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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 BoxGen 35:19 - So Rachel H7354 died H4191 and was buried H6912 on the way H1870 to Ephrath H672 (that is, Bethlehem). H1035

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:7 - “Now as for me, when I came H935 from Paddan, H6307 Rachel H7354 died, H4191 [fn]to my sorrow, H5921 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667 on the journey, H1870 when there was still H5750 some H3530 distance H3530 H776 to go H935 to Ephrath; H672 and I buried H6912 her there H8033 on the way H1870 to Ephrath H672 (that is, Bethlehem).” H1035

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:15 - Included also were Kattah H7005 and Nahalal H5096 and Shimron H8110 and Idalah H3030 and Bethlehem; H1035 twelve H8147 H6240 cities H5892 with their villages. H2691

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:8 - Now Ibzan H78 of Bethlehem H1035 judged H8199 Israel H3478 after H310 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:10 - Then Ibzan H78 died H4191 and was buried H6912 in Bethlehem. H1035

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7 - Now there was a young H5288 man H5288 from Bethlehem H1035 in Judah, H3063 of the family H4940 of Judah, H3063 who H1931 was a Levite; H3881 and he was [fn]staying H1481 there. H8033

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:8 - Then the man H376 departed H1980 from the city, H5892 from Bethlehem H1035 in Judah, H3063 to [fn]stay H1481 wherever H834 he might find H4672 a place; and as he made H6213 his journey, H1870 he came H935 to the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669 to the house H1004 of Micah. H4318

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:9 - Micah H4318 said H559 to him, “Where H370 do you come H935 from?” And he said H559 to him, “I am a Levite H3881 from Bethlehem H1035 in Judah, H3063 and I am going H1980 to [fn]stay H1481 wherever H834 I may find H4672 a place.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 - Now it came H1961 about in those H1992 days, H3117 when there H369 was no H369 king H4428 in Israel, H3478 that there was a certain H376 Levite H3881 [fn]staying H1481 in the remote H3411 part H3411 of the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim, H669 who took H3947 a concubine H6370 for himself from Bethlehem H1035 in Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2 - But his concubine H6370 played H2181 the harlot H2181 against H5921 him, and she went H1980 away from him to her father’s H1 house H1004 in Bethlehem H1035 in Judah, H3063 and was there H8033 for a period H3117 of four H702 months. H2320

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:18 - He said H559 to him, “We are passing H5674 from Bethlehem H1035 in Judah H3063 to the remote H3411 part H3411 of the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim, H669 for I am from there, H8033 and I went H1980 to Bethlehem H1035 in Judah. H3063 But I am now going H1980 to [fn]my house, H1004 and no H369 man H376 will take H622 me into his house. H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 - Now it came H1961 about in the days H3117 when the judges H8199 [fn]governed, H8199 that there was a famine H7458 in the land. H776 And a certain man H376 of Bethlehem H1035 in Judah H3063 went H1980 to sojourn H1481 in the land H7704 of Moab H4124 [fn]with his wife H802 and his two H8147 sons. H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:2 - The name H8034 of the man H376 was Elimelech, H458 and the name H8034 of his wife, H802 Naomi; H5281 and the names H8034 of his two H8147 sons H1121 were Mahlon H4248 and Chilion, H3630 Ephrathites H673 of Bethlehem H1035 in Judah. H3063 Now they entered H935 the land H7704 of Moab H4124 and remained H1961 there. H8033

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:19 - So they both H8147 went H1980 until H5704 they came H935 to Bethlehem. H1035 And when they had come H935 to Bethlehem, H1035 all H3605 the city H5892 was stirred H1949 because H5921 of them, and [fn]the women said, H559 “Is this H2088 Naomi?” H5281

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:22 - So Naomi H5281 returned, H7725 and with her Ruth H7327 the Moabitess, H4125 her daughter-in-law, H3618 who returned H7725 from the land H7704 of Moab. H4124 And they came H935 to Bethlehem H1035 at the beginning H8462 of barley H8184 harvest. H7105

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:4 - Now behold, H2009 Boaz H1162 came H935 from Bethlehem H1035 and said H559 to the reapers, H7114 “May the LORD H3068 be with you.” And they said H559 to him, “May the LORD H3068 bless H1288 you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - All H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were in the [fn]court, H8179 and the elders, H2205 said, H559 “We are witnesses. H5707 May the LORD H3068 make H5414 the woman H802 who is coming H935 into your home H1004 like Rachel H7354 and Leah, H3812 both H8147 of whom H834 built H1129 the house H1004 of Israel; H3478 and may you achieve H6213 [fn]wealth H2428 in Ephrathah H672 and [fn]become H7121 famous H7121 H8034 in Bethlehem. H1035

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4 - So Samuel H8050 did H6213 what H834 the LORD H3068 said, H1696 and came H935 to Bethlehem. H1035 And the elders H2205 of the city H5892 came H2729 trembling H2729 to meet H7122 him and said, H559 “Do you come H935 in peace?” H7965

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:12 - Now David H1732 was the son H1121 of [fn]the Ephrathite H673 of Bethlehem H1035 in Judah, H3063 whose name H8034 was Jesse, H3448 and he had eight H8083 sons. H1121 And [fn]Jesse was old H2204 in the days H3117 of Saul, H7586 advanced H935 in years among men. H376

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:15 - but David H1732 went H1980 H7725 back H7725 and forth from Saul H7586 to tend H7462 his father’s H1 flock H6629 at Bethlehem. H1035

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:6 - “If H518 your father H1 misses H6485 me at all, H6485 then say, H559 ‘David H1732 earnestly H7592 asked H7592 leave of me to run H7323 to Bethlehem H1035 his city, H5892 because H3588 it is the yearly H3117 sacrifice H2077 there H8033 for the whole H3605 family.’ H4940

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:28 - Jonathan H3083 then answered H6030 Saul, H7586 “David H1732 earnestly H7592 asked H7592 leave H7592 of me to go to Bethlehem, H1035

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32 - And they took H5375 up Asahel H6214 and buried H6912 him in his father’s H1 tomb H6913 which H834 was in Bethlehem. H1035 Then Joab H3097 and his men H376 went H1980 all H3605 night H3915 until the day [fn]dawned H215 at Hebron. H2275

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:14 - David H1732 was then H227 in the stronghold, H4686 while the garrison H4673 of the Philistines H6430 was then H227 in Bethlehem. H1035

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:15 - David H1732 had H183 a craving H183 and said, H559 “Oh H4310 that someone H4310 would give H8248 me water H4325 to drink H8248 from the well H877 of Bethlehem H1035 which H834 is by the gate!” H8179

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - So the three H7969 mighty H1368 men H1368 broke H1234 through H1234 the camp H4264 of the Philistines, H6430 and drew H7579 water H4325 from the well H877 of Bethlehem H1035 which H834 was by the gate, H8179 and took H5375 it and brought H935 it to David. H1732 Nevertheless he would H14 not drink H8354 it, but poured H5258 it out to the LORD; H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:24 - Asahel H6214 the brother H251 of Joab H3097 was among the thirty; H7970 Elhanan H445 the son H1121 of Dodo H1734 of Bethlehem, H1035

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:51 - Salma H8007 the father H1 of Bethlehem H1035 and Hareph H2780 the father H1 of Beth-gader. H1013

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:54

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:54 - The sons H1121 of Salma H8007 were Bethlehem H1035 and the Netophathites, H5200 Atroth-beth-joab H5854 and half H2677 of the Manahathites, H2679 the Zorites. H6882

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:4 - Penuel H6439 was the father H1 of Gedor, H1446 and Ezer H5829 the father H1 of Hushah. H2364 These H428 were the sons H1121 of Hur, H2354 the firstborn H1060 of Ephrathah, H672 the father H1 of Bethlehem. H1035

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:16 - David H1732 was then H227 in the stronghold, H4686 while the garrison H5333 of the Philistines H6430 was then H227 in Bethlehem. H1035

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:17 - David H1732 had H183 a craving H183 and said, H559 “Oh H4310 that someone H4310 would give H8248 me water H4325 to drink H8248 from the well H953 of Bethlehem, H1035 which H834 is by the gate!” H8179

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - So the three H7969 broke H1234 through H1234 the camp H4264 of the Philistines H6430 and drew H7579 water H4325 from the well H953 of Bethlehem H1035 which H834 was by the gate, H8179 and took H5375 it and brought H935 it to David; H1732 nevertheless David H1732 would H14 not drink H8354 it, but poured H5258 it out to the LORD; H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:26 - Now the mighty H1368 men H1368 of the armies H2428 were Asahel H6214 the brother H251 of Joab, H3097 Elhanan H445 the son H1121 of Dodo H1734 of Bethlehem, H1035

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:6 - Thus he built H1129 Bethlehem, H1035 Etam, H5862 Tekoa, H8620

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:21 - the [fn]men H1121 of Bethlehem, H1035 123; H3967 H6242 H7969

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:26 - the men H376 of Bethlehem H1035 and Netophah, H5199 188; H3967 H8084 H8083

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:17 - And they went H1980 and stayed H3427 in [fn]Geruth H1628 Chimham, H3643 which H834 is beside H681 Bethlehem, H1035 in order to proceed H1980 H935 into Egypt H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:2 - “[fn]But as for you, Bethlehem H1035 Ephrathah, H672
Too little H6810 to be among the clans H505 of Judah, H3063
From you One will go H3318 forth H3318 for Me to be ruler H4910 in Israel. H3478
[fn]His goings H4163 forth H4163 are from long H6924 ago, H6924
From the days H3117 of eternity.” H5769
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