בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם
bet le.chem
“Bethlehem”
Definition
Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine
from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H3899 (לֶחֶם); house of bread;
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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Occurrences
בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם appears 38 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.
So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.
After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,
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