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Bethel
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bethel
English
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Etymology
From en he בֵּיתְאֵל betél Bethel house of Ēl/God.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbɛθəl/ Canada,US
en En-us-Bethel.ogg GA
Proper noun
en biblical Bethel en ancient town c/Palestine generally identified with modern Beitin in the r/West Bank; the site of Abraham's first altar.
en Any of several places in the <<c/USA>>:
en The largest <<city>> in western <<s/Alaska>>.
en census area s/Alaska, which includes the city.
en ghost town co/Madera County s/California.
en town co/Fairfield County s/Connecticut. TopoZone: Bethel, Connecticut
en town co/Sussex County s/Delaware.
en unincorporated community co/Wakulla County s/Florida.
en unincorporated community co/Delaware County s/Indiana.
en unincorporated community co/Wayne County s/Indiana.
en town co/Oxford County s/Maine.
en tiny city co/Anoka County s/Minnesota.
en village co/Shelby County s/Missouri.
en town co/Sullivan County s/New York.
en hamlet co/Dutchess County s/New York.
en town co/Pitt County s/North Carolina.
en village co/Clermont County s/Ohio.
en unincorporated community co/Comanche County s/Oklahoma.
en rural unincorporated community co/McCurtain County s/Oklahoma.
en neighborhood city/Eugene s/Oregon.
en unincorporated community co/Polk County s/Oregon.
en unincorporated community co/Berks County s/Pennsylvania.
en unincorporated community co/Wayne County s/Pennsylvania.
en ghost town co/York County s/South Carolina.
en unincorporated community co/Anderson County s/Texas.
en unincorporated community co/Henderson County s/Texas.
en town co/Windsor County s/Vermont. TopoZone: Bethel, Vermont
en unincorporated community co/Clarke County s/Virginia.
en CDP co/Kitsap County s/Washington.
en unincorporated community co/Wood County s/Wisconsin.
en A number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Bethel Township.
en small village wcomm/Bodorgan co/Anglesey cc/Wales OS grid ref SH3970.
Derived terms
en Bethel Park Bethelite Lower Mount Bethel Mount Bethel
References
German
de:+ (Bielefeld)
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Pronunciation
de /ˈbeːtəl/
de De-Bethel.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de Bible de Bethel biblical Bethel
de neighbourhood district/Gadderbaum city/Bielefeld state/North Rhine-Westphalia c/Germany, known for being largely occupied by the social business of the Bethel Foundation Bodelschwingh Foundation and the inhabitants of their hospitals
de metonymy The Bethel Foundation Bodelschwingh Foundation Bethel and its staff
de youth slang Bielefeld psych ward, bedlam
Declension
toponym
Old Irish
Alternative forms
sga Bethelém
Etymology
Borrowed from sga la Bethel, from sga grc Βαιθήλ, from sga hbo בֵּית־אֵל Bêṯ-ʾēl house of God; confounding Bethel (about 17 km north of Jerusalem) with Bethlehem (about 8 km south of it).
Proper noun
sga proper noun f genitive Beithile or Bethil
sga Bible sga Bethlehem Q5776
Inflection
A feminine ā-stem declension is extensively attested in the poems of Blathmac. It is also evidenced by its Middle Irish and modern Irish descendants. However, the Félire Óengusso has a lone attestation of an o-stem genitive singular sga Bethil.
Beithil s
Descendants
mga Bethel
ga Beithil An Bheithil
Mutation