Lexical Summary Betheel: "house of God", a city in Ephraim, also a place in S. Judah Original Word: בֵּית־אֵלTransliteration: Betheel Phonetic Spelling: (bayth-ale') Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: "house of God", a city in Ephraim, also a place in S. Judah Meaning: Bethel -- "house of God", a city in Ephraim, also a place in southern Judah Strong's Concordance Beth-el From bayith and 'el; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine -- Beth-el. see HEBREW bayith see HEBREW 'el Brown-Driver-Briggs H1008. Betheel ֵבּיתְאֵל71 proper name, of a location Bethel (so read, not בֵּיתאֵֿל 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; 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; 35:7 (where ֵבּיתְאֵל אֵל, but ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵐ5 Ol strike out אֵל; Di maintains); compare Hosea 12:5; when journeying from P.-A. Hos 35:15 (P); name apparently given first to a stone (Genesis 28:18; 35:14) compare WeSkizzen iii. 70; ֵבּיתְאֵל הַר 1 Samuel 13:2; later important place of worship 10:3 בֵּיתְאֵל הָאֱלֹהִים אֶלֿ עָלָה; 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 13:1f; 2 Kings 10:29; 23:15; Jeremiah 48:13 see further 2 Kings 17:28; 23:15 Th proposes on internal grounds, אַל בֵּית house of nothingness, or ׳בּ אָלָה house of execration; ׳בּ אָלָה also RenHist. iii. 185; in prophets Amos 3:14; 4:4; 5:5 (twice in verse); 5:6; 7:10, 13; Hosea 10:15; note especially Amos 5:5 לְאָ֑וֶן יִהְיֶה ביתאל, & אָוֶן בֵּית (house of iniquity) as substitute for ביתאל Hosea 4:15; 5:8; 10:5 (און בית עֶגְלוֺת); — 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; = כסיל ᵑ0 Joshua 15:30 (text error; ᵐ5 Βαιθηλ); also בְּתוּל 19:4, בְּתוּאֵל 1 Chronicles 4:30. |
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