Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H1035
בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם
bet le.chem · “Bethlehem”
Used 82 times across 12 books
Definition
§ Beth-lehem = "house of bread (food)"
a city in Judah, birthplace of David
Where it appears
Genesis4
Joshua2
Judges18
Ruth14
1 Samuel10
2 Samuel10
1 Chronicles14
2 Chronicles2
Ezra2
Nehemiah2
Jeremiah2
Micah2
In the text
Genesis 35:19And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth–lehem.Genesis 48:7And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Beth–lehem.Joshua 19:15And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth–lehem: twelve cities with their villages.Judges 12:8And after him Ibzan of Beth–lehem judged Israel.Judges 12:10Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth–lehem.Judges 17:7And there was a young man out of Beth–lehem–judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.Judges 17:8And the man departed out of the city from Beth–lehem–judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.Judges 17:9And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth–lehem–judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.Judges 19:1And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth–lehem–judah.Judges 19:2And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Beth–lehem–judah, and was there four whole months.
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