Definition

Beth-El, a place in Palestine

Etymology

from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H410 (אֵל); house of God;

Word family

• בַּיִת bayith
• אֵל ʼêl

How the KJV renders it

• Beth-el

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.