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Lexicon :: Strong's H1008 - bêṯ-'ēl

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בֵּית־אֵל
Transliteration
bêṯ-'ēl
Pronunciation
bayth-ale'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 241a

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs: בית-אל.

Strong’s Definitions

בֵּית־אֵל Bêyth-ʼÊl, bayth-ale'; from H1004 and H410; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine:—Beth-el.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 70x

The KJV translates Strong's H1008 in the following manner: Bethel (66x), non translated variable (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 70x
The KJV translates Strong's H1008 in the following manner: Bethel (66x), non translated variable (4x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֵּית־אֵל Bêyth-ʼÊl, bayth-ale'; from H1004 and H410; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine:—Beth-el.
STRONGS H1008: Abbreviations
בֵּֽיתְאֵל 71 proper name, of a location Bethel (so read, not בֵּית־אֵל 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 Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate Ol strike out אֵל; Di maintains); compare Hosea 12:5; when journeying from P.-A. Genesis 35:15 (P); name apparently given first to a stone (Genesis 28:18; 35:14) compare WeSkizzen iii. 70; הַר ֵֽֽֽבּיתְאֵל 1 Samuel 13:2; later important place of worship 1 Samuel 10:3 עָלָה אֶ־ל 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 RenHist. 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 RobBR i. 448 f. GuérinJudée iii. 14-27 compare BdPal 215 Surveyii. 305.
2. place in south country of Judah, not far from Beersheba & Ziklag 1 Samuel 30:27 compare We Dr; = MT כסיל Joshua 15:30 (text error; Greek Version of the LXX Βαιθηλ); also בְּתוּל Joshua 19:4, בְּתוּאֵל 1 Chronicles 4:30.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:8; 28:18; 28:19; 28:19; 35:6; 35:7; 35:14; 35:15

Joshua

7:2; 15:30; 16:2; 18:13; 19:4

Judges

1:23

1 Samuel

10:3; 13:2; 30:27

1 Kings

12:29; 13:1; 13:11

2 Kings

2:3; 10:29; 17:28; 23:15; 23:15

1 Chronicles

4:30

Jeremiah

48:13

Hosea

4:15; 5:8; 10:5; 10:15; 12:5

Amos

3:14; 4:4; 5:5; 5:5; 5:6; 7:10; 7:13

H1008

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Strong's Number H1008 matches the Hebrew בֵּית־אֵל (bêṯ-'ēl),
which occurs 20 times in 10 verses in 'Jos' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel H1008, and said to them, “[fn]Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:9 - So Joshua sent them away, and they went to the place of ambush and remained between Bethel H1008 and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua spent that night among the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:12 - Then he took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel H1008 and Ai, on the west side of the [fn]city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:17 - So not a man was left in Ai or Bethel H1008, [fn]but they had all gone out after Israel, and they left the city [fn]unguarded and pursued Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:9 - the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel H1008, one;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:16 - the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel H1008, one;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:1 -

Then the lot for the sons of Joseph went from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east into the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel H1008.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:2 - It went from Bethel H1008 to Luz, and continued to the border of the Archites at Ataroth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:13 - Then from there the border continued to Luz, to the side of Luz (that is, Bethel H1008) southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, near the hill which lies on the south of lower Beth-horon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:22 - Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, and Bethel H1008,
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