Strong's Concordance Béthleem: "house of bread," Bethlehem, a city near Jer. Original Word: Βηθλεέμ, ἡPart of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Béthleem Phonetic Spelling: (bayth-leh-em') Short Definition: Bethlehem Definition: Bethlehem, a town of Judea. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 965: ΒηθλημΒηθλημ, ἡ (indecl) (in Josephus not only so (Antiquities 8, 10, 1), but also Βηθλημη, Βηθλημης, Antiquities 6, 8, 1; 11, 7; (7, 1, 3); ἀπό Βηθλεμων, 5, 2, 8; ἐκ Βηθλημων, 5, 9, 1; (cf. 7, 13; 9, 2)), Bethlehem (לֶחֶם בֵּית house of bread), a little town, named from the fertility of its sort, six Roman miles south of Jerusalem; now Beit Lachm, with about 3,000 ("5,000," Baedeker) inhabitants: Matthew 2:1, 5f, 8, 16; Luke 2:4, 15; John 7:42. Cf. Winers RWB, under the word; Robinson i., p. 470ff; Raumer, p. 313ff; Tobler, Bethlehem in Palastina as above with 1849; (Socin (i. e. Baedeker), Handbook. etc., under the word; Porter (i. e. Murray) ibid.; BB. DD.). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Bethlehem. Of Hebrew origin (Beyth l-'Aphrah); Bethleem (i.e. Beth-lechem), a place in Palestine -- Bethlehem. see HEBREW Beyth l-'Aphrah Forms and Transliterations Βηθλεεμ Βηθλεέμ Βηθλεὲμ Βηθλέεμ Bethleem Bethleém Bethleèm Bēthleem Bēthleém BēthleèmLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 9658 Occurrences Βηθλεὲμ — 8 Occ. Matthew 2:1 N GRK: γεννηθέντος ἐν Βηθλεὲμ τῆς Ἰουδαίας NAS: was born in Bethlehem of Judea KJV: was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in INT: having been born in Bethlehem of Judea Matthew 2:5 N Matthew 2:6 N Matthew 2:8 N Matthew 2:16 N Luke 2:4 N Luke 2:15 N John 7:42 N |