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בֵּית־אֵל H1008

H1008 is the Hebrew word בֵּית־אֵל, transliterated Bêyth-ʼÊl and said bayth-ale'. The King James Version most often renders it bethel.

Word: בֵּית־אֵלTransliteration: Bêyth-ʼÊlSaid: bayth-ale'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 59 verses

What it means

Beth-El, a place in Palestine.

Where it comes from

from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H410 (אֵל); house of God.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 66 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

bethel 52×god 4×between bethel 3×having bethel 1×even to bethel 1×beneath bethel 1×or bethel 1×against bethel 1×thence unto bethel 1×more at bethel 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: Beth-el.

Verses using בֵּית־אֵל

The first 40 of 59 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 12:8 · KJV

And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel 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 · KJV

And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;

Genesis 28:19 · KJV

And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

Genesis 31:13 · KJV

I am the God of Bethel, 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 · KJV

And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, 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 · KJV

And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; 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 · KJV

So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.

Genesis 35:8 · KJV

But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

Genesis 35:16 · KJV

And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

Joshua 7:2 · KJV

And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.

Joshua 8:9 · KJV

Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

Joshua 8:12 · KJV

And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

Joshua 8:17 · KJV

And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

Joshua 12:9 · KJV

The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

Joshua 12:16 · KJV

The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;

Joshua 16:2 · KJV

And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,

Joshua 18:13 · KJV

And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.

Judges 1:22 · KJV

And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them.

Judges 1:23 · KJV

And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

Judges 4:5 · KJV

And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

Judges 20:18 · KJV

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 · KJV

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.

Judges 20:31 · KJV

And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

Judges 21:2 · KJV

And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;

Judges 21:19 · KJV

Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

1 Samuel 7:16 · KJV

And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.

1 Samuel 10:3 · KJV

Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:

1 Samuel 13:2 · KJV

Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

1 Samuel 30:27 · KJV

To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,

1 Kings 12:29 · KJV

And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.

1 Kings 12:32 · KJV

And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.

1 Kings 12:33 · KJV

So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

1 Kings 13:1 · KJV

And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

1 Kings 13:4 · KJV

And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.

1 Kings 13:10 · KJV

So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.

1 Kings 13:11 · KJV

Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.

1 Kings 13:32 · KJV

For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

2 Kings 2:2 · KJV

And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel.

2 Kings 2:3 · KJV

And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.

2 Kings 2:23 · KJV

And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

Common questions

What does Strong's H1008 mean?

H1008 is the Hebrew word בֵּית־אֵל (Bêyth-ʼÊl), meaning Beth-El, a place in Palestine.

How is H1008 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it bethel (52 times), god (4 times), between bethel (3 times), having bethel (1 time), even to bethel (1 time), among others.

How many times does H1008 appear in the Bible?

בֵּית־אֵל (Bêyth-ʼÊl) is tagged in 59 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H1008 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H410 (אֵל); house of God.

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