Help QuickNav Adv. Options
YLT

YLT

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H1035 - bêṯ leḥem

Choose a new font size and typeface
בֵּית לֶחֶם
Transliteration
bêṯ leḥem
Pronunciation
bayth leh'-khem
Listen
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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:19 - and Rachel dieth, and is buried in the way to Ephratha, which is Bethlehem,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:7 - 'And I -- in my coming in from Padan-Aram Rachel hath died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way, while yet a kibrath of land to enter Ephrata, and I bury her there in the way of Ephrata, which is Bethlehem.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:15 - and Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-Lehem; twelve cities and their villages.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:8 - And after him Ibzan of Beth-Lehem judgeth Israel,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:10 - And Ibzan dieth, and is buried in Beth-Lehem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7 - And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he is a Levite, and he is a sojourner there.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:8 - And the man goeth out of the city, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah, to sojourn where he doth find, and cometh to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, to work his way.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:9 - And Micah saith to him, 'Whence comest thou?' and he saith unto him, 'A Levite am I, of Beth-Lehem-Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I do find.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 - And it cometh to pass, in those days, when there is no king in Israel, that there is a man a Levite, a sojourner in the sides of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he taketh to him a wife, a concubine, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2 - and commit whoredom against him doth his concubine, and she goeth from him unto the house of her father, unto Beth-Lehem-Judah, and is there days -- four months.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:18 - And he saith unto him, 'We are passing over from Beth-Lehem-Judah unto the sides of the hill-country of Ephraim -- thence I am, and I go unto Beth-Lehem-Judah; and to the house of Jehovah I am going, and there is no man gathering me into the house,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 - And it cometh to pass, in the days of the judging of the judges, that there is a famine in the land, and there goeth a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:2 - And the name of the man is Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites from Beth-Lehem-Judah; and they come into the fields of Moab, and are there.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:19 - and they go both of them till their coming in to Beth-Lehem; and it cometh to pass at their coming in to Beth-Lehem, that all the city is moved at them, and they say, 'Is this Naomi?'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:22 - And Naomi turneth back, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who hath turned back from the fields of Moab, and they have come in to Beth-Lehem at the commencement of barley-harvest.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:4 - And lo, Boaz hath come from Beth-Lehem, and saith to the reapers, 'Jehovah is with you;' and they say to him, 'Jehovah doth bless thee.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - And all the people who are in the gate say -- also the elders -- 'Witnesses! Jehovah make the woman who is coming in unto thy house as Rachel and as Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and do thou virtuously in Ephrathah, and proclaim the Name in Beth-Lehem;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4 - And Samuel doth that which Jehovah hath spoken, and cometh in to Beth-Lehem, and the elders of the city tremble to meet him, and one saith, 'Is thy coming peace?'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:12 - And David is son of this Ephrathite of Beth-Lehem-Judah, whose name is Jesse, and he hath eight sons, and the man in the days of Saul hath become aged among men;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:15 - and David is going and returning from Saul, to feed the flock of his father at Beth-Lehem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:6 - if thy father at all look after me, and thou hast said, David asked earnestly of me to run to Beth-Lehem his city, for a sacrifice of the days is there for all the family.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:28 - And Jonathan answereth Saul, 'David hath been earnestly asked of me unto Beth-Lehem,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32 - And they lift up Asahel, and bury him in the burying-place of his father, which is in Beth-Lehem, and they go all the night -- Joab and his men -- and it is light to them in Hebron.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:14 - and David is then in a fortress, and the station of the Philistines is then in Beth-Lehem,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:15 - and David longeth and saith, 'Who doth give me a drink of the water of the well of Beth-Lehem, which is by the gate?'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - And the three mighty ones cleave through the camp of the Philistines, and draw water out of the well of Beth-Lehem, which is by the gate, and take it up, and bring in unto David; and he was not willing to drink it, and poureth it out to Jehovah,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:24 - Asahel brother of Joab is of the thirty; Elhanan son of Dodo of Beth-Lehem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:51 - Salma father of Beth-Lehem, Hareph father of Beth-Gader.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:54

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:54 - Sons of Salma: Beth-Lehem, and the Netophathite, Atroth, Beth-Joab, and half of the Menuhothite, the Zorite;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:4 - and Penuel is father of Gedor, and Ezer father of Hushah. These are sons of Hur, first-born of Ephratah, father of Beth-Lehem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:16 - and David is then in the fortress, and the station of the Philistines is then in Beth-Lehem,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:17 - and David longeth, and saith, 'Who doth give me to drink water from the well of Beth-Lehem, that is at the gate!'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - And the three break through the camp of the Philistines, and draw water from the well of Beth-Lehem, that is at the gate, and bear and bring in unto David, and David hath not been willing to drink it, and poureth it out to Jehovah,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:26 - And the mighty ones of the forces are Asahel brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Beth-Lehem,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:6 - yea, he buildeth Beth-Lehem and Etam, and Tekoa,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:21 - Sons of Beth-Lehem, a hundred twenty and three.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:26 - Men of Beth-Lehem and Netophah: a hundred eighty and eight.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:17 - and they go and abide in the habitations of Chimham, that are near Beth-Lehem, to go to enter Egypt,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:2 - And thou, Beth-Lehem Ephratah, Little to be among the chiefs of Judah! From thee to Me he cometh forth -- to be ruler in Israel, And his comings forth are of old, From the days of antiquity.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
YLT
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
YLT
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan