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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 came from Padan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath; and 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 - Included were Kattath, Nahallal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7 - Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah; he was a Levite, and was staying there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:8 - The man departed from the city of Bethlehem in Judah to stay wherever he could find a place. Then he came to the mountains 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 to him, “Where do you come from?” So he said to him, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am on my way to find a place to stay.”

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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 staying in the remote mountains of Ephraim. He took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem 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 went away from him to her father’s house at Bethlehem in Judah, and was there four whole months.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:18 - So he said to him, “We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah toward the remote mountains of Ephraim; I am from there. I went to Bethlehem in Judah; now I am going to the house of the LORD. But there is no one who will take me into his house,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:1

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 Bethlehem, Judah, went to dwell 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 - The name of the man was Elimelech, the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion—Ephrathites of Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to the country of Moab and remained there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:19 - Now the two of them went until they came to Bethlehem. And it happened, when they had come to Bethlehem, that all the city was excited because of 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 from the country of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem 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, and said to the reapers, “The LORD be with you!” And they answered him, “The LORD bless you!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - And all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who built the house of Israel; and may you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4 - So Samuel did what the LORD said, and went to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, “Do you come 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 Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse, and who had eight sons. And the man was old, advanced in years, in the days of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:15 - But David occasionally went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

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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 permission of me that he might run over to Bethlehem, his city, for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:28 - So Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked permission of me to go to Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32 - Then they took up Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at daybreak.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:14 - David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:15 - And David said with longing, “Oh, that someone would give me a drink of the water from the well of Bethlehem, 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, drew water from the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless he would not drink it, but poured it out to the LORD.

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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 Bethlehem,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:51 - Salma the father of Bethlehem, 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, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half of the Manahethites, and the Zorites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:4 - and Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah the father of Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:17 - And David said with longing, “Oh, that someone would give me a drink of water from the well of Bethlehem, 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, drew water from the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless David would not drink it, but poured it out to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:26

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:21 - the people of Bethlehem, one hundred and twenty-three;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:26 - the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred and eighty-eight;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:17 - And they departed and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is near Bethlehem, as they went on their way to Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:2 - “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Though you are little among the thousands of Judah,
Yet out of you shall come forth to Me
The One to be Ruler in Israel,
Whose goings forth are from of old,
From everlasting.”
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