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Elbethel. [El-beth'-el]


Name given by Jacob to the place of the altar which he built at Beth- el to God who appeared to him when he fled from Esau. Beth-el signifies 'House of God,' and on his return to that place he received the revelation of God's name, Almighty (compare Gen. 32: 29), and worshipped the 'God of Beth-el,' "because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother." Gen. 35: 7.