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Βηθλεέμ

Bēthleem · Bethlehem

Greek word · Strong’s number G965 · appears 8 times in the Bible

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What it means

Bēthleem (Βηθλεέμ) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Bethlehem”.

A town of Judah a few miles from Jerusalem; the city of David, where Jesus was born.

How to say it

Bē·thle·em

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

The place

JerusalemBethlehem
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.

  • Bethlehem

    Today: Bethlehem (Bayt Lahm), West Bank

    A town in Judea, about 5.5 miles (9 km) south of Jerusalem.

    Rachel died near it (Gen 35:19), Naomi and Ruth lived there (Ruth 1:1), and David was born there. Micah said a ruler would come from it, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem (Mic 5:2; Matt 2:1).

    Genesis 35:19Ruth 1:1Micah 5:2Matthew 2:1

Where it appears

  • Matthew 2:1

    Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, look, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

  • Matthew 2:5

    And they said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written through the prophet:

  • Matthew 2:6

    ‘And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you will come a leader who will shepherd my people Israel.’”

  • Matthew 2:8

    And sending them to Bethlehem, he said, “Go and inquire precisely about the child; and when you find him, report to me, so that I too may come and bow down before him.”

  • Matthew 2:16

    Then Herod, seeing that he had been tricked by the magi, was greatly enraged, and sending men, he killed all the children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time that he had learned precisely from the magi.

  • Luke 2:4

    And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

  • Luke 2:15

    And it happened, when the angels went away from them into heaven, that the shepherds were saying to one another, “Let us go then over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

  • John 7:42

    Has not the Scripture said that the Messiah comes from the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”