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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 - mortua est ergo Rahel et sepulta in via quae ducit Efratham haec est Bethleem

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:7 - mihi enim quando veniebam de Mesopotamiam mortua est Rahel in terra Chanaan in ipso itinere eratque vernum tempus et ingrediebar Ephratam et sepelivi eam iuxta viam Ephratae quae alio nomine appellatur Bethleem

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:15 - et Catheth et Nehalal et Semron et Iedala et Bethleem civitates duodecim et villae earum

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:8 - post hunc iudicavit Israhel Abessan de Bethleem

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:10 - mortuusque est ac sepultus in Bethleem

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7 - fuit quoque alter adulescens de Bethleem Iuda et cognatione eius eratque ipse Levites et habitabat ibi

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:8 - egressusque de civitate Bethleem peregrinari voluit ubicumque sibi commodum repperisset cumque venisset in monte Ephraim iter faciens et declinasset parumper in domum Micha

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:9 - interrogatus est ab eo unde venis qui respondit Levita sum de Bethleem Iuda et vado ut habitem ubi potuero et utile mihi esse perspexero

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 - fuit quidam vir Levites habitans in latere montis Ephraim qui accepit uxorem de Bethleem Iuda

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2 - quae reliquit eum et reversa est in domum patris sui Bethleem mansitque apud eum quattuor mensibus

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:18 - qui respondit ei profecti sumus de Bethleem Iuda et pergimus ad locum nostrum qui est in latere montis Ephraim unde ieramus Bethleem et nunc vadimus ad domum Dei nullusque nos sub tectum suum vult recipere

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 - in diebus unius iudicis quando iudices praeerant facta est fames in terra abiitque homo de Bethleem Iuda ut peregrinaretur in regione moabitide cum uxore sua ac duobus liberis

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:2 - ipse vocabatur Helimelech uxor eius Noemi e duobus filiis alter Maalon et alter Chellion Ephrathei de Bethleem Iuda ingressique regionem moabitidem morabantur ibi

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:19 - profectaeque sunt simul et venerunt in Bethleem quibus urbem ingressis velox apud cunctos fama percrebuit dicebantque mulieres haec est illa Noemi

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:22 - venit ergo Noemi cum Ruth Moabitide nuru sua de terra peregrinationis suae ac reversa est in Bethleem quando primum hordea metebantur

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:4 - et ecce ipse veniebat de Bethleem dixitque messoribus Dominus vobiscum qui responderunt ei benedicat tibi Dominus

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - respondit omnis populus qui erat in porta et maiores natu nos testes sumus faciat Dominus hanc mulierem quae ingreditur domum tuam sicut Rachel et Liam quae aedificaverunt domum Israhel ut sit exemplum virtutis in Ephrata et habeat celebre nomen in Bethleem

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4 - fecit ergo Samuhel sicut locutus est ei Dominus venitque in Bethleem et admirati sunt seniores civitatis occurrentes ei dixeruntque pacificus ingressus tuus

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:12 - David autem erat filius viri ephrathei de quo supra dictum est de Bethleem Iuda cui erat nomen Isai qui habebat octo filios et erat vir in diebus Saul senex et grandevus inter viros

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:15 - abiit David et reversus est a Saul ut pasceret gregem patris sui in Bethleem

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:6 - si requisierit me pater tuus respondebis ei rogavit me David ut iret celeriter in Bethleem civitatem suam quia victimae sollemnes ibi sunt universis contribulibus eius

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:28 - et respondit Ionathan Sauli rogavit me obnixe ut iret in Bethleem

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32 - tuleruntque Asahel et sepelierunt eum in sepulchro patris sui in Bethleem et ambulaverunt tota nocte Ioab et viri qui erant cum eo et in ipso crepusculo pervenerunt in Hebron

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:14 - et David erat in praesidio porro statio Philisthinorum tunc erat in Bethleem

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:15 - desideravit igitur David et ait si quis mihi daret potum aquae de cisterna quae est in Bethleem iuxta portam

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - inruperunt ergo tres fortes castra Philisthinorum et hauserunt aquam de cisterna Bethleem quae erat iuxta portam et adtulerunt ad David at ille noluit bibere sed libavit illam Domino

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:24 - Asahel frater Ioab inter triginta Eleanan filius patrui eius de Bethleem

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:51 - Salma pater Bethleem Ariph pater Bethgader

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:54

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:54 - filii Salma Bethleem et Netophathi coronae domus Ioab et dimidium requietionis Sarai

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:4 - Phunihel autem pater Gedor et Ezer pater Osa isti sunt filii Ur primogeniti Ephrata patris Bethleem

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:16 - porro David erat in praesidio et statio Philisthinorum in Bethleem

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:17 - desideravit igitur David et dixit o si quis daret mihi aquam de cisterna Bethleem quae est in porta

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - tres ergo isti per media castra Philisthinorum perrexerunt et hauserunt aquam de cisterna Bethleem quae erat in porta et adtulerunt ad David ut biberet qui noluit sed magis libavit illam Domino

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:26 - porro fortissimi in exercitu Asahel frater Ioab et Eleanan filius patrui eius de Bethleem

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:6 - extruxitque Bethleem et Aetham et Thecue

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:21 - filii Bethleem centum viginti tres

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:26 - viri Bethleem et Netupha centum octoginta octo

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:17 - et abierunt et sederunt peregrinantes in Chamaam quae est iuxta Bethleem ut pergerent et introirent Aegyptum

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:2 - et tu Bethleem Ephrata parvulus es in milibus Iuda ex te mihi egredietur qui sit dominator in Israhel et egressus eius ab initio a diebus aeternitatis
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