Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H1008
בֵּית־אֵל
Beth-Elbayth-ale'
Bethel
142 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Bêyth-ʼÊl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1008is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 14 of 39Old Testament books
- 20spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1008
Beth-El, a place in Palestine
The King James renders it: Beth-el.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Beth-El is rendered "Bethel". It stands 142 times in the Hebrew text, across fourteen books.
- Twenty-four of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 12:8From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
- The Greek text spells it twenty different ways.
The first use
From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
Genesis 12:8לְבֵֽית־
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in fourteen of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- -el71
- Beth-43
- in Beth-9
- and Beth-5
- at Beth-4
- from Beth-4
- of Beth-3
- to Beth-2
- O Beth-1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| בֵּין | ben | between | Uses407 |
| בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי | Beth hal-Lachmi | Bethlehemite | Uses8 |
| בֵּיצָה | betsah | egg | Uses6 |
| בֵּית הַשִּׁמְשִׁי | Beth hash-Shimshi | Bethshemite | Uses4 |
| בֵּין | ben | between | Uses2 |
| בֵּית הָאֱלִי | Beth ha-Eli | Bethelite | Uses2 |
The words it stands beside
All 142, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
20 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בֵּֽית־37
- אֵ֔ל17
- אֵ֖ל14
- אֵ֑ל14
- בְּבֵֽית־12
- אֵֽל׃8
- בֵֽית־7
- אֵל֙6
- אֵ֗ל5
- לְבֵֽית־5
- וּבֵֽית־4
- אֵ֛ל3
and 8 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)115HNpl
- preposition + proper noun (a name)22HR/Npl
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)5HC/Npl
Genesis
twenty-four uses
From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
- לְבֵֽית־leveit-preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Beth-
- אֵ֖לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֤לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֑לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֖לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֑לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up and leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֔לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
- בֵֽית־veit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֖לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֑לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֑לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.
- לְבֵֽית־leveit-preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Beth-
- אֵ֖לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵֽל׃ʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
- מִבֵּ֣יתmibeitpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Beth-
- אֵ֔לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Joshua
twenty uses
Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
- לְבֵֽית־leveit-preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Beth-
- אֵ֔לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֛לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֛לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.
- וּבֵ֣יתuveitconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Beth-
- אֵ֔לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Bethel, one;
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֖לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֖לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵֽל׃ʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.
- מִבֵּֽית־mibeit-preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Beth-
- אֵ֖לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֑לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
- וּבֵֽית־uveit-conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Beth-
- אֵֽל׃ʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Judges
eighteen uses
The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֑לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),
- בְּבֵֽית־beveit-preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Beth-
- אֵ֑לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֖לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
- בֵֽית־veit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵל֮ʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
- בֵֽית־veit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֗לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.
- בֵֽית־veit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֗לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֔לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
“But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
- לְבֵֽית־leveit-preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Beth-
- אֵל֙ʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
- מִבֵּֽית־mibeit-preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Beth-
- אֵ֖לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
1 Samuel
eight uses
Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֔לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֑לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֔לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
He sent gifts to those in Bethel, Ramoth Negev, and Jattir;
- בְּבֵֽית־beveit-preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Beth-
- אֵ֛לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
1 Kings
twenty uses
One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
- בְּבֵֽית־beveit-preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Beth-
- אֵ֑לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.
- בְּבֵֽית־beveit-preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Beth-
- אֵ֔לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
- בְּבֵ֣יתbeveitpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Beth-
- אֵ֔לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.
- בְּבֵֽית־beveit-preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Beth-
- אֵ֗לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֑לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.
- בְּבֵֽית־beveit-preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Beth-
- אֵ֔לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
So the man of God went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵֽל׃ פʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.
- בְּבֵֽית־beveit-preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Beth-
- אֵ֑לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
- בְּבֵֽית־beveit-preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Beth-
- אֵ֗לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.”
- בְּבֵֽית־beveit-preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Beth-
- אֵ֑לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
2 Kings
twenty uses
and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֔לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵֽל׃ʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Then the sons of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵל֮ʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֑לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֖לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.
- בְּבֵֽית־beveit-preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Beth-
- אֵ֑לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵֽל׃ʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.
- בְּבֵֽית־beveit-preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Beth-
- אֵ֗לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and pronounced these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵֽל׃ʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Just as Josiah had done at Bethel, so also in the cities of Samaria he removed all the shrines of the high places set up by the kings of Israel who had provoked the LORD to anger.
- בְּבֵֽית־beveit-preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Beth-
- אֵֽל׃ʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
1 Chronicles
two uses
Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֖לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
2 Chronicles
two uses
Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵל֙ʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Ezra
two uses
the men of Bethel and Ai, 223;
- בֵֽית־veit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵל֙ʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Nehemiah
four uses
the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;
- בֵֽית־veit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵל֙ʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;
- וּבֵֽית־uveit-conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Beth-
- אֵ֖לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Jeremiah
two uses
Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.
- מִבֵּ֥יתmibeitpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Beth-
- אֵ֖לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Hosea
four uses
Thus it will be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day dawns, the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: O Beth-
- אֵ֔לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵל֙ʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Amos
fourteen uses
On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֔לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
“Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.
- בֵֽית־veit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵל֙ʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֔לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
- וּבֵֽית־uveit-conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Beth-
- אֵ֖לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.
- לְבֵֽית־leveit-preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Beth-
- אֵֽל׃ʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֔לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
But never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”
- וּבֵֽית־uveit-conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Beth-
- אֵ֔לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Zechariah
two uses
Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, along with their men, to plead before the LORD
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- אֵ֔לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
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How the numbers are counted
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Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
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The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.