Βηθλεέμ

BēthleemBethlehem
greekNew TestamentName of a place8 occurrences3 books8 verses
This is the name of the place Bethlehem: City of David's birth and Jesus' birth.

Definition

Βηθλέεμ, ἡ, indecl. (Heb. בֵּית לֶחֶם, house of bread),

Bethlehem, a town 6 m. S. of Jerusalem: Matthew 2:1, 5, 6, 8, 16, Luke 2:4, 15, John 7:42.

Glossary entries

Bethlehem Ephrath (Place) Bethlehemite Jashubi-lehem

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

8 total
  1. Matthew 2:1Βηθλέεμ · Bethlehem
    After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
  2. Matthew 2:5Βηθλέεμ · Bethlehem
    “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
  3. Matthew 2:6Βηθλέεμ · Bethlehem
    ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”
  4. Matthew 2:8Βηθλέεμ · Bethlehem
    And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”
  5. Matthew 2:16Βηθλέεμ · Bethlehem
    When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
  6. Luke 2:4Βηθλεέμ · Bethlehem
    So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.
  7. Luke 2:15Βηθλεὲμ · Bethlehem
    When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
  8. John 7:42Βηθλεὲμ · Bethlehem
    Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”