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Lexicon :: Strong's H1035 - bêṯ leḥem

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בֵּית לֶחֶם
Transliteration
bêṯ leḥem
Pronunciation
bayth leh'-khem
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 241b

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs: בית לחם.

Strong’s Definitions

בֵּית לֶחֶם Bêyth Lechem, bayth leh'-khem; from H1004 and H3899; house of bread; Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine:—Bethlehem.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x

The KJV translates Strong's H1035 in the following manner: Bethlehem (31x), Bethlehemjudah (with H3063) (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x
The KJV translates Strong's H1035 in the following manner: Bethlehem (31x), Bethlehemjudah (with H3063) (10x).

  1. Beth-lehem = "house of bread (food)"

    1. a city in Judah, birthplace of David

    2. a place in Zebulun

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֵּית לֶחֶם Bêyth Lechem, bayth leh'-khem; from H1004 and H3899; house of bread; Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine:—Bethlehem.
STRONGS H1035: Abbreviations
בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם 41 proper name, of a location.
1. in Judah (place of bread. (food), modern Arabic بَيْت لَحْم, place of meat), 2 hours south of Jerusalem; birth-place of David; — בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם Ruth 1:19 + 11 times; ־לָחֶם בּ׳ 1 Samuel 20:6 + 9 times; בֵּית לָ֑חֶם Judges 12:8 + 11 times + Genesis 35:19; Genesis 48:7, where הוא בית לחם is a gloss, see אֶפְרָ֫תָה; ־לָ֑חֶם בּ׳ 1 Samuel 17:15 + 3 times; — as construct לֶ֫חֶם בּ׳ יְהוּדָה Judges 17:7, 8, 9; Judges 19:1, 2, 18 (twice in verse); Ruth 1:1, 2; 1 Samuel 17:12; treated as proper name, masculine 1 Chronicles 2:51, 54; 1 Chronicles 4:4; men of Bethlehem אַנְשֵׁי בּ׳ Nehemiah 7:26 = בְּנֵי בּ׳ Ezra 2:21; — on אֶפְרָ֫תָה as name of Bethlehem, & confusion arising from gloss Genesis 35:19; Genesis 48:7; — modern Beit Laḥm, 5 miles south of Jerusalem RobBR i. 471 BdPal 123 Surveyiii. 28, 83 GuérinJudée i. 120-206.
2. בֵּית לָ֑חֶם in Zebulun Joshua 19:15; perhaps also Judges 12:8, 10; = Beit Laḥm, 7 miles northwest of Nazareth RobBR iii. 113 Surveyi. 301.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

35:19; 35:19; 48:7; 48:7

Joshua

19:15

Judges

12:8; 12:8; 12:10; 17:7; 17:8; 17:9; 19:1; 19:2; 19:18

Ruth

1:1; 1:2; 1:19

1 Samuel

17:12; 17:15; 20:6

1 Chronicles

2:51; 2:54; 4:4

Ezra

2:21

Nehemiah

7:26

H1035

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1035 matches the Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (bêṯ leḥem),
which occurs 82 times in 39 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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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 (the same is Beth-lehem).

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:7 - And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:15 - and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:8 - And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:10 - And Ibzan died, and was buried at Beth-lehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7 - And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-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 out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a place, and he came to the hill-country of 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 Beth-lehem-judah, 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 farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2 - And his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there the space of four 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 Beth-lehem-judah unto the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim; from thence am I, and I went to Beth-lehem-judah: and I am now going to the house of Jehovah; and there is no man that taketh me into his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 - And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:2 - And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:19 - So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and the women said, Is this Naomi?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:22 - So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:4 - And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, Jehovah be with you. And they answered him, Jehovah bless thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4 - And Samuel did that which Jehovah spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, Comest thou peaceably?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:12 - Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken in years among men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:15 - Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:6 - If thy father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city; for it is the 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 Beth-lehem:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32 - And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and the day brake upon them at Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:14 - And David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:15 - And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:24 - Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:51 - Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:54

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:54 - The sons of Salma: Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:4 - and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:16 - And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:17 - And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto Jehovah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:26 - Also the mighty men of the armies: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:6 - He built Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:21 - The children of Beth-lehem, a hundred twenty and three.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:26 - The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, a hundred fourscore and eight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:17 - And they departed, and dwelt in Geruth Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:2 - But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
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