Definition of "bethel" []

• A hallowed or holy place. (noun)
• A chapel for seafarers. (noun)
• Chiefly British A Nonconformist chapel, especially a Baptist or Methodist one. (noun)

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• "The house was called bethel agreeable to the prayer that was made."
• "Note: I thought "bethel" was the word for house in Hebrew - what is this Jeru stuff?"
• "She sprang from the bed and hurriedly rearranged the bethel on her bedspread."