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BETHEL

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Biblical

Other Scripts: בֵית־אֵל (Hebrew)

Pronounced: BETH-əl (English)   [key]

From an Old Testament place name meaning "house of God" in Hebrew. This was a town north of Jerusalem, where Jacob saw his vision of the stairway. It is occasionally used as a given name.
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