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Lexicon :: Strong's H1008 - bêṯ-'ēl

Aa
בֵּית־אֵל
Transliteration
bêṯ-'ēl
Pronunciation
bayth-ale'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8 - Then he proceeded H6275 from there H8033 to the mountain H2022 on the east H6924 of Bethel H1008, and pitched H5186 his tent H168 with Bethel H1008 on the west H3220 and Ai H5857 on the east H6924; and there H8033 he built H1129 an altar H4196 to the LORD H3068 and called H7121 upon the name H8034 of the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:3 - And he went H1980 [fn]on his journeys H4550 from the [fn]Negev H5045 as far H5704 as Bethel H1008, to the place H4725 where H834 H8033 his tent H168 had been H1961 at the beginning H8462, between H996 Bethel H1008 and Ai H5857,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:19 - Then he named H7121 H8034 that place H4725 [fn]Bethel H1008; but H199 [fn]previously H7223 the name H8034 of the city H5892 had been Luz H3870.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:13 - ‘I am the God H410 of Bethel H1008, where H834 H8033 you anointed H4886 a memorial H4676 stone H4676, where H834 H8033 you made H5087 a vow H5088 to Me; now H6258 arise H6965, [fn]leave H3318 H4480 this H2088 land H776, and return H7725 to the land H776 of your birth H4138.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:1 -

Then God H430 said H559 to Jacob H3290, “Arise H6965, go H5927 up H5927 to Bethel H1008 and live H3427 there H8033, and make H6213 an altar H4196 there H8033 to God H410, who appeared H7200 to you when you fled H1272 [fn]from your brother H251 Esau H6215.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3 - and let’s arise H6965 and go H5927 up H5927 to Bethel H1008, and I will make H6213 an altar H4196 there H8033 to God H410, who answered H6030 me on the day H3117 of my distress H6869 and has been H1961 with me [fn]wherever H1870 H834 I have gone H1980.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:6 - So Jacob H3290 came H935 to Luz H3870 (that is, Bethel H1008), which H834 is in the land H776 of Canaan H3667, he and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:7 - Then he built H1129 an altar H4196 there H8033, and called H7121 the place H4725 [fn]El-bethel H416, because H3588 there H8033 God H430 had revealed H1540 Himself to him when he fled H1272 [fn]from his brother H251.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:8 - Now Deborah H1683, Rebekah’s H7259 nurse H3243, died H4191, and she was buried H6912 below H4480 H8478 Bethel H1008 under H8478 the oak H437; and it was named H7121 H8034 [fn]Allon-bacuth H439.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:15 - And Jacob H3290 named H7121 H8034 the place H4725 where H834 H8033 God H430 had spoken H1696 with him, [fn]Bethel H1008.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:16 -

Then they journeyed H5265 on H5265 from Bethel H1008; but when there was still H5750 some H3530 distance H3530 H776 to go H935 to Ephrath H672, Rachel H7354 began to give H3205 birth H3205 and she suffered H7185 severe H7185 difficulties H7185 in her labor H3205.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:2 -

Now Joshua H3091 sent H7971 men H376 from Jericho H3405 to Ai H5857, which H834 is near H5973 Beth-aven H1007, east H6924 of Bethel H1008, and said H559 to them, “[fn]Go H5927 up H5927 and spy H7270 out H7270 the land H776.” So the men H376 went H5927 up H5927 and spied H7270 out H7270 Ai H5857.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:9 - So Joshua H3091 sent H7971 them away H7971, and they went H1980 to the place of ambush H3993 and remained H3427 between H996 Bethel H1008 and Ai H5857, on the west H3220 side H3220 of Ai H5857; but Joshua H3091 spent H3885 that night H3915 among H8432 the people H5971.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:12 - Then he took H3947 about five H2568 thousand H505 men H376 and set H7760 them in H693 ambush H693 between H996 Bethel H1008 and Ai H5857, on the west H3220 side H3220 of the [fn]city H5892.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:17 - So not a man H376 was left H7604 in Ai H5857 or Bethel H1008, [fn]but they had all gone H3318 out H3318 after H310 Israel H3478, and they left H5800 the city H5892 [fn]unguarded H6605 and pursued H7291 Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:9 - the king H4428 of Jericho H3405, one H259; the king H4428 of Ai H5857, which H834 is beside H4480 H6654 Bethel H1008, one H259;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:16 - the king H4428 of Makkedah H4719, one H259; the king H4428 of Bethel H1008, one H259;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:1 -

Then the lot H1486 for the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130 went H3318 from the Jordan H3383 at Jericho H3405 to the waters H4325 of Jericho H3405 on the east H4217 into the wilderness H4057, going H5927 up H5927 from Jericho H3405 through the hill H2022 country H2022 to Bethel H1008.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:2 - It went H3318 from Bethel H1008 to Luz H3870, and continued H5674 to the border H1366 of the Archites H757 at Ataroth H5852.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:13 - Then from there H8033 the border H1366 continued H5674 to Luz H3870, to the side H3802 of Luz H3870 (that is, Bethel H1008) southward H5045; and the border H1366 went H3381 down H3381 to Ataroth-addar H5853, near H5921 the hill H2022 which H834 lies on the south H5045 of lower H8481 Beth-horon H1032.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:22 - Beth-arabah H1026, Zemaraim H6787, and Bethel H1008,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:22 -

Likewise H1571 the house H1004 of Joseph H3130 went H5927 up H5927 against Bethel H1008, and the LORD H3068 was with them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:23 - The house H1004 of Joseph H3130 had men spy H8446 out H8446 Bethel H1008 (the name H8034 of the city H5892 previously H6440 was Luz H3870).
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:5 - She used to [fn]sit H3427 under H8478 the palm H8560 tree H8560 of Deborah H1683 between H996 Ramah H7414 and Bethel H1008 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669; and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 went H5927 up H5927 to her for judgment H4941.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:18 -

Now the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 set H6965 out H6965, went H5927 up H5927 to Bethel H1008, and inquired H7592 of God H430 and said H559, “Who H4310 shall go H5927 up H5927 first H8462 for us to battle H4421 against H5973 the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144?” Then the LORD H3068 said H559, “Judah H3063 shall go up first H8462.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:26 - Then all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 and all H3605 the people H5971 went H5927 up H5927 and came H935 to Bethel H1008, and they wept H1058 and remained H3427 there H8033 before H6440 the LORD H3068, and fasted H6684 that day H3117 until H5704 evening H6153. And they offered H5927 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and peace H8002 offerings H8002 before H6440 the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:31 - When the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 went H3318 out H3318 against H7122 the people H5971, they were lured H5423 away H5423 from the city H5892, and they began H2490 to strike H5221 and H5221 kill H5221 H2490 some H4480 of the people H5971 as at other H6471 times H6471, on the roads H4546 (one H259 of which H834 goes H5927 up H5927 to Bethel H1008, and the other H259 to Gibeah H1390), and in the field H7704, about thirty H7970 men H376 of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:2 - So the people H5971 came H935 to Bethel H1008 and sat H3427 there H8033 before H6440 God H430 until H5704 evening H6153, and raised H5375 their voices H6963 and wept H1058 [fn]profusely H1419 H1065.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:19 -

So they said H559, “Behold H2009, there is a feast H2282 of the LORD H3068 from year H3117 to year H3117 in Shiloh H7887, which H834 is on the north H6828 side H6828 of Bethel H1008, on the east H4217 H8121 side H4217 H8121 of the road H4546 that goes H5927 up H5927 from Bethel H1008 to Shechem H7927, and on the south H5045 side H5045 of Lebonah H3829.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:16 - And he used to go H1980 annually H1767 H8141 on H5437 a H5437 circuit H5437 to Bethel H1008, Gilgal H1537, and Mizpah H4709, and he judged H8199 Israel H3478 in all H3605 these H428 places H4725.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:3 - “Then you will go H2498 on H2498 farther H1973 from there H8033, and you will come H935 as far H5704 as the [fn]oak H436 of Tabor H8396, and there H8033 three H7969 men H376 going H5927 up H5927 to God H430 at Bethel H1008 will meet H4672 you: one H259 carrying H5375 three H7969 young H1423 goats H1423, another H259 carrying H5375 three H7969 loaves H3603 of bread H3899, and another H259 carrying H5375 a jug H5035 of wine H3196.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:2 -

Now Saul H7586 chose H977 for himself three H7969 thousand H505 men of Israel H3478, of whom two H505 thousand H505 were with Saul H7586 in Michmash H4363 and in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Bethel H1008, while a thousand H505 were with Jonathan H3083 at Gibeah H1390 of Benjamin H1144. But he sent H7971 the rest H3499 of the people H5971 away H7971, each H376 to his tent H168.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:27 - to those who H834 were in Bethel H1008, to those who H834 were in Ramoth H7418 of H7418 the H7418 [fn]Negev H7418, to those who H834 were in Jattir H3492,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:29 - And he set H7760 up H7760 one H259 in Bethel H1008, and the other H259 he put H5414 in Dan H1835.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:32 - Jeroboam H3379 also [fn]instituted H6213 a feast H2282 in the eighth H8066 month H2320 on the fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 of the month H2320, like the feast H2282 that is in Judah H3063, and he [fn]went H5927 up H5927 to the altar H4196. So H3651 he did H6213 in Bethel H1008, sacrificing H2076 to the calves H5695 which H834 he had made H6213. And he stationed H5975 in Bethel H1008 the priests H3548 of the high H1116 places H1116 which H834 he had made H6213.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:33 - Then he [fn]went H5927 up H5927 to the altar H4196 which H834 he had made H6213 in Bethel H1008 on the fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 in the eighth H8066 month H2320, the month H2320 that he had [fn]devised H908 [fn]in his own heart H3820; and he [fn]instituted H6213 a feast H2282 for the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 and [fn]went H5927 up H5927 to the altar H4196 to burn H6999 [fn]incense H6999.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:1 -

Now behold H2009, a man H376 of God H430 came H935 from Judah H3063 to Bethel H1008 by the word H1697 of the LORD H3068, while Jeroboam H3379 was standing H5975 at the altar H4196 to burn H6999 incense H6999.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4 - Now when the king H4428 heard H8085 the statement H1697 of the man H376 of God H430 which H834 he cried H7121 out H7121 against H5921 the altar H4196 in Bethel H1008, Jeroboam H3379 stretched H7971 out H7971 his hand H3027 from the altar H4196, saying H559, “Seize H8610 him!” But his hand H3027 which H834 he had stretched H7971 out H7971 toward H5921 him dried H3001 up H3001, and he could H3201 not draw H7725 it back H7725 to himself.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:10 - So he went H1980 another H312 way H1870 and did not return H7725 by the way H1870 that he had come H935 to Bethel H1008.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:11 -

Now an old H2205 prophet H5030 was living H3427 in Bethel H1008; and his [fn]sons H1121 came H935 and told H5608 him all H3605 the deeds H4639 which H834 the man H376 of God H430 had done H6213 that day H3117 in Bethel H1008; the words H1697 which H834 he had spoken H1696 to the king H4428, these also they reported H5608 to their father H1.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:32 - “For the thing H1697 will certainly H1961 come H1961 to H1961 pass H1961 which H834 he cried H7121 out H7121 by the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 against H5921 the altar H4196 that is in Bethel H1008, and against H5921 all H3605 the houses H1004 of the high H1116 places H1116 which H834 are in the cities H5892 of Samaria H8111.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:2 - And Elijah H452 said H559 to Elisha H477, “Stay H3427 here H6311 please H4994, for the LORD H3068 has sent H7971 me as far H5704 as Bethel H1008.” But Elisha H477 said H559, “As surely as the LORD H3068 lives H2416 and as you yourself H5315 live H2416, I will not leave H5800 you.” So they went H3381 down H3381 to Bethel H1008.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:3 - Then the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030 who H834 were at Bethel H1008 went H3318 out H3318 to Elisha H477 and said H559 to him, “Are H3045 you aware H3045 that the LORD H3068 will take H3947 away your master H113 from over H5921 [fn]you today H3117?” And he said H559, “Yes H1571, I am H3045 aware H3045; say H2814 nothing H2814 about it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:23 -

Now he went H5927 up H5927 from there H8033 to Bethel H1008; and as he was going H5927 up H5927 by the road H1870, some young H6996 boys H5288 came H3318 out H3318 from the city H5892 and ridiculed H7046 him and said H559 to him, “Go H5927 up H5927, you baldhead H7142; go H5927 up H5927, you baldhead H7142!”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:29 - However H7534, as for the sins H2399 of Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028, into which H834 he misled H2398 Israel H3478, from these Jehu H3058 did not desist H5493, including the golden H2091 calves H5695 that were at Bethel H1008 and at Dan H1835.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:28 - So one H259 of the priests H3548 whom H834 they had led H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 from Samaria H8111 came H935 and lived H3427 in Bethel H1008, and taught H3384 them how H349 they were to fear H3372 the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 -

Then the king H4428 commanded H6680 Hilkiah H2518 the high H1419 priest H3548, the priests H3548 of the second H4932 order, and the [fn]doorkeepers H8104 H5592 to bring H3318 out H3318 of the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 all H3605 the utensils H3627 that had been made H6213 for Baal H1168, for [fn]Asherah H842, and for all H3605 the heavenly H8064 [fn]lights H6635; and he burned H8313 them outside H4480 H2351 Jerusalem H3389 in the fields H7709 of the Kidron H6939 Valley, and carried H5375 their ashes H6083 to Bethel H1008.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:15 -

Furthermore H1571, the altar H4196 that was at Bethel H1008 and the high H1116 place H1116 which H834 Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028, who H834 misled H2398 Israel H3478 into H2398 sin H2398, had made H6213, even H1571 that altar H4196 and the high H1116 place H1116 he tore H5422 down H5422. Then he burned H8313 the high H1116 place H1116, ground H1854 the remains to dust H6083, and burned H8313 the Asherah H842.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:17 - Then he said H559, “What H4100 is this H1975 gravestone H6725 there H1975 that I see H7200?” And the men H376 of the city H5892 told H559 him, “It is the grave H6913 of the man H376 of God H430 who H834 came H935 from Judah H3063 and proclaimed H7121 these H428 things H1697 which H834 you have done H6213 against H5921 the altar H4196 of Bethel H1008.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:19 - Then Josiah H2977 also H1571 removed H5493 all H3605 the houses H1004 of the high H1116 places H1116 which H834 were in the cities H5892 of Samaria H8111, which H834 the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 had constructed H6213, [fn]provoking H3707 the LORD H3068 to H3707 anger H3707; and he did H6213 to them [fn]just H3605 H4639 as he had done H6213 in Bethel H1008.

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