bethel
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3ADJ.
all
VERB + BETHEL
go, mount, surnamed
PREP.
between, up
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noun
A holy place.
A chapel, especially one for sailors, converted from an old ship.
Six thousand of this number constitute the seafaring portion of the floating population of New York and Brooklyn, and for their particular accommodation there are, of mission stations and bethels, fifteen places that invite the sailor to hear the Word of God.
1867, The Sailor's Magazine, Volumes 29-30, The American Seamen's Friend Society, page 196, Under the care of this body are two Floating Bethels, one in the East and the other in the North River, a "Missionary at large," and the "New Sailor's Home," 338 Pearl Street. The average attendance at the Bethels is about 110 each.
A chapter of Job's Daughters International.
noun
Alternative form of baetyl (“sacred stone”).
name
An ancient town in Palestine, generally identified with modern Beitin in the West Bank; the site of Abraham's first altar.
Any of several places in the United States:
Any of several places in the United States:
Any of several places in the United States:
Any of several places in the United States:
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6Six thousand of this number constitute the seafaring portion of the floating population of New York and Brooklyn, and for their particular accommodation there are, of mission stations and bethels, fif
Wiktionary1867, The Sailor's Magazine, Volumes 29-30, The American Seamen's Friend Society, page 196, Under the care of this body are two Floating Bethels, one in the East and the other in the North River, a "M
WiktionaryBethels would be opened in all ports to provide sailors with facilities to shield them from the pervasive temptations of alcohol and prostitution. Once in the Bethels, the sailors would receive regula
WiktionaryArise, and let us go up to Bethel, that we may make there an altar to God, who heard me in the day of my affliction, and accompanied me in my journey.
Tatoeba · #7864963And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of Canaan, surnamed Bethel: he and all the people that were with him.
Tatoeba · #7865239And he called the name of the city Bethel, which before was called Luza.
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