 2

Amos 7

Zechariah 1

ESV (70)

Genesis 12

Joshua 10

Judges 9

1 Samuel 4

1 Kings 10

2 Kings 10

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 2

Amos 7

WEB (66)

Genesis 12

Joshua 10

Judges 5

1 Samuel 4

1 Kings 10

2 Kings 10

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 2

Amos 7

KJV (66)

Bethel 66

NAS (71)

Bethel 71

HCS (72)

Bethel 43

Bethel's 3

at Bethel 4

in Bethel 1

of Bethel 6

the people of Bethel 1

to Bethel 11

were Bethel 1

were at Bethel 1

with Bethel 1

BSB (76)

Bethel 38

Now the people of Bethel 1

O Bethel 1

and Bethel 2

at Bethel 6

from Bethel 1

him Bethel 1

in Bethel 8

of Bethel 6

offering in Bethel 1

one at Bethel 1

or Bethel 1

to Bethel 6

with Bethel 2

ESV (70)

Bethel 70

WEB (66)

* 3

Bethel 5

against Bethel 1

and Bethel 2

and at Bethel 1

any more at Bethel 1

below Bethel 1

between Bethel 3

even to Bethel 1

from Bethel 3

from there to Bethel 1

having Bethel 1

him at Bethel 1

in Bethel 9

it in Bethel 1

me as far as Bethel 1

of Bethel 12

or Beth El 1

out Bethel 1

so in Bethel 1

that was at Bethel 1

that were in Bethel 1

the same is Bethel 1

to Beth El 1

to Bethel 9

were Bethel 1

who were at Bethel 1

who were in Bethel 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

ֵבּיתְאֵל₇₁ proper name, of a location Bethel (so read, not בֵּיתאֵֿל as Joshua 7:2 + according to see d. H; compare Baer Genesis 12:8; house of God, or house of El) —

1 ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identification with Luz (former name) Genesis 28:19; Genesis 35:6; Joshua 18:13; Judges 1:23; apparently distinguished from Luz Joshua 16:2 (yet compare Di); name connected with vision of Jacob when journeying to Paddan-Aram (JE) Genesis 28:19; Genesis 35:7 (where אֵלֵבּיתְאֵל, but ᵐ5ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Ol strike out אֵל; Di maintains); compare Hosea 12:5; when journeying from P.-A. Hosea 35:15 (P); name apparently given first to a stone ( Genesis 28:18; 35:14) compare We^{Skizzen iii. 70}; הַר ֵבּיתְאֵל 1 Samuel 13:2; later important place of worship 1 Samuel 10:3 עָלָה אֶלֿהָאֱלֹהִים בֵּיתְאֵל; abode of prophet 1 Kings 13:11; 2 Kings 2:3; Jeroboam set up one of the golden calves at Bethel 1 Kings 12:29f. compare also 1 Kings 13:1 f; 2 Kings 10:29; 2 Kings 23:15; Jeremiah 48:13 see further 2 Kings 17:28; 2 Kings 23:15 Th proposes on internal grounds, בֵּית אַל house of nothingness, or אָלָה׳בּ house of execration; אָלָה׳בּ also Ren^{Hist. iii. 185}; in prophets Amos 3:14; Amos 4:4; Amos 5:5 (twice in verse); Amos 5:6; Amos 7:10,13; Hosea 10:15; note especially Amos 5:5 ביתאל יִהְיֶה לְאָ֑וֶן, & בֵּית אָוֶן ( house of iniquity) as substitute for ביתאל Hosea 4:15; Hosea 5:8; Hosea 10:5 (עֶגְלוֺת בית און); — modern Beitîn Rob^{BR i. 448f.} Guérin^{Judée iii. 14-27} compare Bd^{Pal 215} Survey^{ii. 305.}

2 place in south country of Judah, not far from Beersheba & Ziklag 1 Samuel 30:27 compare We Dr; = ᵑ0כסיל Joshua 15:30 (text error; ᵐ5 Βαιθηλ); also בְּתוּל Joshua 19:4, בְּתוּאֵל 1 Chronicles 4:30.

List of Word Forms

אֵ֑ל אֵ֔ל אֵ֖ל אֵ֗ל אֵ֛ל אֵ֤ל אֵֽל׃ אֵל֙ אֵל֮ אל אל׃ ’êl el