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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 - So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:7 - But as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, Rachel died - to my sorrow - in the land of Canaan. It happened along the way, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there on the way to Ephrath" (that is, Bethlehem).

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:15 - Their territory included Kattah, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; in all they had twelve cities and their towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:8 - After him Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:10 - then he died and was buried in Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7 - There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:8 - This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:9 - Micah said to him, "Where do you come from?" He replied, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am looking for a new place to live."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 - In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2 - However, she got angry at him and went home to her father's house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:18 - The Levite said to him, "We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That's where I'm from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I'm heading home. But no one has invited me into their home.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 - During the time of the judges there was a famine in the land of Judah. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah went to live as a resident foreigner in the region of Moab, along with his wife and two sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:2 - (Now the man's name was Elimelech, his wife was Naomi, and his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were of the clan of Ephrath from Bethlehem in Judah.) They entered the region of Moab and settled there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:19 - So the two of them journeyed together until they arrived in Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole village was excited about their arrival. The women of the village said, "Can this be Naomi?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:22 - So Naomi returned, accompanied by her Moabite daughter-in-law Ruth, who came back with her from the region of Moab. (Now they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:4 - Now at that very moment, Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, "May the LORD be with you!" They replied, "May the LORD bless you!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - All the people who were at the gate and the elders replied, "We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built up the house of Israel! May you prosper in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4 - Samuel did what the LORD told him. When he arrived in Bethlehem, the elders of the city were afraid to meet him. They said, "Do you come in peace?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:12 - Now David was the son of this Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul's days he was old and well advanced in years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:15 - David was going back and forth from Saul in order to care for his father's sheep in Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:6 - If your father happens to miss me, you should say, 'David urgently requested me to let him go to his city Bethlehem, for there is an annual sacrifice there for his entire family.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:28 - Jonathan replied to Saul, "David urgently requested that he be allowed to go to Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32 - They took Asahel's body and buried him in his father's tomb at Bethlehem. Joab and his men then traveled all that night and reached Hebron by dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:14 - David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:15 - David was thirsty and said, "How I wish someone would give me some water to drink from the cistern in Bethlehem near the gate!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - So the three elite warriors broke through the Philistine forces and drew some water from the cistern in Bethlehem near the gate. They carried it back to David, but he refused to drink it. He poured it out as a drink offering to the LORD

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:24 - Included with the thirty were the following: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:51 - Salma, the father of Bethlehem, 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: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth-Joab, half 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 was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:16 - David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:17 - David was thirsty and said, "How I wish someone would give me some water to drink from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city gate!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - So the three elite warriors broke through the Philistine forces and drew some water from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city gate. They carried it back to David, but David refused to drink it. He poured it out as a drink offering to the LORD

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:26 - The mighty warriors were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo, from Bethlehem,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:6 - Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:21 - The men of Bethlehem: 123;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:26 - The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:17 - They set out to go to Egypt to get away from the Babylonians, but stopped at Geruth Kimham near Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:2 - (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah - from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past.
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