STRONGS NUMBER H1008

H1008. Betheel

ֵבּיתְאֵל‎₇₁ proper name, of a location Bethel (so read, not בֵּיתאֵֿל‎ as Joshua 7:2 + according to see d. H; compare Baer Genesis 12:8; house of God, or house of El) —

1 ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identification with Luz (former name) Genesis 28:19; 35:6; Joshua 18:13; Judges 1:23; apparently distinguished from Luz Joshua 16:2 (yet compare Di); name connected with vision of Jacob when journeying to Paddan-Aram (JE) Genesis 28:19; 35:7 (where ֵבּיתְאֵל אֵל‎, but ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵐ5‎ Ol strike out אֵל‎; Di maintains); compare Hosea 12:5; when journeying from P.-A. Hos 35:15 (P); name apparently given first to a stone (Genesis 28:18; 35:14) compare We^{Skizzen iii. 70}; ֵבּיתְאֵל הַר‎ 1 Samuel 13:2; later important place of worship 10:3 בֵּיתְאֵל הָאֱלֹהִים אֶלֿ עָלָה‎; abode of prophet 1 Kings 13:11; 2 Kings 2:3; Jeroboam set up one of the golden calves at Bethel 1 Kings 12:29f. compare also 13:1f; 2 Kings 10:29; 23:15; Jeremiah 48:13 see further 2 Kings 17:28; 23:15 Th proposes on internal grounds, אַל בֵּית‎ house of nothingness, or ׳בּ אָלָה‎ house of execration; ׳בּ אָלָה‎ also Ren^{Hist. iii. 185}; in prophets Amos 3:14; 4:4; 5:5 (twice in verse); 5:6; 7:10, 13; Hosea 10:15; note especially Amos 5:5 לְאָ֑וֶן יִהְיֶה ביתאל‎, & אָוֶן בֵּית‎ (house of iniquity) as substitute for ביתאל‎ Hosea 4:15; 5:8; 10:5 (און בית עֶגְלוֺת‎); — modern Beitîn Rob^{BR i. 448 f.} Guérin^{Judée iii. 14-27} compare Bd^{Pal 215} Survey^{ii. 305.}

2 place in south country of Judah, not far from Beersheba & Ziklag 1 Samuel 30:27 compare We Dr; = כסיל ᵑ0‎ Joshua 15:30 (text error; ᵐ5‎ Βαιθηλ); also בְּתוּל‎ 19:4, בְּתוּאֵל‎ 1 Chronicles 4:30.