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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Bethel
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Baal Baal Peor Baal Zebub Babel/ Babylon Balaam Balak Barak Basemath Bathsheba Bathshua Beelzebub Beer lahai roi Beersheba Ben/Benjamin Ben-oni Beor Bera Bethel Bethlehem Bethuel Bezalel Bileam Bilhah Birsha Boaz Buz |
Bethel
There are two Bethels mentioned in the Bible. One is a town in Simeon (1 Sam 30:27). The other is the town that would fall within the borders of Benjamin. The latter was named by Jacob (Gen 28:19). Abraham dwelled there long before (Gen 12:8), at which time the place was known as Luz. |
(bayit 241) meaning house, household, home, temple. The second segment is 
(El 93a), the common abbreviation of the word
