Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
Bethlehem
Usage: § Beth-lehem = "house of bread (food)" a city in Judah, birthplace of David
Beythlechem means “Bethlehem” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1035 — brosis (“eating”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1035 בֵּיתּ לֶחֶם is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Beyth Lechem (bayth leh'-khem) n/l. 1. house of bread 2. Beth- Lechem, a place in Israel It has 39 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include bethlehem, house, israel, and place. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Beyth Lechem (bayth leh'-khem) n/l. 1. house of bread 2. Beth- Lechem, a place in Israel [from H1004 and H3899] KJV: Beth-lehem. Root(s): H1004, H3899
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Bethlehem
Usage: § Beth-lehem = "house of bread (food)" a city in Judah, birthplace of David
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Strong's H1035, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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39 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
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 Bethlehem.
And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
First 39 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1035.
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
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 Bethlehem.
And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.
And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
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 Bethlehemjudah.
And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.
And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.
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 Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
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 Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
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 Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
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 Bethlehem:
And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:
And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, 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.
Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.
The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
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 Bethlehem.
And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!
And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, 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.
Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three.
The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.
And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
But thou, Bethlehem 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.
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Beythlechem (Strong's H1035) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Bethlehem". Beyth Lechem (bayth leh'-khem) n/l. 1. house of bread 2. Beth- Lechem, a place in Israel
This page currently indexes 39 linked usages for Strong's H1035 across 12 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1035 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as bethlehem, house, israel, and place. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.