Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H1008
בֵּֽיתְ־אֵל
bet-el · “Bethel”
Used 144 times across 14 books
Definition
§ Bethel = "house of God"
ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identified with Luz (former name)
Where it appears
Genesis26
Joshua20
Judges18
1 Samuel8
1 Kings20
2 Kings20
1 Chronicles2
2 Chronicles2
Ezra2
Nehemiah4
Jeremiah2
Hosea4
Amos14
Zechariah2
In the text
Genesis 12:8And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth–el, and pitched his tent, having Beth–el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.Genesis 13:3And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth–el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth–el and Hai;Genesis 28:19And he called the name of that place Beth–el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.Genesis 31:13I am the God of Beth–el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.Genesis 35:1And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth–el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.Genesis 35:3And let us arise, and go up to Beth–el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.Genesis 35:6So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth–el, he and all the people that were with him.Genesis 35:7And he built there an altar, and called the place El–beth–el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.Genesis 35:8But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth–el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon–bachuth.Genesis 35:15And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth–el.
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