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Bible Lexicons
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Strong's #01035 - בֵּית לֶחֶם
Transliteration
Bêyth Lechem
Phonetics
bayth leh'-khem
Parts of Speech
proper locative noun
TWOT
241b
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Beth-lehem = “house of bread (food)”
1) a city in Judah, birthplace of David
2) a place in Zebulun
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (40)
Genesis
2
Joshua
1
Judges
9
Ruth
6
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
HCS (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 (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
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
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
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.
, 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.
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List of Word Forms
לֶ֔חֶם לֶ֖חֶם לֶ֙חֶם֙ לֶ֛חֶם לֶ֣חֶם לָ֑חֶם לָ֔חֶם לָֽחֶם׃ לחם לחם׃ lā·ḥem Lachem lāḥem le·ḥem lechem leḥem
