Etymology?:
from bēt בֵּית ‘between / house’ and ʾēl אֵל ‘god’
Roots:
בית
אל
bētᵊ-ʾēl pr n loc
Bethel = "house of God"
1) ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identified with Luz (former name)
2) a place in south country of Judah, not far from Beersheba and Ziklag
Mentioned in Genesis 12:8, 13:3, 28:19, 35:1, 35:7, 31:13, 35:3, 35:15, 35:8, 35:16, 35:6 Joshua 12:9, 12:16, 8:17, 7:2, 8:12, 8:9, 16:2, 18:13, 16:1, 18:22 Judges 20:31, 4:5, 20:18, 21:2, 21:19, 20:26, 1:22, 1:23 1 Samuel 13:2, 10:3, 7:16, 30:27 1 Kings 13:11, 12:29, 13:10, 13:1, 13:4, 12:32, 12:33, 13:32 2 Kings 2:3, 17:28, 10:29, 23:17, 2:2, 2:23, 23:15, 23:19, 23:4 Jeremiah 48:13 Hosea 12:5, 10:15 Amos 5:5, 5:6, 7:10, 3:14, 4:4, 7:13 Zechariah 7:2 Ezra 2:28 Nehemiah 7:32, 11:31 1 Chronicles 7:28 2 Chronicles 13:19