Strong H10352 sensesבֵּית לֶ֫חֶם

Meaning of the name

The 2 senses of Strong H1035

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H1035 appears in 39 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. City of David's birth and Jesus' birth.H1035GNot in the KJV
2. Town in Zebulun, distinct from Bethlehem in Judah.H1035HNot in the KJV

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• lehem24
• judah8
• beth7
• thou1

First verses

1. Genesis 35:19
   And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth–lehem.
2. Genesis 48:7
   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 Beth–lehem.
3. Joshua 19:15
   And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth–lehem: twelve cities with their villages.
4. Judges 12:8
   And after him Ibzan of Beth–lehem judged Israel.
5. Judges 12:10
   Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth–lehem.
6. Judges 17:7
   And there was a young man out of Beth–lehem–judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
7. Judges 17:8
   And the man departed out of the city from Beth–lehem–judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
8. Judges 17:9
   And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth–lehem–judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
9. Judges 19:1
   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 Beth–lehem–judah.
10. Judges 19:2
    And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Beth–lehem–judah, and was there four whole months.
11. Judges 19:18
    And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth–lehem–judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth–lehem–judah, but I am now going to the house of the Lord; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.
12. Ruth 1:1
    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 Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
13. Ruth 1:2
    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 Beth–lehem–judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
14. Ruth 1:19
    So they two went until they came to Beth–lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth–lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
15. Ruth 1:22
    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 Beth–lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
16. Ruth 2:4
    And, behold, Boaz came from Beth–lehem, and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they answered him, The Lord bless thee.
17. Ruth 4:11
    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 Beth–lehem:
18. 1 Samuel 16:4
    And Samuel did that which the Lord spake, and came to Beth–lehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
19. 1 Samuel 17:12
    Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth–lehem–judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
20. 1 Samuel 17:15
    But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth–lehem.