El bet-el אֵל בֵּית־אֵל
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| אֵל בֵּית־אֵל | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | el bet-el |
| Strong's number | H416 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | El-bethel |
| Occurrences | 3 in 1 verse |
El bet-el (Hebrew אֵל בֵּית־אֵל, Strong's H416) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “El-bethel”. It occurs 3 times.
Definition
§ El Bethel = "The God of the House of God"
the place where God revealed Himself to Jacob
the place where God revealed Himself to Jacob
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | el beth el (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | el bethel (1) |
Verses
Every verse with El bet-el, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 35:7And he built there an altar, and called the place El–beth–el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).