Plural of Bethel; places of worship or spiritual significance, or referring to Bethel as a biblical location.
From Hebrew 'Beit-El' meaning 'house of God,' a place in ancient Palestine mentioned frequently in the Hebrew Bible. The word entered English through biblical translation.
Bethel appears throughout the Bible as a sacred site, and the name became so spiritually significant that Christian communities adopted it for their own chapels and meeting houses, spreading the name across the English-speaking world.
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