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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.].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 8 times in 8 verses in the TR Greek.

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Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem G965 of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, [fn]magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:5 - They said to him, “In Bethlehem G965 of Judea; for this is what has been written [fn]by [fn]the prophet:

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‘AND YOU, BETHLEHEM G965, LAND OF JUDAH,

ARE BY NO MEANS LEAST AMONG THE LEADERS OF JUDAH;

FOR FROM YOU WILL COME FORTH A RULER

WHO WILL SHEPHERD MY PEOPLE ISRAEL.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:8 - And he sent them to Bethlehem G965 and said, “Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him.”

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Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent men and killed all the boys who were in Bethlehem G965 and all its vicinity [fn]who were two years old or under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:4 - Now Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem G965, because he was of the house and family of David,

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When the angels had departed from them into heaven, the shepherds began saying to one another, “Let’s go straight to Bethlehem G965, then, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:42 - “Has the Scripture not said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem G965, the village where David was?”
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