Βηθλεέμ
Bēthleem
“Bethlehem”
Definition
Bethleem (i.e. Beth-lechem), a place in Palestine
of Hebrew origin (H01036);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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Occurrences
Βηθλεέμ appears 8 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
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