What does בַּיִת · אֵל mean in the Bible?
בַּיִת · אֵל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "house of God".
Hebrew · H1004, H410
בֵּית־אֵל
A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) · strength ; as adjective, mighty ; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity )
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בַּיִת H1004 a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Pronunciation bêt YHWH
Physical dwelling expands to household, dynasty, and temple—the building contains and constitutes the family unit itself.
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אֵל H410 strength ; as adjective, mighty ; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity )
What does בֵּית־אֵל (bet-el) mean in the Bible?
בַּיִת · אֵל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "house of God".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1004, H410?
H1004, H410 is connected to 2,301 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. house of God
Strong's H1004, H410
Lexical occurrences 2,301 verses Source Gloss
house of God
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בֵּית־אֵל is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
G962 LXX equivalent Greek
Βηθεσδά Bēthesdá G964 LXX equivalent Greek
house of kindness; Beth-esda, a pool in Jerusalem
Βηθσαϊδά Bēthsaïdá G966 LXX equivalent Greek
fishing-house; Bethsaida, a place in Palestine
Βηθφαγή Bēthphagḗ G967 LXX equivalent Greek
fig-house; Beth-phage, a place in Palestine
G1664 LXX equivalent Greek
ἠλί ēlí G2241 LXX equivalent Greek
my God
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain