Genesis 35:19
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
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Bethlehem
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John 7:42
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
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Βηθλεέμ
Bēthleém · bayth-leh-em'
8 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
Bethleem (i.e. Beth-lechem), a place in Palestine
Strong's KJV usage: :--Bethlehem.
Strong's first: Matthew 2:1Strong's last: John 7:42
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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?
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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?
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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.
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And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
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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 Bethlehem:
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bethlehem
BETH'LEHEM, noun [Heb. the house of food or bread.]
1. A town or village in Judea, about six miles south-east of Jerusalem; famous for its being the place of Christ's nativity.
2. A hospital for lunatics; corrupted into bedlam.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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