Strong H1328H1328Aבְּתוּאֵל

Bethuel

One of the 2 senses of Strong H1328

Transliteration
bethû'êl
Pronunciation
beth-oo-ale'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.22.22;
son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Milcah (H4435);
brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Tebah (H2875);
half-brother of: Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601);
father of: Rebekah (H7259) and Laban (H3837A)

Meaning of the name

Bethuel = "God destroys" or "man of God" or "dweller in God"

General definition

Apparently from the same as H1326 and H410; destroyed of God;
{Bethuel} the name of a nephew of {Abraham} and of a place in Palestine: - Bethuel. Compare H1329 .

In the biblical story

Bethuel

Father of Rebekah, Isaac's wife

Bethuel, the son of Nahor and Milcah, was the father of Rebekah, Isaac's wife.

In the Bible

Strong H1328A appears in 9 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • bethuel9

First verses

  1. Genesis 22:22
    And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
  2. Genesis 22:23
    And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
  3. Genesis 24:15
    And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
  4. Genesis 24:24
    And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
  5. Genesis 24:47
    And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
  6. Genesis 24:50
    Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the Lord: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
  7. Genesis 25:20
    And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan–aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
  8. Genesis 28:2
    Arise, go to Padan–aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
  9. Genesis 28:5
    And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan–aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
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