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Strong's #965: Bethleem (pronounced bayth-leh-em')

of Hebrew origin (1036); Bethleem (i.e. Beth-lechem), a place in Palestine:--Bethlehem.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Bēthleem

Bethlehem = "house of bread"

1) a village about six miles (10 km) south of Jerusalem

Part of Speech: noun proper locative

Relation: of Hebrew origin H1036




Usage:

This word is used 8 times:

Matthew 2:1: "when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod"
Matthew 2:5: "said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written"
Matthew 2:6: "And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, art not the least"
Matthew 2:8: "he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently"
Matthew 2:16: "the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all"
Luke 2:4: "of David, which is called Bethlehem; because (he was of"
Luke 2:15: "one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see"
John 7:42: "out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?"









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