Strong's Hebrew · H1035
בֵּית לֶחֶם
Bêyth Lechem · bayth leh'-khem
DefinitionBeth-Lechem, a place in Palestine
Derivationfrom H1004 (בַּיִת) and H3899 (לֶחֶם); house of bread;
KJV usageBethlehem.
Occurrences41 in the KJV · 39 verses
בֵּית לֶחֶם in Scripture
Genesis 35:19
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.
Genesis 48:7
And 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 19:15
And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities with their villages.
Judges 12:8
And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.
Judges 12:10
Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem.
Judges 17:7
And there was a young man out of Bethlehem -judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
Judges 17:8
And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehem -judah to sojourn where he could find a place : and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
Judges 17:9
And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem -judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place .
Judges 19:1
And 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 Bethlehem -judah.
Judges 19:2
And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father' s house to Bethlehem -judah, and was there four whole months.
Judges 19:18
And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehem -judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehem -judah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.
Ruth 1:1
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem -judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
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