Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H1035
בֵּית לֶחֶם
Beth Lechembayth leh'-khem
Bethlehem
82 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Bêyth Lechem
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1035is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 39Old Testament books
- 20spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1035
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
Beth Lechem is rendered "Bethlehem". It stands 82 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.
- Eighteen of the uses stand in Judges, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 35:19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
- The Greek text spells it twenty different ways.
The first use
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
Genesis 35:19בֵּ֥ית
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twelve of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- -lehem41
- Beth-25
- from Beth-11
- in Beth-2
- and Beth-1
- at Beth-1
- O Beth-1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| בֵּין | ben | between | Uses407 |
| בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי | Beth hal-Lachmi | Bethlehemite | Uses8 |
| בֵּיצָה | betsah | egg | Uses6 |
| בֵּית הַשִּׁמְשִׁי | Beth hash-Shimshi | Bethshemite | Uses4 |
| בֵּין | ben | between | Uses2 |
| בֵּית הָאֱלִי | Beth ha-Eli | Bethelite | Uses2 |
The words it stands beside
All 82, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
20 spellings 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
- לָֽחֶם׃10
- בֵּ֥ית9
- בֵּֽית־8
- לֶ֙חֶם֙8
- מִבֵּ֥ית8
- בֵּ֣ית6
- לֶ֖חֶם6
- לָ֑חֶם5
- לֶ֣חֶם4
- בְּבֵ֥ית3
- בֵֽית־3
- לֶ֔חֶם3
and 8 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)67HNpl
- preposition + proper noun (a name)14HR/Npl
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npl
Genesis
four uses
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
- בֵּ֥יתbeitproper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לָֽחֶם׃lachemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
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).
- בֵּ֥יתbeitproper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לָֽחֶם׃lachemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
Joshua
two uses
It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, along with their villages.
- וּבֵ֣יתuveitconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Beth-
- לָ֑חֶםlachemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
Judges
eighteen uses
After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
- מִבֵּ֥יתmibeitpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Beth-
- לָֽחֶם׃lachemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
Then Ibzan died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.
- בְּבֵ֥יתbeveitpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Beth-
- לָֽחֶם׃ פlachemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.
- מִבֵּ֥יתmibeitpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Beth-
- לֶ֙חֶם֙lechemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
- מִבֵּ֥יתmibeitpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Beth-
- לֶ֙חֶם֙lechemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
“Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”
- מִבֵּ֥יתmibeitpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Beth-
- לֶ֙חֶם֙lechemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
- מִבֵּ֥יתmibeitpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Beth-
- לֶ֖חֶםlechemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,
- בֵּ֥יתbeitproper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לֶ֖חֶםlechemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,
- מִבֵּֽית־mibeit-preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Beth-
- לֶ֣חֶםlechemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
- בֵּ֥יתbeitproper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לֶ֖חֶםlechemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
Ruth
fourteen uses
In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.
- מִבֵּ֧יתmibeitpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Beth-
- לֶ֣חֶםlechemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.
- מִבֵּ֥יתmibeitpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Beth-
- לֶ֖חֶםlechemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole city was stirred because of them, and the women of the city exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
- בֵּ֣יתbeitproper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לָ֑חֶםlachemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
- בֵּ֣יתbeitproper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לֶ֔חֶםlechemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
- בֵּ֣יתbeitproper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לֶ֔חֶםlechemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.
- מִבֵּ֣יתmibeitpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Beth-
- לֶ֔חֶםlechemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
- בְּבֵ֥יתbeveitpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Beth-
- לָֽחֶם׃lachemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
1 Samuel
ten uses
So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
- בֵּ֣יתbeitproper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לָ֑חֶםlachemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons in the days of Saul. And Jesse was old and well along in years.
- מִבֵּ֥יתmibeitpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Beth-
- לֶ֙חֶם֙lechemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לָֽחֶם׃lachemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David urgently requested my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.’
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לֶ֣חֶםlechemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,
- בֵּ֥יתbeitproper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לָֽחֶם׃lachemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
2 Samuel
ten uses
Later, they took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.
- בֵּ֣יתbeitproper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לָ֑חֶםlachemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.
- בֵּ֥יתbeitproper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לָֽחֶם׃lachemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לֶ֖חֶםlechemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לֶ֙חֶם֙lechemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
Now these were members of the Thirty: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
- בֵּ֥יתbeitproper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לָֽחֶם׃lachemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
1 Chronicles
fourteen uses
Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
- בֵֽית־veit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לָ֔חֶםlachemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
The descendants of Salma:
- בֵּ֥יתbeitproper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לֶ֙חֶם֙lechemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.
- בֵּ֥יתbeitproper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לָֽחֶם׃lachemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.
- בְּבֵ֥יתbeveitpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Beth-
- לָֽחֶם׃lachemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לֶ֖חֶםlechemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
So the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לֶ֙חֶם֙lechemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
Now these were the mighty men: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
- מִבֵּ֥יתmibeitpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Beth-
- לָֽחֶם׃ סlachemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
2 Chronicles
two uses
He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לֶ֛חֶםlechemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
Ezra
two uses
the men of Bethlehem, 123;
- בֵֽית־veit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לָ֔חֶםlachemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
Nehemiah
two uses
the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;
- בֵֽית־veit-proper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לֶ֙חֶם֙lechemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
Jeremiah
two uses
And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, near Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt
- בֵּ֣יתbeitproper noun (a name)tagged: Beth-
- לָ֑חֶםlachemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
Micah
two uses
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
- בֵּֽית־beit-proper noun (a name)tagged: O Beth-
- לֶ֣חֶםlechemproper noun (a name)tagged: -lehem
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
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.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.