בֵּֽיתְ־אֵל

bet-elBethel
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place142 occurrences14 books64 verses
This name belongs to 2 different places in the Bible:
  • Bethel: Important city in Israel, associated with Abraham and Jacob
  • Bethel: Town in Judah that received spoils from David's victory

Definition

from H1004 and H410; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Beth-el.

Glossary entries

Bethel (Place), Bethelite Luz Bethuel, Bethul (Place) Bochim Aven El-bethel

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

142 total
  1. Genesis 12:8 (4×)לְבֵֽית־ · of; אֵ֖ל · Bethel; בֵּֽית־ · with Bethel; אֵ֤ל
    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.
  2. Genesis 13:3 (4×)בֵּֽית־ · toward; אֵ֑ל · Bethel; בֵּֽית־; אֵ֖ל · Bethel
    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,
  3. Genesis 28:19 (2×)בֵּֽית־; אֵ֑ל · Bethel
    …and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
  4. Genesis 31:13 (2×)בֵּֽית־; אֵ֔ל · of Bethel
    I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up, leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”
  5. Genesis 35:1 (2×)בֵֽית־ · to; אֵ֖ל · Bethel
    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.”
  6. Genesis 35:3 (2×)בֵּֽית־ · to; אֵ֑ל · Bethel
    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.”
  7. Genesis 35:6 (2×)בֵּֽית־; אֵ֑ל · Bethel)
    So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
  8. Genesis 35:8 (2×)לְבֵֽית־; אֵ֖ל · Bethel
    Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth.
  9. Genesis 35:15 (2×)בֵּֽית־; אֵֽל׃ · Bethel
    Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
  10. Genesis 35:16 (2×)מִבֵּ֣ית · from; אֵ֔ל · Bethel
    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.
  11. Joshua 7:2 (2×)לְבֵֽית־; אֵ֔ל · of Bethel
    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.
  12. Joshua 8:9 (2×)בֵּֽית־; אֵ֛ל · Bethel
    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.
  13. Joshua 8:12 (2×)בֵּֽית־; אֵ֛ל · Bethel
    Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
  14. Joshua 8:17 (2×)וּבֵ֣ית; אֵ֔ל · or Bethel
    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.
  15. Joshua 12:9 (2×)בֵּֽית־; אֵ֖ל · Bethel
    …the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Bethel, one;
  16. Joshua 12:16 (2×)בֵּֽית־; אֵ֖ל · of Bethel
    …the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
  17. Joshua 16:1 (2×)בֵּֽית־; אֵֽל׃ · of Bethel
    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.
  18. Joshua 16:2 (2×)מִבֵּֽית־ · from; אֵ֖ל · Bethel
    It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.
  19. Joshua 18:13 (2×)בֵּֽית־; אֵ֑ל · Bethel
    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.
  20. Joshua 18:22 (2×)וּבֵֽית־; אֵֽל׃ · Bethel
    Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
  21. Judges 1:22 (2×)בֵּֽית־; אֵ֑ל · Bethel
    The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
  22. Judges 1:23 (2×)בְּבֵֽית־; אֵ֑ל · to Bethel
    They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),
  23. Judges 4:5 (2×)בֵּֽית־; אֵ֖ל · and Bethel
    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.