How to Pronounce El Bethel

el-BETH-uhl

El Bethel is pronounced el-BETH-uhl (ɛlˈbɛθəl): three syllables, stress on the second.

What does El Bethel mean?

El Bethel means “the God of Bethel”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Where was El Bethel?

God of Bethel, the name of the place where Jacob had the vision of the ladder, and where he erected an altar (Gen. 31:13; 35:7).

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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