Bethlehem

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
12/1/2024, 10:33 PM	Mike C	update #117
10/6/2024, 9:08 PM	Mike C	update #116
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM	Mike C	update #108
12/14/2019, 2:25 PM	Mike C	update #106
5/31/2018, 2:36 PM	Mike C	added

Type Settlement

Usage English, German, Dutch, Biblical

Scripts בֵּית־לֶחֶם(Ancient Hebrew)

Meaning & History

Means "house of bread" in Hebrew, from the roots בַּיִת (bayiṯ) meaning "house" and לֶחֶם (leḥem) meaning "bread". This is the name of a city in Palestine. It appears in the both the Old Testament and the New Testament, notably as the town where Jesus is born.