Bet lechem בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם

Bet lechem (Hebrew בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם, Strong's H1035) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Bethlehem”. It occurs 82 times.

Definition

H1035G: Bethlehem

H1035H: Bethlehem

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Bet lechem, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 35:19
  And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth–lehem.So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
• Genesis 48:7
  And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Beth–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).

Joshua

• Joshua 19:15
  And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth–lehem: twelve cities with their villages.It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, along with their villages.

Judges

• Judges 12:8
  And after him Ibzan of Beth–lehem judged Israel.After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
• Judges 12:10
  Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth–lehem.Then Ibzan died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.
• Judges 17:7
  And there was a young man out of Beth–lehem–judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.
• Judges 17:8
  And the man departed out of the city from Beth–lehem–judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.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.
• Judges 17:9
  And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth–lehem–judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.“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.”
• Judges 19:1
  And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth–lehem–judah.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.
• Judges 19:2
  And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Beth–lehem–judah, and was there four whole months.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,
• Judges 19:18
  And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth–lehem–judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth–lehem–judah, but I am now going to the house of the Lord; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.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,

Ruth

• Ruth 1:1
  Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.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.
• Ruth 1:2
  And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth–lehem–judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.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.
• Ruth 1:19
  So they two went until they came to Beth–lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth–lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?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?”
• Ruth 1:22
  So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth–lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.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.
• Ruth 2:4
  And, behold, Boaz came from Beth–lehem, and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they answered him, The Lord bless thee.Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.
• Ruth 4:11
  And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth–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.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 16:4
  And Samuel did that which the Lord spake, and came to Beth–lehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?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?”
• 1 Samuel 17:12
  Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth–lehem–judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.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.
• 1 Samuel 17:15
  But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth–lehem.but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
• 1 Samuel 20:6
  If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth–lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.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.’
• 1 Samuel 20:28
  And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth–lehem:Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 2:32
  And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth–lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.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.
• 2 Samuel 23:14
  And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth–lehem.At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.
• 2 Samuel 23:15
  And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth–lehem, which is by the gate!David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
• 2 Samuel 23:16
  And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth–lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.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,
• 2 Samuel 23:24
  Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth–lehem,Now these were members of the Thirty: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 2:51
  Salma the father of Beth–lehem, Hareph the father of Beth–gader.Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
• 1 Chronicles 2:54
  The sons of Salma; Beth–lehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.The descendants of Salma:
• 1 Chronicles 4:4
  And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Beth–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.
• 1 Chronicles 11:16
  And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines’ garrison was then at Beth–lehem.At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.
• 1 Chronicles 11:17
  And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth–lehem, that is at the gate!David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
• 1 Chronicles 11:18
  And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth–lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the Lord,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,
• 1 Chronicles 11:26
  Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth–lehem,Now these were the mighty men: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 11:6
  He built even Beth–lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

Ezra

• Ezra 2:21
  The children of Beth–lehem, an hundred twenty and three.the men of Bethlehem, 123;

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 7:26
  The men of Beth–lehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 41:17
  And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Beth–lehem, to go to enter into Egypt,And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, near Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt

Micah

• Micah 5:2
  But thou, Beth–lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.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.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).