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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.
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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 - And he removeth from thence towards a mountain at the east of Beth-El, and stretcheth out the tent (Beth-El at the west, and Hai at the east), and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and preacheth in the name of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:3 - And he goeth on his journeyings from the south, even unto Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the commencement, between Bethel and Hai --

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:19 - and he calleth the name of that place Bethel, house of God, and yet, Luz is the name of the city at the first.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:13 - I am the God of Bethel where thou hast anointed a standing pillar, where thou hast vowed a vow to me; now, arise, go out from this land, and turn back unto the land of thy birth.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:1 - And God saith unto Jacob, 'Rise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared unto thee in thy fleeing from the face of Esau thy brother.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3 - and we rise, and go up to Bethel, and I make there an altar to God, who is answering me in the day of my distress, and is with me in the way that I have gone.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:6 - And Jacob cometh in to Luz which is in the land of Canaan (it is Bethel), he and all the people who are with him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:7 - and he buildeth there an altar, and proclaimeth at the place the God of Bethel: for there had God been revealed unto him, in his fleeing from the face of his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:8 - And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, dieth, and she is buried at the lower part of Bethel, under the oak, and he calleth its name 'Oak of weeping.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:15 - and Jacob calleth the name of the place where God spake with him Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:16 - And they journey from Bethel, and there is yet a kibrath of land before entering Ephratha, and Rachel beareth, and is sharply pained in her bearing;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:2 - And Joshua sendeth men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-Aven, on the east of Bethel, and speaketh unto them, saying, 'Go up and spy the land;' and the men go up and spy Ai,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:9 - And Joshua sendeth them away, and they go unto the ambush, and abide between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai; and Joshua lodgeth on that night in the midst of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:12 - And he taketh about five thousand men, and setteth them an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:17 - and there hath not been left a man in Ai and Bethel who hath not gone out after Israel, and they leave the city open, and pursue after Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:16 - The king of Mekkedah, one; The king of Beth-El, one;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:1 - And the lot for the sons of Joseph goeth out from Jordan by Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness going up from Jericho in the hill-country of Beth-El,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:2 - and hath gone out from Beth-El to Luz, and passed over unto the border of Archi to Ataroth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:13 - and the border hath gone over thence to Luz, unto the side of Luz (it is Beth-El) southward, and the border hath gone down to Atroth-Addar, by the hill that is on the south of the lower Beth-Horon;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:22 - and Beth-Arabah, Zemaraim, and Beth-El,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:22 - And the house of Joseph go up -- even they -- to Beth-El, and Jehovah is with them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:23 - and the house of Joseph cause men to spy about Beth-El (and the name of the city formerly is Luz),

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:5 - and she is dwelling under the palm-tree of Deborah, between Ramah and Beth-El, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel go up unto her for judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:18 - And they rise and go up to Beth-El, and ask of God, and the sons of Israel say, 'Who doth go up for us at the commencement to battle with the sons of Benjamin?' and Jehovah saith, 'Judah -- at the commencement.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:26 - And all the sons of Israel go up, even all the people, and come in to Beth-El, and weep, and sit there before Jehovah, and fast on that day till the evening, and cause to ascend burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:31 - And the sons of Benjamin come out to meet the people; they have been drawn away out of the city, and begin to smite some of the people -- wounded as time by time, in the highways (of which one is going up to Beth-El, and the other to Gibeah in the field), are about thirty men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:2 - And the people come in to Beth-El, and sit there till the evening before God, and lift up their voice, and weep -- a great weeping,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:19 - And they say, 'Lo, a festival of Jehovah is in Shiloh, from time to time, which is on the north of Beth-El, at the rising of the sun, by the highway which is going up from Beth-El to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:16 - and he hath gone from year to year, and gone round Beth-El, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all these places;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:3 - 'And thou hast passed on thence, and beyond, and hast come in unto the oak of Tabor, and found thee there have three men going up unto God to Beth-El, one bearing three kids, and one bearing three cakes of bread, and one bearing a bottle of wine,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:2 - and Saul chooseth for himself three thousand men out of Israel; and two thousand are with Saul in Michmash, and in the hill-country of Beth-El; and a thousand have been with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; and the remnant of the people he hath sent each to his tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:27 - to those in Beth-El, and to those in South Ramoth, and to those in Jattir,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:29 - And he setteth the one in Beth-El, and the other he hath put in Dan,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:32 - and Jeroboam maketh a festival in the eighth month, in the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival that is in Judah, and he offereth on the altar -- so did he in Beth-El -- to sacrifice to the calves which he made, and he hath appointed in Beth-El the priests of the high places that he made.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:33 - And he offereth up on the altar that he made in Beth-El, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month that he devised of his own heart, and he maketh a festival to the sons of Israel, and offereth on the altar -- to make perfume.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:1 - And lo, a man of God hath come from Judah, by the word of Jehovah, unto Beth-El, and Jeroboam is standing by the altar -- to make perfume;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4 - And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the word of the man of God that he calleth against the altar in Beth-El, that Jeroboam putteth forth his hand from off the altar, saying, 'Catch him;' and his hand is dried up that he hath put forth against him, and he is not able to bring it back unto him,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:10 - And he goeth on in another way, and hath not turned back in the way in which he came in unto Beth-El.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:11 - And a certain aged prophet is dwelling in Beth-El, and his son cometh and recounteth to him all the deed that the man of God hath done to-day in Beth-El, the words that he hath spoken unto the king, -- yea, they recount them to their father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:32 - for the word certainly cometh to pass that he called by the word of Jehovah concerning the altar which is Beth-El, and concerning all the houses of the high places that are in cities of Samaria.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:2 - and Elijah saith unto Elisha, 'Abide, I pray thee, here, for Jehovah hath sent me unto Beth-El;' and Elisha saith, 'Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, if I leave thee;' and they go down to Beth-El.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:3 - And sons of the prophets who are in Beth-El come out unto Elisha, and say unto him, 'Hast thou known that to-day Jehovah is taking thy lord from thy head?' and he saith, 'I also have known -- keep silent.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:23 - And he goeth up thence to Beth-El, and he is going up in the way, and little youths have come out from the city, and scoff at him, and say to him, 'Go up, bald-head! go up, bald-head!'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:29 - only -- the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, that he caused Israel to sin, Jehu hath not turned aside from after them -- the calves of gold that are at Beth-El, and in Dan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:28 - And one of the priests whom they removed from Samaria cometh in, and dwelleth in Beth-El, and he is teaching them how they do fear Jehovah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 - And the king commandeth Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out from the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that are made for Baal, and for the shrine, and for all the host of the heavens, and he burneth them at the outside of Jerusalem, in the fields of Kidron, and hath borne their ashes to Beth-El.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:15 - and also the altar that is in Beth-El, the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat made, by which he made Israel sin, both that altar and the high place he hath broken down, and doth burn the high place -- he hath beat it small to dust, and hath burnt the shrine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:17 - And he saith, 'What is this sign that I see?' and the men of the city say unto him, 'The grave of the man of God who hath come from Judah, and proclaimeth these things that thou hast done concerning the altar of Beth-El.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:19 - And also all the houses of the high places that are in the cities of Samaria, that the kings of Israel made to provoke to anger, hath Josiah turned aside, and doth to them according to all the deeds that he did in Beth-El.

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