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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 - As I was returning from Paddan,[fn] to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:15 - Included were Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah and Bethlehem. There were twelve towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7 - A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:8 - left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way[fn] he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:9 - Micah asked him, “Where are you from?” “I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he said, “and I’m looking for a place to stay.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 - In those days Israel had no king. Now a Levite who lived in a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim took a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2 - But she was unfaithful to him. She left him and went back to her parents’ home in Bethlehem, Judah. After she had been there four months,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:18 - He answered, “We are on our way from Bethlehem in Judah to a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim where I live. I have been to Bethlehem in Judah and now I am going to the house of the LORD.[fn] No one has taken me in for the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 - In the days when the judges ruled,[fn] there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:2 - The man’s name was Elimelek, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:19 - So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:22 - So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:4 - Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “The LORD be with you!” “The LORD bless you!” they answered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - Then the elders and all the people at the gate said, “We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4 - Samuel did what the LORD said. When he arrived at Bethlehem, the elders of the town trembled when they met him. They asked, “Do you come in peace?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:12 - Now David was the son of an Ephrathite named Jesse, who was from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul’s time he was very old.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:15 - but David went back and forth from Saul to tend 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, tell him, ‘David earnestly asked my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because an annual sacrifice is being made there for his whole clan.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:28

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32 - They took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb at Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and arrived at Hebron by daybreak.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:14 - At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:15 - David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - So the three mighty warriors broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:24 - Among the Thirty were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from 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 descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:16 - At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:17 - David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:26

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:6 - Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:21 -
the men of Bethlehem123

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:26 -
the men of Bethlehem and Netophah188

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:17 - And they went on, stopping at Geruth Kimham near Bethlehem 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 small among the clans[fn] of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”
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