Strong's Hebrew · H1022

H1022 Bêyth hal-Lachmîy

בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי

bayth hal-lakh-mee'

Bethlehemite

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Bêyth hal-Lachmîy appears 8 times in Scripture, in 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

a Beth-lechemite, or native of Bethlechem

In the King James Version

Bethlehemite.

Derivation

patrial from H1035 (בֵּית לֶחֶם) with the article inserted;

Appears 8 times in Scripture

1 Samuel 16:18

“One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.””

1 Samuel 17:58

““Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.”

2 Samuel 21:19

“Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.”

1 Samuel 16:1

“Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.””

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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