Bethleem

Type Settlement

Usage Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]

Scripts Βηθλεέμ, Βηθλέεμ(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Form of Bethlehem used in the Greek and Latin Bibles.

Related Names

Rootsbayiṯ + leḥem

Other Languages & CulturesBayt Lahm(Arabic) Bethlehem(Biblical) Bet-Lechem(Biblical Hebrew) Belén(Biblical Spanish) Betlém(Czech) Bethlehem(Dutch) Bethlehem(English) Bethléem(French) Bethlehem(German) Betlemme(Italian) Betlehem(Slovak) Belén(Spanish)

Same SpellingBethléem

Sources & References

Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g965, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g965.

Entry updated October 6, 2024