Strong's Hebrew · H1035

H1035 Bêyth Lechem

בֵּית לֶחֶם

bayth leh'-khem

Bethlehem

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Bêyth Lechem appears 79 times in Scripture, including Genesis 35:19 and Joshua 19:15. 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

Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine

In the King James Version

Bethlehem.

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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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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