1008. Betheel

Lexicon

Betheel: Bethel

Original Word: בֵּית־אֵל
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Beyth-'El
Pronunciation: bayth-ale'
Phonetic Spelling: (bayth-ale')
Definition: Bethel
Meaning: Beth-El

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Beth-el

From bayith and 'el; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine -- Beth-el.

see HEBREW bayith

see HEBREW 'el

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from bayith and el
Definition
"house of God," a city in Ephraim, also a place in S. Judah
NASB Translation
Bethel (71).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

ֵ˜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 אֵל ֵ˜בּיתְאֵל, but ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Ol strike out אֵל; Di maintains); compare Hosea 12:5; when journeying from P.-A. Hos 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 אֶלֿ הָאֱלֹהִים 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 13:1f; 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. 448 f.} 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; = ᵑ0 כסיל Joshua 15:30 (text error; ᵐ5 Βαιθηλ); also בְּתוּל Joshua 19:4, בְּתוּאֵל 1 Chronicles 4:30.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from two Hebrew words: בַּיִת (bayith, H1004) meaning "house" and אֵל (El, H410) meaning "God."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for Beth-El in the Strong's Greek Concordance, as it is a proper noun specific to Hebrew texts. However, references to Beth-El in the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible) would use the transliteration Βαιθήλ (Baithēl).

Usage: Beth-El is used as a proper noun in the Hebrew Bible, referring to a significant location in the land of Israel. It is often associated with pivotal events in the patriarchal narratives and the history of Israel.

Context: Beth-El is a prominent location in biblical history, first mentioned in Genesis 12:8 when Abram (later Abraham) pitched his tent between Beth-El and Ai and built an altar to the LORD. It is notably the site where Jacob had his dream of a ladder reaching to heaven, as recorded in Genesis 28:10-19. In this vision, God reaffirmed the covenant with Jacob, and upon awakening, Jacob declared, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it" (Genesis 28:16, BSB). He then named the place Beth-El, meaning "House of God," and set up a pillar as a memorial.

Beth-El became a significant religious center in Israel's history. It was one of the locations where the prophet Samuel judged Israel (1 Samuel 7:16) and later became a center of idolatrous worship when Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kings 12:28-29). The prophets Amos and Hosea condemned the idolatry practiced at Beth-El, highlighting its spiritual decline (Amos 3:14, Hosea 10:15).

Throughout the biblical narrative, Beth-El serves as a symbol of both divine encounter and human apostasy. It is a place where God's presence was profoundly experienced, yet it also became a site of significant religious corruption.

Forms and Transliterations

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

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 12:8
HEB: מִקֶּ֛דֶם לְבֵֽית־ אֵ֖ל וַיֵּ֣ט אָהֳלֹ֑ה
NAS: on the east of Bethel, and pitched
KJV: on the east of Bethel, and pitched
INT: to the mountain the east of Bethel and pitched his tent

Genesis 12:8
HEB: אָהֳלֹ֑ה בֵּֽית־ אֵ֤ל מִיָּם֙ וְהָעַ֣י
NAS: his tent, with Bethel on the west
KJV: his tent, [having] Bethel on the west,
INT: and pitched his tent Bethel the west and Ai

Genesis 13:3
HEB: וְעַד־ בֵּֽית־ אֵ֑ל עַד־ הַמָּק֗וֹם
NAS: as far as Bethel, to the place
KJV: from the south even to Bethel, unto the place
INT: the Negev far Bethel far to the place

Genesis 13:3
HEB: בֵּ֥ין בֵּֽית־ אֵ֖ל וּבֵ֥ין הָעָֽי׃
NAS: between Bethel and Ai,
KJV: at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
INT: the beginning between Bethel between and Ai

Genesis 28:19
HEB: הַה֖וּא בֵּֽית־ אֵ֑ל וְאוּלָ֛ם ל֥וּז
NAS: of that place Bethel; however,
KJV: of that place Bethel: but
INT: place he Bethel however had been Luz

Genesis 31:13
HEB: הָאֵל֙ בֵּֽית־ אֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר מָשַׁ֤חְתָּ
NAS: I am the God [of] Bethel, where
KJV: I [am] the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst
INT: I am the God Bethel you anointed

Genesis 35:1
HEB: עֲלֵ֥ה בֵֽית־ אֵ֖ל וְשֶׁב־ שָׁ֑ם
NAS: go up to Bethel and live
KJV: go up to Bethel, and dwell
INT: Arise go to Bethel and live there

Genesis 35:3
HEB: וְנַעֲלֶ֖ה בֵּֽית־ אֵ֑ל וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ שָּׁ֣ם
NAS: and go up to Bethel, and I will make
KJV: and go up to Bethel; and I will make
INT: arise and go to Bethel will make there

Genesis 35:6
HEB: הִ֖וא בֵּֽית־ אֵ֑ל ה֖וּא וְכָל־
NAS: to Luz (that is, Bethel), which
KJV: of Canaan, that [is], Bethel, he and all the people
INT: of Canaan he that Bethel he and all

Genesis 35:7
HEB: אֵ֖ל בֵּֽית־ אֵ֑ל כִּ֣י שָׁ֗ם
INT: the place God Beth-el because there

Genesis 35:8
HEB: מִתַּ֥חַת לְבֵֽית־ אֵ֖ל תַּ֣חַת הָֽאַלּ֑וֹן
NAS: below Bethel under
KJV: and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak:
INT: was buried under Bethel under the oak

Genesis 35:15
HEB: אֱלֹהִ֖ים בֵּֽית־ אֵֽל׃
NAS: God had spoken with him, Bethel.
KJV: where God spake with him, Bethel.
INT: in it God Bethel

Genesis 35:16
HEB: וַיִּסְעוּ֙ מִבֵּ֣ית אֵ֔ל וַֽיְהִי־ ע֥וֹד
NAS: Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when there was still
KJV: And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but
INT: journeyed Bethel there was still

Joshua 7:2
HEB: מִקֶּ֣דֶם לְבֵֽית־ אֵ֔ל וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם֙
NAS: east of Bethel, and said
KJV: on the east side of Bethel, and spake
INT: Beth-aven east of Bethel and said and to

Joshua 8:9
HEB: בֵּ֧ין בֵּֽית־ אֵ֛ל וּבֵ֥ין הָעַ֖י
NAS: between Bethel and Ai,
KJV: and abode between Bethel and Ai,
INT: and remained between Bethel between and Ai

Joshua 8:12
HEB: בֵּ֧ין בֵּֽית־ אֵ֛ל וּבֵ֥ין הָעַ֖י
NAS: between Bethel and Ai,
KJV: them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai,
INT: ambush between Bethel between and Ai

Joshua 8:17
HEB: בָּעַי֙ וּבֵ֣ית אֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־
NAS: in Ai or Bethel who
KJV: in Ai or Bethel, that went not out
INT: A man Ai Bethel who had not

Joshua 12:9
HEB: מִצַּ֥ד בֵּֽית־ אֵ֖ל אֶחָֽד׃
NAS: which is beside Bethel, one;
KJV: of Ai, which [is] beside Bethel, one;
INT: which which beside Bethel one

Joshua 12:16
HEB: מֶ֥לֶךְ בֵּֽית־ אֵ֖ל אֶחָֽד׃
NAS: one; the king of Bethel, one;
KJV: one; the king of Bethel, one;
INT: one the king of Bethel one

Joshua 16:1
HEB: בָּהָ֖ר בֵּֽית־ אֵֽל׃
NAS: through the hill country to Bethel.
KJV: from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,
INT: Jericho the hill to Bethel

Joshua 16:2
HEB: וְיָצָ֥א מִבֵּֽית־ אֵ֖ל ל֑וּזָה וְעָבַ֛ר
NAS: It went from Bethel to Luz,
KJV: And goeth out from Bethel to Luz,
INT: went Bethel to Luz and continued

Joshua 18:13
HEB: הִ֖יא בֵּֽית־ אֵ֑ל וְיָרַ֤ד הַגְּבוּל֙
NAS: of Luz (that is, Bethel) southward;
KJV: of Luz, which [is] Bethel, southward;
INT: the south he which Bethel went and the border

Joshua 18:22
HEB: וּצְמָרַ֖יִם וּבֵֽית־ אֵֽל׃
NAS: and Zemaraim and Bethel,
KJV: and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
INT: and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Bethel

Judges 1:22
HEB: הֵ֖ם בֵּֽית־ אֵ֑ל וַֽיהוָ֖ה עִמָּֽם׃
NAS: went up against Bethel, and the LORD
KJV: they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD
INT: again like Bethel and the LORD with

Judges 1:23
HEB: יוֹסֵ֖ף בְּבֵֽית־ אֵ֑ל וְשֵׁם־ הָעִ֥יר
NAS: spied out Bethel (now the name
KJV: sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name
INT: the house of Joseph Bethel the name of the city

72 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1008
72 Occurrences

’êl — 72 Occ.