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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Bethlehem

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

39exact KJV occurrences 31Old Testament 8New Testament 15books containing the word 1mapped Strong's IDs 8occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 35:19

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

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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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where Bethlehem appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

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GreekG965
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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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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39 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Genesis 35:19
no direct Strong's tag

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

Genesis 48:7
no direct Strong's tag

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 Bethlehem.

Joshua 19:15
no direct Strong's tag

And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.

Judges 12:8
no direct Strong's tag

And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

Judges 12:10
no direct Strong's tag

Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.

Ruth 1:19
no direct Strong's tag

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?

Ruth 1:19
no direct Strong's tag

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?

Ruth 1:22
no direct Strong's tag

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.

Ruth 2:4
no direct Strong's tag

And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.

Ruth 4:11
no direct Strong's tag

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:

1 Samuel 16:4
no direct Strong's tag

And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?

1 Samuel 17:15
no direct Strong's tag

But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 20:6
no direct Strong's tag

If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

1 Samuel 20:28
no direct Strong's tag

And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:

2 Samuel 2:32
no direct Strong's tag

And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.

2 Samuel 23:14
no direct Strong's tag

And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

2 Samuel 23:15
no direct Strong's tag

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!

2 Samuel 23:16
no direct Strong's tag

And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.

2 Samuel 23:24
no direct Strong's tag

Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

1 Chronicles 2:51
no direct Strong's tag

Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.

1 Chronicles 2:54
no direct Strong's tag

The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.

1 Chronicles 4:4
no direct Strong's tag

And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.

1 Chronicles 11:16
no direct Strong's tag

And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.

1 Chronicles 11:17
no direct Strong's tag

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!

1 Chronicles 11:18
no direct Strong's tag

And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD,

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

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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