בֵּית לֶחֶם
Bêyth Lechem · bayth leh'-khem
Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H3899 (לֶחֶם); house of bread;
Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Bethlehem.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign › authority, the one who leads › to separate and protect › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The house, what is within of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign of authority, the one who leads that works to separate and protect of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בֵּית לֶחֶם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
82 occurrences · 82 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of bethlehem11 · 27%
- to bethlehem5 · 12%
- of bethlehemjudah4 · 10%
- at bethlehem2 · 5%
- out of bethlehemjudah2 · 5%
- from bethlehemjudah2 · 5%
- to bethlehemjudah2 · 5%
- bethlehem2 · 5%
- which is bethlehem1 · 2%
- the same is bethlehem1 · 2%
- and bethlehem1 · 2%
- from bethlehem1 · 2%
- in bethlehem1 · 2%
- to go to bethlehem1 · 2%
- which was in bethlehem1 · 2%
- was then in bethlehem1 · 2%
- was then at bethlehem1 · 2%
- even bethlehem1 · 2%
- but thou, bethlehem1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.