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bet le.chem H1035

בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם (bet le.chem) means “Bethlehem” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם Hebrew · H1035 41 tagged occurrences in 39 verses

Pronunciation guide: bayth leh'-khem Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H1035G

בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם · bet le.chem · Bethlehem

§ Beth-lehem = "house of bread (food)" a city in Judah, birthplace of David

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TBESH · H1035H

בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם · bet le.chem · Bethlehem

§ Beth-lehem = "house of bread (food)" a place in Zebulun

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H3899 (לֶחֶם); house of bread; Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine

KJV glosses: Bethlehem.

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How translators render H1035

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
vvv 30
bethlehem 16
of bethlehem 8
from bethlehem 6
in bethlehem 5
of 3
from 2
to bethlehem 2
was at bethlehem 2
and bethlehem 1
go to bethlehem 1
is 1
to 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
of bethlehem 11
bethlehem 6
to bethlehem 6
of bethlehemjudah 4
at bethlehem 2
from bethlehemjudah 2
out of bethlehemjudah 2
to bethlehemjudah 2
and bethlehem 1
but thou bethlehem 1
even bethlehem 1
from bethlehem 1
in bethlehem 1
then at bethlehem 1

Verses containing H1035

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  1. Genesis 35:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

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  2. Genesis 48:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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).

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  3. Joshua 19:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, along with their villages.

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  4. Judges 12:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

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  5. Judges 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Ibzan died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.

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  6. Judges 17:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.

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  7. Judges 17:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  8. Judges 17:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “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.”

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  9. Judges 19:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  10. Judges 19:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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,

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  11. Judges 19:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    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,

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  12. Ruth 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  13. Ruth 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  14. Ruth 1:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women of the town exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”

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  15. Ruth 1:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  16. Ruth 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.

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  17. Ruth 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “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.

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  18. 1 Samuel 16:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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?”

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  19. 1 Samuel 17:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons. And in the days of Saul, Jesse was old and well along in years.

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  20. 1 Samuel 17:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.

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  21. 1 Samuel 20:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.’

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  22. 1 Samuel 20:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,

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  23. 2 Samuel 2:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And 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.

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  24. 2 Samuel 23:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.

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  25. 2 Samuel 23:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”

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  26. 2 Samuel 23:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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,

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  27. 2 Samuel 23:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now these were members of the Thirty: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

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  28. 1 Chronicles 2:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

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  29. 1 Chronicles 2:54 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,

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  30. 1 Chronicles 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  31. 1 Chronicles 11:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.

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  32. 1 Chronicles 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”

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  33. 1 Chronicles 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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,

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  34. 1 Chronicles 11:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now these were the mighty men: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

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  35. 2 Chronicles 11:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

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  36. Ezra 2:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the men of Bethlehem, 123;

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  37. Nehemiah 7:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;

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  38. Jeremiah 41:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, near Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt

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  39. Micah 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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    Source alternate reference: 5.1

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