Bethel
Bethel was an ancient Israelite city and sacred space that is frequently mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Bethel is first referred to in the Bible as being near the place where Abram pitched his tent.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 2,950 residents
- Description: biblical place
- Also known as: “Baytin”, “Baytīn”, “Beitīn”, “Bitayn”, and “Luz”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Burj Beitin and Government Departments Complex.
Government Departments Complex
Public building
Photo: PalestinianLiberator, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mukataa is an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center, particularly in Palestine. Mukataas were mostly built during the British Mandate as Tegart forts and were used both as British government centers and as dwellings for the British administrative staff. Government Departments Complex is situated 3½ km southwest of Bethel.
Beit Midrash
Synagogue
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Beit El Yeshiva is a Religious Zionist Yeshiva situated in the Israeli settlement of Beit El, a community in the Binyamin region near Ramallah in the Israeli-controlled Area C of the West Bank. Beit Midrash is situated 2½ km northwest of Bethel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Biteen and Giv’at Asaf.
Biteen
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beitin is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank, located 5 kilometers northeast of Ramallah along the Ramallah-Nablus road.
Giv’at Asaf
Hamlet
Photo: Dvirraz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Giv'at Asaf is an Israeli outpost in the West Bank. Located 3.5 kilometres from the settlement of Beit El, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.
Bet El
Village
Beit El or Beth El is an Israeli settlement and local council located in the Binyamin Region of the West Bank. The Orthodox Jewish town was settled in 1977–78 by the ultranationalist group Gush Emunim.
Bethel
- Categories: human settlement and biblical place
- Location: Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Yiddish—“Bethel” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ቤቴል”
- Arabic: “بيت إيل (الكتاب المقدس)”
- Arabic: “بيت إيل”
- Arabic: “بيتين”
- Armenian: “Բեթ Էլ”
- Asturian: “Bethel”
- Basque: “Betel”
- Belarusian: “Бэтэль”
- Catalan: “Betel”
- Central Bikol: “Betel”
- Chinese: “伯特利”
- Czech: “Bét-el”
- Czech: “Bétel”
- Danish: “Betel”
- Dutch: “Bethel”
- Esperanto: “Bet-El”
- Finnish: “Betel”
- French: “Béthel”
- French: “Louz”
- French: “Luz”
- German: “Bet-El”
- German: “Bethel”
- Greek: “Βαιθήλ”
- Hebrew: “בית אל”
- Hebrew: “ביתאל”
- Hungarian: “Bétel”
- Indonesian: “Betel”
- Irish: “An Bheithil”
- Italian: “Beit El”
- Italian: “Betel”
- Italian: “Beth El”
- Italian: “Bethel”
- Japanese: “ベテル”
- Korean: “베델”
- Korean: “벧엘”
- Ladino: “Bethel”
- Latin: “Bethel (Biblia)”
- Latin: “Bethel”
- Malagasy: “Betela”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Betel”
- Norwegian: “Betel”
- Persian: “بثئیل”
- Polish: “Betel”
- Portuguese: “Betel”
- Russian: “Бейт-Эль”
- Russian: “Бет-Эль”
- Russian: “Вефиль”
- Slovenian: “Betel”
- Spanish: “Betel”
- Spanish: “Bethel”
- Swedish: “Betel, Samarien”
- Swedish: “Betel”
- Tagalog: “Betel”
- Tamil: “பெத்தேல்”
- Turkish: “Bethel”
- Ukrainian: “Бейт-Ель”
- Ukrainian: “Бет-Ел”
- Ukrainian: “Бет-Ель”
- Urdu: “بیت ایل (کتاب مقدس)”
- Urdu: “بیت ایل”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bethel”
- Welsh: “Bethel”
- Yiddish: “בית אל”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Khirbat Dayr Shabāb al Qiblīyah and ‘Ayn al ‘Aqabah.
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