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בֵּית לֶחֶם H1035
H1035 is the Hebrew word בֵּית לֶחֶם, transliterated Bêyth Lechem and said bayth leh'-khem. The King James Version most often renders it bethlehem.
What it means
Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine.
Where it comes from
from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H3899 (לֶחֶם); house of bread.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 37 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: Bethlehem.
Verses using בֵּית לֶחֶם
All 35 verses, quoted in full.
Joshua 19:15 · KJV
And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
Judges 12:8 · KJV
And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
Judges 17:7 · KJV
And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
Judges 17:8 · KJV
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.
Judges 17:9 · KJV
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.
Judges 19:1 · KJV
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.
Judges 19:2 · KJV
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.
Judges 19:18 · KJV
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.
Ruth 1:1 · KJV
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.
Ruth 1:2 · KJV
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.
Ruth 1:19 · KJV
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?
Ruth 1:22 · KJV
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.
Ruth 2:4 · KJV
And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
1 Samuel 16:4 · KJV
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?
1 Samuel 17:12 · KJV
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.
1 Samuel 17:15 · KJV
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
1 Samuel 20:6 · KJV
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.
1 Samuel 20:28 · KJV
And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:
2 Samuel 2:32 · KJV
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.
2 Samuel 23:14 · KJV
And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
2 Samuel 23:15 · KJV
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!
2 Samuel 23:16 · KJV
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.
2 Samuel 23:24 · KJV
Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
1 Chronicles 2:51 · KJV
Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.
1 Chronicles 2:54 · KJV
The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
1 Chronicles 4:4 · KJV
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.
1 Chronicles 11:16 · KJV
And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines’ garrison was then at Bethlehem.
1 Chronicles 11:17 · KJV
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!
1 Chronicles 11:18 · KJV
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,
1 Chronicles 11:26 · KJV
Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
2 Chronicles 11:6 · KJV
He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
Ezra 2:21 · KJV
The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three.
Nehemiah 7:26 · KJV
The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.
Jeremiah 41:17 · KJV
And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
Micah 5:2 · KJV
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.
Common questions
What does Strong's H1035 mean?
H1035 is the Hebrew word בֵּית לֶחֶם (Bêyth Lechem), meaning Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine.
How is H1035 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it bethlehem (25 times), bethlehemjudah (8 times), out of bethlehemjudah (2 times), go to bethlehem (1 time), even bethlehem (1 time).
How many times does H1035 appear in the Bible?
בֵּית לֶחֶם (Bêyth Lechem) is tagged in 35 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1035 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H3899 (לֶחֶם); house of bread.
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