bethel

Meanings

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

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

1. An ancient town in Palestine, generally identified with modern Beitin in the West Bank; the site of Abraham's first altar.
2. Any of several places in the United States:
3. The largest city in western Alaska.
4. A census area in Alaska, which includes the city,
5. A ghost town in Madera County, California.
6. A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
7. A town in Sussex County, Delaware.
8. An unincorporated community in Wakulla County, Florida.
9. An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Indiana.
10. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Indiana.
11. A town in Oxford County, Maine.
12. A tiny city in Anoka County, Minnesota.

Etymology

From Hebrew בֵּית אֵל (beth el, literally “house of God”). See also Bethel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .