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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 144 times in 65 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 12:8–2Ki 23:19)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8 - et inde transgrediens ad montem qui erat contra orientem Bethel tetendit ibi tabernaculum suum ab occidente habens Bethel et ab oriente Ai aedificavit quoque ibi altare Domino et invocavit nomen eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:3 - reversusque est per iter quo venerat a meridie in Bethel usque ad locum ubi prius fixerat tabernaculum inter Bethel et Ai

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:19 - appellavitque nomen urbis Bethel quae prius Luza vocabatur

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:13 - ego sum Deus Bethel ubi unxisti lapidem et votum vovisti mihi nunc ergo surge et egredere de terra hac revertens in terram nativitatis tuae

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:1 - interea locutus est Deus ad Iacob surge et ascende Bethel et habita ibi facque altare Deo qui apparuit tibi quando fugiebas Esau fratrem tuum

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3 - surgite et ascendamus in Bethel ut faciamus ibi altare Deo qui exaudivit me in die tribulationis meae et fuit socius itineris mei

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:6 - venit igitur Iacob Luzam quae est in terra Chanaan cognomento Bethel ipse et omnis populus cum eo

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:7 - aedificavitque ibi altare et appellavit nomen loci Domus Dei ibi enim apparuit ei Deus cum fugeret fratrem suum

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:8 - eodem tempore mortua est Debbora nutrix Rebeccae et sepulta ad radices Bethel subter quercum vocatumque est nomen loci quercus Fletus

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:15 - vocansque nomen loci Bethel

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:16 - egressus inde venit verno tempore ad terram quae ducit Efratham in qua cum parturiret Rahel

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:2 - cumque mitteret Iosue de Hiericho viros contra Ahi quae est iuxta Bethaven ad orientalem plagam oppidi Bethel dixit eis ascendite et explorate terram qui praecepta conplentes exploraverunt Ahi

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:9 - dimisitque eos et perrexerunt ad insidiarum locum sederuntque inter Bethel et Ahi ad occidentalem plagam urbis Ahi Iosue autem nocte illa in medio mansit populi

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:12 - quinque milia autem viros elegerat et posuerat in insidiis inter Bethaven et Ahi ex occidentali parte eiusdem civitatis

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:17 - et ne unus quidem in urbe Ahi et Bethel remansisset qui non persequeretur Israhel sicut eruperant aperta oppida relinquentes

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:9 - rex Hiericho unus rex Ahi quae est ex latere Bethel unus

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:16 - rex Maceda unus rex Bethel unus

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:1 - cecidit quoque sors filiorum Ioseph ab Iordane contra Hiericho et aquas eius ab oriente solitudo quae ascendit de Hiericho ad montana Bethel

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:2 - et egreditur de Bethel Luzam transitque terminum Archiatharoth

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:13 - atque pertransiens iuxta Luzam ad meridiem ipsa est Bethel descenditque in Atharothaddar in montem qui est ad meridiem Bethoron inferioris

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:22 - Betharaba et Semaraim et Bethel

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:22 - domus quoque Ioseph ascendit in Bethel fuitque Dominus cum eis

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:23 - nam cum obsiderent urbem quae prius Luza vocabatur

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:5 - et sedebat sub palma quae nomine illius vocabatur inter Rama et Bethel in monte Ephraim ascendebantque ad eam filii Israhel in omne iudicium

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:18 - qui surgentes venerunt in domum Dei hoc est in Silo consulueruntque eum atque dixerunt quis erit in exercitu nostro princeps certaminis contra filios Beniamin quibus respondit Dominus Iudas sit dux vester

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:26 - quam ob rem omnes filii Israhel venerunt in domum Dei et sedentes flebant coram Domino ieiunaveruntque illo die usque ad vesperam et obtulerunt ei holocausta et pacificas victimas

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:31 - sed et filii Beniamin audacter eruperunt de civitate et fugientes adversarios longius persecuti sunt ita ut vulnerarent ex eis sicut primo et secundo die et caederent per duas semitas terga vertentes quarum una ferebat in Bethel altera in Gabaa atque prosternerent triginta circiter viros

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:2 - veneruntque omnes ad domum Dei in Silo et in conspectu eius sedentes usque ad vesperam levaverunt vocem et magno ululatu coeperunt flere dicentes

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:19 - ceperuntque consilium atque dixerunt ecce sollemnitas Domini est in Silo anniversaria quae sita est ad septentrionem urbis Bethel et ad orientalem plagam viae quae de Bethel tendit ad Sycimam et ad meridiem oppidi Lebona

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:16 - et ibat per singulos annos circumiens Bethel et Galgal et Masphat et iudicabat Israhelem in supradictis locis

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:3 - cumque abieris inde et ultra transieris et veneris ad quercum Thabor invenient te ibi tres viri ascendentes ad Deum in Bethel unus portans tres hedos et alius tres tortas panis et alius portans lagoenam vini

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:2 - et elegit sibi Saul tria milia de Israhel et erant cum Saul duo milia in Machmas et in monte Bethel mille autem cum Ionathan in Gabaath Beniamin porro ceterum populum remisit unumquemque in tabernacula sua

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:27 - his qui erant in Bethel et qui in Ramoth ad meridiem et qui in Iether

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:29 - posuitque unum in Bethel et alterum in Dan

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:32 - constituitque diem sollemnem in mense octavo quintadecima die mensis in similitudinem sollemnitatis quae celebratur in Iuda et ascendens altare similiter fecit in Bethel ut immolaret vitulis quos fabricatus erat constituitque in Bethel sacerdotes excelsorum quae fecerat

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:33 - et ascendit super altare quod extruxerat in Bethel quintadecima die mensis octavi quem finxerat de corde suo et fecit sollemnitatem filiis Israhel et ascendit super altare ut adoleret incensum

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:1 - et ecce vir Dei venit de Iuda in sermone Domini in Bethel Hieroboam stante super altare et tus iaciente

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4 - cumque audisset rex sermonem hominis Dei quem inclamaverat contra altare in Bethel extendit manum suam de altari dicens adprehendite eum et exaruit manus eius quam extenderat contra eum nec valuit retrahere eam ad se

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:10 - abiit ergo per aliam viam et non est reversus per iter quo venerat in Bethel

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:11 - prophetes autem quidam senex habitabat in Bethel ad quem venit filius suus et narravit ei omnia opera quae fecerat vir Dei illa die in Bethel et verba quae locutus fuerat ad regem et narraverunt patri suo

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:32 - profecto enim veniet sermo quem praedixit in sermone Domini contra altare quod est in Bethel et contra omnia fana excelsorum quae sunt in urbibus Samariae

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:2 - dixitque Helias ad Heliseum sede hic quia Dominus misit me usque Bethel cui ait Heliseus vivit Dominus et vivit anima tua quia non derelinquam te cumque descendissent Bethel

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:3 - egressi sunt filii prophetarum qui erant Bethel ad Heliseum et dixerunt ei numquid nosti quia hodie Dominus tollat dominum tuum a te qui respondit et ego novi silete

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:23 - ascendit autem inde Bethel cumque ascenderet per viam pueri parvi egressi sunt de civitate et inludebant ei dicentes ascende calve ascende calve

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:29 - verumtamen a peccatis Hieroboam filii Nabath qui peccare fecerat Israhel non recessit nec dereliquit vitulos aureos qui erant in Bethel et in Dan

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:28 - igitur cum venisset unus de sacerdotibus his qui captivi ducti fuerant de Samaria habitavit in Bethel et docebat eos quomodo colerent Dominum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 - et praecepit rex Helciae pontifici et sacerdotibus secundi ordinis et ianitoribus ut proicerent de templo Domini omnia vasa quae facta fuerant Baal et in luco et universae militiae caeli et conbusit ea foris Hierusalem in convalle Cedron et tulit pulverem eorum in Bethel

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:15 - insuper et altare quod erat in Bethel excelsum quod fecerat Hieroboam filius Nabath qui peccare fecit Israhel et altare illud et excelsum destruxit atque conbusit et comminuit in pulverem succenditque etiam lucum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:17 - et ait quis est titulus ille quem video responderuntque ei cives illius urbis sepulchrum est hominis Dei qui venit de Iuda et praedixit verba haec quae fecisti super altare Bethel

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:19 - insuper et omnia fana excelsorum quae erant in civitatibus Samariae quae fecerant reges Israhel ad inritandum Dominum abstulit Iosias et fecit eis secundum omnia opera quae fecerat in Bethel

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