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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #965 - Βηθλεέμ

Transliteration

Bēthleém

Phonetics

bayth-leh-em'

Root Word (Etymology)

of Hebrew origin (H1036)

Parts of Speech

Noun Location

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's
Bethlehem = "house of bread"

a village about six miles (10 km) south of Jerusalem

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1004 ‑ בַּיִת (bah'‑yith);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (8)

Matthew 5

Luke 2

John 1

NAS (8)

Matthew 5

Luke 2

John 1

HCS (8)

Matthew 5

Luke 2

John 1

BSB (8)

Matthew 5

Luke 2

John 1

ESV (8)

Matthew 5

Luke 2

John 1

WEB (8)

Matthew 5

Luke 2

John 1

KJV (8)

Bethlehem 8

NAS (8)

BETHLEHEM 1

Bethlehem 7

HCS (8)

Bethlehem 7

of Bethlehem 1

BSB (8)

Bethlehem 8

ESV (8)

Bethlehem 8

WEB (8)

Bethlehem 7

from Bethlehem 1

RAH

N-AS 6

N-ASM 1

N-DS 5

N-GS 7

N-NS 2

N-VS 1

ANT

N-PRI 8

BEZ

N-PRI 8

BGB

N-AFS 1

N-DFS 3

N-GFS 2

N-NFS 1

N-VFS 1

BMT

N-PRI 8

BYZ

N-PRI 8

ELZ

N-PRI 8

NA26

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 3

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

N-VSF 1

SBL

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 3

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

N-VSF 1

SCV

N-PRI 8

STV

N-PRI 8

TIS

N-PRI 8

Thayer's Expanded Definition

Βηθλημ, ἡ (indecl) (in Josephus not only so (Antiquities 8, 10, 1), but also Βηθλημη, Βηθλημης, Antiquities 6, 8, 1; 11, 7; (7, 1, 3); ἀπό Βηθλεμων, 5, 2, 8; ἐκ Βηθλημων, 5, 9, 1; (cf. 7, 13; 9, 2)), Bethlehem (לֶחֶם בֵּית house of bread), a little town, named from the fertility of its sort, six Roman miles south of Jerusalem; now Beit Lachm, with about 3,000 ("5,000," Baedeker) inhabitants: Matthew 2:1, 5f, 8, 16; Luke 2:4, 15; John 7:42. Cf. Winers RWB, under the word; Robinson i., p. 470ff; Raumer, p. 313ff; Tobler, Bethlehem in Palastina as above with 1849; (Socin (i. e. Baedeker), Handbook. etc., under the word; Porter (i. e. Murray) ibid.; BB. DD.).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

Βηθλεέμ , ἡ ,

indecl.

(Heb. H3899 H1004, house of bread),

Bethlehem, a town 6 miles. S. of Jerusalem: Matthew 2:1; Matthew 2:5-8; Matthew 2:16 Luke 2:4; Luke 2:15 John 7:42.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

Βηθλεεμ Βηθλεέμ Βηθλεὲμ Βηθλέεμ Bethleem Bethleém Bethleèm Bēthleem Bēthleém Bēthleèm