Bêyth hâ-ʼĔlîy — H1017

Definition

adjective

a Beth-elite, or inhabitant of Bethel

1. Bethelite = "house of God"
2. an inhabitant of Bethel

Usually translated as

Bethelite

Origin

patrial from H1008 with the article interposed

• Derived from Bêyth-ʼÊl (H1008)

Occurrences

Bêyth hâ-ʼĔlîy occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (1)

• 1 Kings 16:34 — In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite (בֵּ֥ית) build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.