בְּתוּאֵל
Bᵉthûwʼêl · beth-oo-ale'
Bethuel, the name of a nephew of Abraham, and of a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: apparently from the same as H1326 (בָּתָה) and H410 (אֵל); destroyed of God;
Bethuel, the name of a nephew of Abraham, and of 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: Bethuel. Compare H1329 (בְּתוּל).
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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 mark, the covenant sign › to fasten and establish › strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads
The house, what is within of the mark, the covenant sign that works to fasten and establish of strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּתוּאֵל 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of bethuel5 · 50%
- and bethuel3 · 30%
- to bethuel1 · 10%
- and at bethuel1 · 10%
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.