Bᵉthûwʼêl — H1328

Definition

masculine proper noun

Bethuel, the name of a nephew of Abraham, and of a place in Palestine

1. Bethuel = "God destroys" or "man of God" or "dweller in God"
2. n pr m
3. nephew of Abraham, son of Nahor by Milcah, father of Rebekah
4. n pr loc
5. a town of Simeon in the south

Usually translated as

Bethuel

Origin

apparently from the same as H1326 and H410; destroyed of God

• Same as Bâthâh (H1326)
• Same as ʼêl (H410)

Occurrences

Bᵉthûwʼêl occurs 10 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (9), 1 Chronicles (1)

• Genesis 22:22 — And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel (בְּתוּאֵֽל).
• Genesis 22:23 — And Bethuel (וּבְתוּאֵ֖ל) begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
• Genesis 24:15 — And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel (לִבְתוּאֵ֣ל), son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
• Genesis 24:24 — And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel (בְּתוּאֵ֖ל) the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
• Genesis 24:47 — And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel (בְּתוּאֵל֙), Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
• Genesis 24:50 — Then Laban and Bethuel (וּבְתוּאֵל֙) answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
• Genesis 25:20 — And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel (בְּתוּאֵל֙) the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
• Genesis 28:2 — Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel (בְתוּאֵ֖ל) thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
• Genesis 28:5 — And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel (בְּתוּאֵל֙) the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
• 1 Chronicles 4:30 — And at Bethuel (וּבִבְתוּאֵ֥ל), and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,