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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 15 times in 14 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:19

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:10

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7 - A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:8 - left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way[fn] he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:9 - Micah asked him, “Where are you from?” “I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he said, “and I’m looking for a place to stay.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 - In those days Israel had no king. Now a Levite who lived in a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim took a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2 - But she was unfaithful to him. She left him and went back to her parents’ home in Bethlehem, Judah. After she had been there four months,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:18 - He answered, “We are on our way from Bethlehem in Judah to a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim where I live. I have been to Bethlehem in Judah and now I am going to the house of the LORD.[fn] No one has taken me in for the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4 - Samuel did what the LORD said. When he arrived at Bethlehem, the elders of the town trembled when they met him. They asked, “Do you come in peace?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:6 - If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David earnestly asked my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because an annual sacrifice is being made there for his whole clan.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:28 - Jonathan answered, “David earnestly asked me for permission to go to Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:17 - And they went on, stopping at Geruth Kimham near Bethlehem on their way to Egypt

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:2 - “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans[fn] of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”
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