Strong's Hebrew · H1022
בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי
Bêyth hal-Lachmîy · bayth hal-lakh-mee'
Definitiona Beth-lechemite, or native of Bethlechem
Derivationpatrial from H1035 (בֵּית לֶחֶם) with the article inserted;
KJV usageBethlehemite.
Occurrences4 in the KJV · 4 verses
בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי in Scripture
1 Samuel 16:1
And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
1 Samuel 16:18
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
1 Samuel 17:58
And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.
2 Samuel 21:19
And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare -oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver' s beam.