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HebrewH1328Proper Noun (Masculine)

בְּתוּאֵל

be.tu.el

10Occurrences
H1328Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

apparently from the same as H1326 (בָּתָה) and H410 (אֵל); destroyed of God;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Milcah (H4435); brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Tebah (H2875); half-brother of: Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601); father of: Rebekah (H7259) and Laban (H3837A) § Bethuel = "God destroys" or "man of God" or "dweller in God" nephew of Abraham, son of Nahor by Milcah, father of Rebekah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

בְּתוּאֵל appears 10 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
9
1 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 4:30BSB

Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,

Genesis 22:23BSB

And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.

Genesis 24:24BSB

She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”

Genesis 24:50BSB

Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.

Genesis 28:2BSB

“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.