בֵּית־אֵל
Bêyth-ʼÊl · bayth-ale'
Beth-El, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H410 (אֵל); house of God;
Beth-El, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Beth-el.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign › strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads
The house, what is within of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign of strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בֵּית־אֵל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
142 occurrences · 142 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of bethel11 · 17%
- in bethel9 · 14%
- to bethel7 · 11%
- bethel5 · 8%
- and bethel4 · 6%
- of god4 · 6%
- between bethel3 · 5%
- from bethel3 · 5%
- having bethel1 · 2%
- even to bethel1 · 2%
- that is, bethel1 · 2%
- beneath bethel1 · 2%
- with him, bethel1 · 2%
- or bethel1 · 2%
- which is bethel1 · 2%
- against bethel1 · 2%
- which were in bethel1 · 2%
- he in bethel1 · 2%
- unto bethel1 · 2%
- me to bethel1 · 2%
- that were at bethel1 · 2%
- from thence unto bethel1 · 2%
- that were in bethel1 · 2%
- of them unto bethel1 · 2%
- that was at bethel1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.