Strong H1022בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי

Bethlehemite

Transliteration: bêyth hallachmîy
Pronunciation: bayth hal-lakh-mee'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense

Definition

Patrial from H1035 with the article inserted; a Beth {lechemite} or native of Bethlechem: - Bethlehemite.

Meaning of the name

Bethlehemite = "house of bread"

Detailed definition

Group of bet le.chem (בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם "Bethlehem" H1035)

In the biblical story

Bethlehem

City of David's birth and Jesus' birth.

Bethlehem, also called Ephrath or Ephrathah, was the city where David and Jesus were born, located in Judah. (Multiple references, see article for details)

In the Bible

Strong H1022 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

lehemite4

First verses

1 Samuel 16:1
And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth–lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
1 Samuel 16:18
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth–lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him.
1 Samuel 17:58
And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth–lehemite.
2 Samuel 21:19
And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare–oregim, a Beth–lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

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