ΒΗΘΗΛʼ, βηθηλʼ
BĒTHĒLʼ, bēthēlʼ
Sounds Like: BEE-thayl
Translations: Bethel
From the root: ΒΗΘΗΛ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This is a proper noun referring to a significant ancient city in Canaan, mentioned frequently in the Old Testament. Its name means 'House of God'. The final apostrophe is a keraia, indicating that the word is being used as a numeral, specifically the number 2000 in this context, or it could be a coronis indicating an elision, though less likely for a proper noun.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G0964 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
None found.
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΗΘΗΛ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.