GreekG0965Noun

Βηθλεέμ

Bēthleem

8Occurrences
G0965Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Bethleem (i.e. Beth-lechem), a place in Palestine

of Hebrew origin (H01036);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Bethlehem, a town 6 m. S. of Jerusalem: 6, 8, 16.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

Βηθλεέμ appears 8 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
5
Luke
2
John
1

Key Passages

John 7:42BSB

Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”

Luke 2:4BSB

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.

Luke 2:15BSB

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.”

Matthew 2:1BSB

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

Matthew 2:5BSB

“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

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