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Strong's #1035 - בֵּית לֶחֶם

Transliteration

Bêyth Lechem

Phonetics

bayth leh'-khem

Origin

from (H1004) and (H3899)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

241b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Beth-lehem = "house of bread (food)"
a city in Judah, birthplace of David
a place in Zebulun

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (41)

Genesis 2

Joshua 1

Judges 9

Ruth 7

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 5

1 Chronicles 7

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Jeremiah 1

Micah 1

BSB (60)

Genesis 4

Joshua 2

Judges 18

Ruth 14

1 Samuel 10

2 Samuel 10

1 Chronicles 14

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Micah 2

CSB (39)

Genesis 2

Joshua 1

Judges 9

Ruth 7

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 5

1 Chronicles 7

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Jeremiah 1

Micah 1

ESV (41)

Genesis 2

Joshua 1

Judges 9

Ruth 7

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 5

1 Chronicles 7

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Jeremiah 1

Micah 1

KJV (41)

Genesis 2

Joshua 1

Judges 9

Ruth 7

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 5

1 Chronicles 7

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Jeremiah 1

Micah 1

LEB (41)

Genesis 2

Joshua 1

Judges 9

Ruth 7

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 5

1 Chronicles 7

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Jeremiah 1

Micah 1

LSB (41)

Genesis 2

Joshua 1

Judges 9

Ruth 7

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 5

1 Chronicles 7

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Jeremiah 1

Micah 1

N95 (41)

Genesis 2

Joshua 1

Judges 9

Ruth 7

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 5

1 Chronicles 7

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Jeremiah 1

Micah 1

NAS (41)

Genesis 2

Joshua 1

Judges 9

Ruth 7

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 5

1 Chronicles 7

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Jeremiah 1

Micah 1

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (41)

Genesis 2

Joshua 1

Judges 9

Ruth 7

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 5

1 Chronicles 7

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Jeremiah 1

Micah 1

ASV (41)

and bethlehem 1

at beth-lehem 2

beth-lehem 3

but thou, beth-lehem 1

from beth-lehem 1

from beth-lehem-judah 1

in beth-lehem 1

of beth-lehem 11

of beth-lehem-judah 4

out of beth-lehem-judah 3

the same is beth-lehem 2

to beth-lehem 5

to beth-lehem-judah 2

to go to beth-lehem 1

was then in beth-lehem 2

which was in beth-lehem 1

BSB (60)

and bethlehem 1

bethlehem 24

from 8

go to bethlehem 1

in 1

in bethlehem 4

is 1

of 4

of bethlehem 7

to 1

to bethlehem 2

was at bethlehem 2

CSB (39)

bethlehem 37

bethlehem's 1

of bethlehem 1

ESV (41)

bethlehem 41

KJV (41)

* 7

bethlehem 31

of 1

to 1

toward 1

LEB (41)

and bethlehem 1

bethlehem 24

bethlehem of 1

bethlehem) 2

in bethlehem 4

o bethlehem 1

of bethlehem 1

to bethlehem 4

was at bethlehem 1

was in bethlehem 1

LSB (41)

bethlehem 41

N95 (41)

bethlehem 41

NAS (41)

bethlehem 41

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (41)

and bethlehem 1

at bethlehem 2

bethlehem 3

from bethlehem 1

from bethlehem judah 1

in bethlehem 1

of bethlehem 11

of bethlehem judah 4

out of bethlehem judah 3

the same is bethlehem 2

to bethlehem 5

to bethlehem judah 2

to go to bethlehem 1

was then in bethlehem 2

which was in bethlehem 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם₄₁ proper name, of a location 1. in Judah ( place of bread. ( food), modern Arabic

, place of meat), 2hours south of Jerusalem; birth-place of David; — בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם Ruth 1:19 11t.; לָֿחֶם׳בּ 1 Samuel 20:6 9t.; בֵּית לָ֑חֶם Judges 12:8 11t. + Genesis 35:19; Genesis 48:7, where הוא בית לחם is a gloss, see אֶפְרָ֫תָה; לָֿ֑חֶם׳בּ 1 Samuel 17:15 3t.; — 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 Laµm, 5 miles south of Jerusalem Rob^{BR i. 471} Bd^{Pal 123} Survey^{iii. 28,83} Guérin^{Judée i. 120-206.}

2בֵּית לָ֑חֶם in Zebulun Joshua 19:15; perhaps also Judges 12:8,10; = Beit Laµm, 7 miles northwest of Nazareth Rob^{BR iii. 113} Survey^{i. 301}.

List of Word Forms

לֶ֔חֶם לֶ֖חֶם לֶ֙חֶם֙ לֶ֛חֶם לֶ֣חֶם לָ֑חֶם לָ֔חֶם לָֽחֶם׃ לחם לחם׃ lā·ḥem Lachem lāḥem le·ḥem lechem leḥem