Quick Definition
Bethel
Biblical Persons & Places
Bethel
Bethel_1
A location first mentioned at Gen.12.8;
referred to as Bethel (KJV= House of God) (בֵּֽיתְ־אֵל), or Bethel (KJV= Beth-el) (בֵּית הָאֱלִי), or Aven (NIV= "wickedness") (אָ֫וֶן), or Bochim (בֹּכִים), or Luz (לוּז), or El-bethel (KJV= El-beth-el) (אֵל בֵּית־אֵל).
Bethel
Bethel_2= same as Bethul (Bethul@Jos.19.4=H1329) or Bethuel Bethuel@1Ch.4.30=H1328B)
A location near Beersheba first mentioned at Jos.12.16;
referred to as Bethel (בֵּֽיתְ־אֵל), or Bethuel (בְּתוּאֵל), or Bethul (בְּתוּל).
Strong's Definition
Beth-El, a place in Palestine
Derivation: from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H410 (אֵל); house of God;
KJV Usage: Beth-el.
TWOT Reference: 241a
Outline of Biblical Usage
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
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
§ Bethel = "house of God"
ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identified with Luz (former name)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
בֵּית־אֵל
bêytḣêl
BDB Definition:
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
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1004 and H410
Same Word by TWOT Number: 241a
Total KJV Occurrences: 76