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Lexicon :: Strong's G965 - bēthleem

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Βηθλέεμ
Transliteration
bēthleem (Key)
Pronunciation
bayth-leh-em'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
8x in 1 unique form(s) TR
8x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
15x in 1 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

†Βηθλεέμ Bēthleém, bayth-leh-em'; of Hebrew origin (H1036); Bethleem (i.e. Beth-lechem), a place in Palestine:—Bethlehem.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G965 in the following manner: Bethlehem (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G965 in the following manner: Bethlehem (8x).

  1. Bethlehem = "house of bread"

    1. a village about six miles (10 km) south of Jerusalem

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†Βηθλεέμ Bēthleém, bayth-leh-em'; of Hebrew origin (H1036); Bethleem (i.e. Beth-lechem), a place in Palestine:—Bethlehem.
STRONGS G965:
Βηθλεέμ, ἡ, [indeclinable] (in Josephus not only so [Antiquities 8, 10, 1], but also Βηθλεέμη, -ης, Antiquities 6, 8, 1; 11, 7; [7, 1, 3]; ἀπὸ Βηθλέμων, 5, 2, 8; ἐκ Βηθλεέμων, 5, 9, 1; [cf. 7, 13; 9, 2]), Bethlehem, (לֶחֶם בֵּית house of bread), a little town, named from the fertility of its soil, six Roman miles south of Jerusalem; now Beit Lachm, with about 3,000 ["5,000," Baedeker] inhabitants: Matthew 2:1, 5f, 8, 16; Luke 2:4, 15; John 7:42. Cf. Winers RWB, under the word; Robinson i., p. 470ff; Raumer, p. 313ff; Tobler, Bethlehem in Palästina as above with 1849; [Socin (i. e. Baedeker), Handbook. etc., under the word; Porter (i. e. Murray) ibid.; BB. DD.].
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
2:1; 2:5; 2:8; 2:16
Luke
2:4; 2:15
John
7:42

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G965 matches the Greek Βηθλέεμ (bēthleem),
which occurs 15 times in 14 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:19 - So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:10 - Then Ibzan died and was buried at Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7 - Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:8 - And the man departed from the town of Bethlehem in Judah to sojourn where he could find a place. And as he journeyed, he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:9 - And Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” And he said to him, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I may find a place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 - In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was sojourning in the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2 - And his concubine was unfaithful to[fn] him, and she went away from him to her father’s house at Bethlehem in Judah, and was there some four months.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:18 - And he said to him, “We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, from which I come. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to the house of the LORD,[fn] but no one has taken me into his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4 - Samuel did what the LORD commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, “Do you come peaceably?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:6 - If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem his city, for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the clan.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:28 - Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:17 - And they went and stayed at Geruth Chimham near Bethlehem, intending to go to Egypt

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:2 - [fn] But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
who are too little to be among the clans of Judah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ruler in Israel,
whose coming forth is from of old,
from ancient days.
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