1. Bethel (city) — The ancient Canaanite city renamed by Jacob (formerly Luz), located north of Jerusalem in the hill country of Ephraim; a major cultic site where Jacob saw the ladder to heaven (Gen 28), where the ark of the covenant was kept (Judg 20), and later where Jeroboam set up a golden calf shrine (1 Kgs 12–13). 72×
AR["بَيْت-إِيلَ","بَيْتَ-إِيل","بَيْتُ-إِيلَ","بَيْتِ-إيلَ","بَيْتِ-إِيلَ","في-بَيتِ-إيلَ","فِي-بَيْت-إِيلَ","فِي-بَيْتِ-إيل","فِي-بَيْتِ-إِيلَ"]·ben["বেথেল","বেথেলে","বেথেলের","বৈথেল","বৈথেলকে","বৈথেলে","বৈথেলের","বৈৎ-এল","বৈৎ-এলে"]·DE["Bethel","in-Bethel"]·EN["Beit-El","Bethel","in-Bethel","to-Bethel"]·FR["Béthel","dans-Béthel"]·heb["ב-בית-אל","בְּ-בֵית-אֵל","בֵּית-אֵל","בית-אל","ביתאל"]·HI["बेइत-एल-मेइन","बेतेल","बेतेल-का","बेतेल-की","बैत-एल","बैत-एल-में","बैत-एल-में-थे","बैतएल"]·ID["Betel","di-Betel","ke-Betel"]·IT["Betel","Bethel","in-Bethel"]·jav["Bèt-El","Bètèl","Bét-Él","Bétél","dhateng-Bèt-El","ing-Bèitèl","ing-Bètèl","wonten-ing-Bètèl"]·KO["베델","베델-에-있는","베델과","베델로","베델의","베델이","벧엘로","벧엘에","벧엘을","벧엘의","에-베덜","에-벧엘에","에-벧엘에서"]·PT["Beit-'El","Beit-El","Beyt-El","em-Beit-'El","em-Beyt-El"]·RU["-в-Бейт-Эле","Бейт-Эль","Бейт-Эля","Бет-Элем","Бет-Эль","Бет-Эля","в-Бейт-Эле","в-Бейт-Эль","в-Вефиле"]·ES["Bet-El","Bet-el","Betel","a-Betel","en-Bet-El","en-Bet-el","en-Betel"]·SW["Betheli","katika-Betheli"]·TR["-Beyt-El'de","Beyt-El","Beyt-El'de","Beyt-El'e","Beyt-El'in","Beyt-El-e","Beytel","Beytel'e","Beytel'i","Beytel'in"]·urd["بیت-ایل","بیت-ایل-میں","بیت-ایل-میں-تھے","بیت-ایل-کو","بیت-ایل-کی","بیت-ایل-کے"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
בֵּֽיתְאֵל71 n.pr.loc. Bethel (so read, not בֵּית־אֵל as Jos 7:2 + according to v. d. H; cf. Baer Gn 12:8; house of God, or house of Ēl)— 1. ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identif. with Luz (former name) Gn 28:19; 35:6 Jos 18:13 Ju 1:23; appar. distinguished from Luz Jos 16:2 (yet cf. Di); name connected with vision of Jacob when journeying to Paddan-Aramaic…