Strong's Hebrew · H1035

בֵּית לֶחֶם

Bêyth Lechem · bayth leh'-khem

Bethlehem.

Definition

Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine

Derivation

from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H3899 (לֶחֶם); house of bread;

Appears 79 times in Scripture

Genesis 35:19

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

Genesis 48:7

Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).

Judges 12:8

After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

Joshua 19:15

It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, along with their villages.

Judges 12:10

Then Ibzan died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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