1035. Beth Lechem
Strong's Concordance
Beth Lechem: "place of bread," a city in Judah, also a city in Zebulun
Original Word: בֵּית לֶחֶם
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Beth Lechem
Phonetic Spelling: (bayth leh'-khem)
Definition: "place of bread", a city in Judah, also a city in Zebulun
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from bayith and lechem
Definition
"place of bread," a city in Judah, also a city in Zebulun
NASB Translation
Bethlehem (41).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם41 proper name, of a location 1. in Judah (place of bread. (food), modern Arabic , place of meat), 2 hours 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 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 Laµm, 7 miles northwest of Nazareth RobBR iii. 113 Surveyi. 301.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Beth-lehem

From bayith and lechem; house of bread; Beth- Lechem, a place in Palestine -- Beth-lehem.

see HEBREW bayith

see HEBREW lechem

Forms and Transliterations
לֶ֔חֶם לֶ֖חֶם לֶ֙חֶם֙ לֶ֛חֶם לֶ֣חֶם לָ֑חֶם לָ֔חֶם לָֽחֶם׃ לחם לחם׃ lā·ḥem Lachem lāḥem le·ḥem lechem leḥem
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Genesis 35:19
HEB: הִ֖וא בֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם׃
NAS: to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
KJV: to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem.
INT: to Ephrath he which Bethlehem

Genesis 48:7
HEB: הִ֖וא בֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם׃
NAS: to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
KJV: of Ephrath; the same [is] Bethlehem.
INT: to Ephrath he the same Bethlehem

Joshua 19:15
HEB: וְיִדְאֲלָ֖ה וּבֵ֣ית לָ֑חֶם עָרִ֥ים שְׁתֵּים־
NAS: and Idalah and Bethlehem; twelve
KJV: and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve
INT: and Shimron and Idalah and Bethlehem cities both

Judges 12:8
HEB: אִבְצָ֖ן מִבֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם׃
NAS: Now Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel
KJV: him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged
INT: Israel now Ibzan of Bethlehem

Judges 12:10
HEB: וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר בְּבֵ֥ית לָֽחֶם׃ פ
NAS: died and was buried in Bethlehem.
KJV: Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.
INT: Ibzan was buried Bethlehem

Judges 17:7
HEB: נַ֗עַר מִבֵּ֥ית לֶ֙חֶם֙ יְהוּדָ֔ה מִמִּשְׁפַּ֖חַת
NAS: Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah,
INT: now there was A young Bethlehem Judah of the family

Judges 17:8
HEB: מֵהָעִ֗יר מִבֵּ֥ית לֶ֙חֶם֙ יְהוּדָ֔ה לָג֖וּר
NAS: from the city, from Bethlehem in Judah,
INT: the man the city Bethlehem Judah to stay

Judges 17:9
HEB: אָנֹ֗כִי מִבֵּ֥ית לֶ֙חֶם֙ יְהוּדָ֔ה וְאָנֹכִ֣י
NAS: to him, I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,
INT: Levite I Bethlehem Judah and I

Judges 19:1
HEB: פִילֶ֔גֶשׁ מִבֵּ֥ית לֶ֖חֶם יְהוּדָֽה׃
NAS: a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah.
INT: ess A concubine Bethlehem Judah

Judges 19:2
HEB: אֶל־ בֵּ֥ית לֶ֖חֶם יְהוּדָ֑ה וַתְּהִי־
NAS: house in Bethlehem in Judah,
INT: to her father's about Bethlehem Judah become

Judges 19:18
HEB: אֲנַ֜חְנוּ מִבֵּֽית־ לֶ֣חֶם יְהוּדָה֮ עַד־
NAS: to him, We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah
INT: are passing ourselves Bethlehem Judah against

Judges 19:18
HEB: עַד־ בֵּ֥ית לֶ֖חֶם יְהוּדָ֑ה וְאֶת־
NAS: and I went to Bethlehem in Judah.
INT: went against to Bethlehem Judah to my house

Ruth 1:1
HEB: אִ֜ישׁ מִבֵּ֧ית לֶ֣חֶם יְהוּדָ֗ה לָגוּר֙
NAS: And a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah
INT: went man of Bethlehem Judah to sojourn

Ruth 1:2
HEB: אֶפְרָתִ֔ים מִבֵּ֥ית לֶ֖חֶם יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ
NAS: Ephrathites of Bethlehem in Judah.
INT: and Chilion Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah entered

Ruth 1:19
HEB: בֹּאָ֖נָה בֵּ֣ית לָ֑חֶם וַיְהִ֗י כְּבֹאָ֙נָה֙
NAS: they came to Bethlehem. And when they had come
KJV: until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come
INT: until came to Bethlehem become had come

Ruth 1:19
HEB: כְּבֹאָ֙נָה֙ בֵּ֣ית לֶ֔חֶם וַתֵּהֹ֤ם כָּל־
NAS: And when they had come to Bethlehem, all
KJV: And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city
INT: become had come to Bethlehem was stirred all

Ruth 1:22
HEB: בָּ֚אוּ בֵּ֣ית לֶ֔חֶם בִּתְחִלַּ֖ת קְצִ֥יר
NAS: And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning
KJV: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning
INT: and they came to Bethlehem the beginning harvest

Ruth 2:4
HEB: בָּ֚א מִבֵּ֣ית לֶ֔חֶם וַיֹּ֥אמֶר לַקּוֹצְרִ֖ים
NAS: came from Bethlehem and said
KJV: came from Bethlehem, and said
INT: Boaz came Bethlehem and said to the reapers

Ruth 4:11
HEB: שֵׁ֖ם בְּבֵ֥ית לָֽחֶם׃
NAS: and become famous in Bethlehem.
KJV: and be famous in Bethlehem:
INT: and become base Bethlehem

1 Samuel 16:4
HEB: וַיָּבֹ֖א בֵּ֣ית לָ֑חֶם וַיֶּחֶרְד֞וּ זִקְנֵ֤י
NAS: and came to Bethlehem. And the elders
KJV: and came to Bethlehem. And the elders
INT: the LORD and came to Bethlehem came and the elders

1 Samuel 17:12
HEB: הַזֶּ֗ה מִבֵּ֥ית לֶ֙חֶם֙ יְהוּדָ֔ה וּשְׁמ֣וֹ
NAS: of the Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah,
INT: of the Ephrathite he of Bethlehem Judah name

1 Samuel 17:15
HEB: אָבִ֖יו בֵּֽית־ לָֽחֶם׃
NAS: his father's flock at Bethlehem.
KJV: his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
INT: flock his father's Bethlehem

1 Samuel 20:6
HEB: לָרוּץ֙ בֵּֽית־ לֶ֣חֶם עִיר֔וֹ כִּ֣י
NAS: [leave] of me to run to Bethlehem his city,
KJV: [leave] of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city:
INT: David to run to Bethlehem his city because

1 Samuel 20:28
HEB: עַד־ בֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם׃
NAS: asked leave of me [to go] to Bethlehem,
KJV: [leave] of me [to go] to Bethlehem:
INT: me against Bethlehem

2 Samuel 2:32
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֖ר בֵּ֣ית לָ֑חֶם וַיֵּלְכ֣וּ כָל־
NAS: which was in Bethlehem. Then Joab
KJV: of his father, which [was in] Bethlehem. And Joab
INT: his father's which Bethlehem went all

41 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1035
41 Occurrences


lā·ḥem — 19 Occ.
le·ḥem — 22 Occ.
















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