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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 - And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7 - And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah 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 out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:9 - And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 - And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2 - And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:18 - And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4 - And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:6 - If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:28 - And 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 departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:2 - But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
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