H1008: בֵּית־אֵל
Bêyth-ʼÊl · pronounced bayth-ale' · “Bethel”
Definition
Beth-El, a place in Palestine
KJV translates it as: Beth-el.
Word origin: from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H410 (אֵל); house of God;
Extended definition
ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identified with Luz (former name)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H1008 is translated
- -el ×71
- beth- ×65
- is beth- ×2
- were beth- ×2
- were at beth- ×1
- o beth- ×1
Bible verses with H1008 (Bêyth-ʼÊl)
Bêyth-ʼêl appears in 64 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Genesis 12:8
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth–el, and pitched his tent, having Beth–el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.
- Genesis 13:3
And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth–el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth–el and Hai;
- Genesis 28:19
And he called the name of that place Beth–el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
- Genesis 31:13
I am the God of Beth–el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
- Genesis 35:1
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth–el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
- Genesis 35:3
And let us arise, and go up to Beth–el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
- Genesis 35:6
So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth–el, he and all the people that were with him.
- Genesis 35:8
But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth–el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon–bachuth.
- Genesis 35:15
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth–el.
- Genesis 35:16
And they journeyed from Beth–el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
- Joshua 7:2
And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth–aven, on the east side of Beth–el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
- Joshua 8:9
Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth–el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
- Joshua 8:12
And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth–el and Ai, on the west side of the city.
- Joshua 8:17
And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth–el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
- Joshua 12:9
The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth–el, one;
- Joshua 12:16
The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth–el, one;
- Joshua 16:1
And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth–el,
- Joshua 16:2
And goeth out from Beth–el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
- Joshua 18:13
And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth–el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth–adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth–horon.
- Joshua 18:22
And Beth–arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth–el,
- Judges 1:22
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth–el: and the Lord was with them.
- Judges 1:23
And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth–el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
- Judges 4:5
And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth–el in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
- Judges 20:18
And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up first.
- Judges 20:26
Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the Lord, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
All 64 references
- Judges 20:31
- Judges 21:2
- Judges 21:19
- 1 Samuel 7:16
- 1 Samuel 10:3
- 1 Samuel 13:2
- 1 Samuel 30:27
- 1 Kings 12:29
- 1 Kings 12:32
- 1 Kings 12:33
- 1 Kings 13:1
- 1 Kings 13:4
- 1 Kings 13:10
- 1 Kings 13:11
- 1 Kings 13:32
- 2 Kings 2:2
- 2 Kings 2:3
- 2 Kings 2:23
- 2 Kings 10:29
- 2 Kings 17:28
- 2 Kings 23:4
- 2 Kings 23:15
- 2 Kings 23:17
- 2 Kings 23:19
- 1 Chronicles 7:28
- 2 Chronicles 13:19
- Ezra 2:28
- Nehemiah 7:32
- Nehemiah 11:31
- Jeremiah 48:13
- Hosea 10:15
- Hosea 12:4
- Amos 3:14
- Amos 4:4
- Amos 5:5
- Amos 5:6
- Amos 7:10
- Amos 7:13
- Zechariah 7:2