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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem H1035).

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:7 - “Now as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died, [fn]to my sorrow, in the land of Canaan on the journey, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem H1035).”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:15 - Included also were Kattah and Nahalal and Shimron and Idalah and Bethlehem H1035; twelve cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:8 -

Then Ibzan of Bethlehem H1035 judged Israel after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:10 - Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem H1035.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7 -

And there was a young man from Bethlehem H1035 in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was sojourning there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:8 - Then the man went from the city, from Bethlehem H1035 in Judah, to sojourn wherever he might find a place; and as he made his journey, he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:9 - And Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” And he said to him, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem H1035 in Judah, and I am going to sojourn wherever I may find a place.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 -

Now it happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning in the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem H1035 in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2 - But his concubine played the harlot against him, and she went away from him to her father’s house in Bethlehem H1035 in Judah and was there for a period of four months.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:18 - And he said to him, “We are passing from Bethlehem H1035 in Judah to the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim. I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem H1035 in Judah. But I am now going to [fn]the house of Yahweh, and no man is taking me into his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 -

Now it happened in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem H1035 in Judah went to sojourn in the fields of Moab [fn]with his wife and his two sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:2 - The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife, Naomi; and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem H1035 in Judah. Now they came to the fields of Moab and remained there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:19 -

Then they both went until they came to Bethlehem H1035. Now it happened, when they had come to Bethlehem H1035, all the city was stirred because of them, and [fn]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 with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, who returned from the fields of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem H1035 at the beginning of barley harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:4 - Now behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem H1035 and said to the reapers, “May Yahweh be with you.” And they said to him, “May Yahweh bless you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - And all the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May Yahweh grant the woman who is coming into your home to be like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel, and so you shall [fn]achieve [fn]excellence in Ephrathah and shall [fn]proclaim your name in Bethlehem H1035.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4 - So Samuel did what Yahweh said and came to Bethlehem H1035. And the elders of the city came trembling to meet him and said, “Do you come in peace?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:12 -

Now David was the son of [fn]the Ephrathite of Bethlehem H1035 in Judah, whose name was Jesse, and he had eight sons. And [fn]Jesse was old in the days of Saul, advanced in years among men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:15 - but David went back and forth from Saul to shepherd his father’s flock at Bethlehem H1035.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:6 - “If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem H1035 his city because it is the yearly sacrifice there for the whole family.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:28 - Jonathan then answered Saul, “David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem H1035,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32 - And they took up Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb which was in Bethlehem H1035. Then Joab and his men went all night until the day [fn]dawned at Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:14 - And David was then in the fortress, while the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem H1035.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:15 - Then David had a craving and said, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem H1035, which is by the gate!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem H1035 which was by the gate, and carried it and brought it to David. Nevertheless, he was not willing to drink it, but poured it out to Yahweh;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:24 -

Asahel the brother of Joab was among the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem H1035,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:51 -

Salma the father of Bethlehem H1035 and 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 were Bethlehem H1035 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 -

Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem H1035.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:16 - And David was then in the fortress, while the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem H1035.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:17 - Then David had a craving and said, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem H1035, which is by the gate!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - So the three broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem H1035 which was by the gate, and carried it and brought it to David. Nevertheless, David was not willing to drink it, but poured it out to Yahweh;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:26 -

Now the mighty men of the military forces were

Asahel the brother of Joab,

Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem H1035,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:6 - Thus he built Bethlehem H1035, Etam, Tekoa,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:21 -

the sons of Bethlehem H1035, 123;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:26 -

the men of Bethlehem H1035 and Netophah, 188;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:17 - And they went and stayed in [fn]Geruth Chimham, which is beside Bethlehem H1035, in order to proceed into Egypt

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:2 -

“[fn]But as for you, Bethlehem H1035 Ephrathah,

Too little to be among the clans of Judah,

From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel.

[fn]His goings forth are from everlasting,

From the ancient days.”

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