Greek proper noun (a place) · G965
Βηθλεέμ
Bethleembayth-leh-em'
Bethlehem
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Bēthleém
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G965is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G965
Bethleem (i.e. Beth-lechem), a place in Palestine
The King James renders it: Bethlehem.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Bethleem is rendered "Bethlehem". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Five of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 2:1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
The first use
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
Matthew 2:1Βηθλέεμ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Bethlehem8
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- Βηθλέεμ8
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular3N-DSF-L
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2N-GSF-L
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1N-ASF-L
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1N-NSF-L
- noun · vocative (address) · feminine singular1N-VSF-L
Matthew
five uses
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
- Βηθλέεμbethleemnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Bethlehem
“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
- Βηθλέεμbethleemnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Bethlehem
‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”
- βηθλέεμbethleemnoun · vocative (address) · feminine singulartagged: Bethlehem
And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”
- Βηθλέεμbethleemnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Bethlehem
When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
- Βηθλέεμbethleemnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Bethlehem
Luke
two uses
So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.
- Βηθλέεμbethleemnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: Bethlehem
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
- Βηθλέεμbethleemnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Bethlehem
John
one use
Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
- Βηθλέεμbethleemnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Bethlehem
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
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Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.