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bethel

/ˈbɛθəl/

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What does bethel mean?

noun

  1. A holy place.
  2. A chapel, especially one for sailors, converted from an old ship.
  3. A chapter of Job's Daughters International.
More meanings (32)

noun

  1. Alternative form of baetyl (“sacred stone”).

proper noun

  1. An ancient town in Palestine, generally identified with modern Beitin in the West Bank; the site of Abraham's first altar.
  2. The largest city in western Alaska.
  3. A census area in Alaska, which includes the city.
  4. A ghost town in Madera County, California.
  5. A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
  6. A town in Sussex County, Delaware.
  7. An unincorporated community in Wakulla County, Florida.
  8. An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Indiana.
  9. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Indiana.
  10. A town in Oxford County, Maine.
  11. A tiny city in Anoka County, Minnesota.
  12. A village in Shelby County, Missouri.
  13. A town in Sullivan County, New York.
  14. A hamlet in Dutchess County, New York.
  15. A town in Pitt County, North Carolina.
  16. A village in Clermont County, Ohio.
  17. An unincorporated community in Comanche County, Oklahoma.
  18. A rural unincorporated community in McCurtain County, Oklahoma.
  19. A neighborhood of Eugene, Oregon.
  20. An unincorporated community in Polk County, Oregon.
  21. An unincorporated community in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
  22. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
  23. A ghost town in York County, South Carolina.
  24. An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Texas.
  25. An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Texas.
  26. A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
  27. An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Virginia.
  28. A census-designated place in Kitsap County, Washington.
  29. An unincorporated community in Wood County, Wisconsin.
  30. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Bethel Township.
  31. A small village in Bodorgan community, Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH3970).
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When the adverse odds became too strong for them, they quitted the church and set up a Bethel for themselves.
Harold FredericThe Damnation of Theron WareProject Gutenberg ebook #133
So, also, must have been the stone pillar set up by Jacob at Bethel (place of the sun).
Eliza Burt GambleThe God-Idea of the Ancients; Or, Sex in ReligionProject Gutenberg ebook #639
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After a week in town he returned to Bethel, riding with Brown in his sleigh, and found himself a social lion among his young friends.
Joel BentonA Unique Story of a Marvellous Career: Life of Hon. Phineas T. BarnumProject Gutenberg ebook #1576
Beside that well King Rehoboam let make two calves of gold and made them to be worshipped, and put that one at Dan and that other at Bethel.
John, Sir MandevilleThe Travels of Sir John MandevilleProject Gutenberg ebook #782
Mrs. Bethel and I are come strangely into fashion; but true critics in mode object to our having underjaws, and maintain that we are not dead comme il faut.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610