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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:19 - And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. H1035
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:7 - And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem. H1035
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:15 - And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: H1035 twelve cities with their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:8 - And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem H1035 judged Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:10 - Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem. H1035
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7 - And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah H1035 of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:8 - And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah H1035 to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:9 - And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, H1035 and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
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. H1035
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, H1035 and was there four whole months.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:18 - And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah H1035 toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, H1035 but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 - Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah H1035 went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
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 Bethlehemjudah. H1035 And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:19 - So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. H1035 And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, H1035 that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:22 - So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem H1035 in the beginning of barley harvest.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:4 - And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, H1035 and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem: H1035
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4 - And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. H1035 And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:12 - Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, H1035 whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:15 - But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem. H1035
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 H1035 his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:28 - And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem: H1035
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32 - And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. H1035 And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:14 - And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. H1035
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:15 - And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, H1035 which is by the gate!
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 Bethlehem, H1035 that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:24 - Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, H1035
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:51 - Salma the father of Bethlehem, H1035 Hareph the father of Bethgader.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:54 - The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, H1035 and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:4 - And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem. H1035
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:16 - And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem. H1035
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:17 - And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, H1035 that is at the gate!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, H1035 that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:26 - Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, H1035
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:6 - He built even Bethlehem, H1035 and Etam, and Tekoa,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:21 - The children of Bethlehem, H1035 an hundred twenty and three.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:26 - The men of Bethlehem H1035 and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:17 - And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, H1035 to go to enter into Egypt,
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:2 - But thou, Bethlehem H1035 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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