Strong H10082 sensesבֵּֽיתְ־אֵל

Meaning of the name

The 2 senses of Strong H1008

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H1008 appears in 63 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. Important city in Israel, associated with Abraham and Jacob.H1008GNot in the KJV
2. Town in Judah that received spoils from David's victory.H1008HNot in the KJV

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• el50
• beth10
• god4
• thence1

First verses

1. 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.
2. 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;
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Genesis 35:15
   And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth–el.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. Joshua 12:9
    The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth–el, one;
16. Joshua 12:16
    The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth–el, one;
17. 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,
18. Joshua 16:2
    And goeth out from Beth–el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
19. 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.
20. Joshua 18:22
    And Beth–arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth–el,