noun · feminine
bēthleem
GreekΒηθλέεμ (bēthleem)
Strong’sG965
Bethlehem
stem bēthleem-8 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Βηθλέεμ, ἡ, indecl.
(Heb. בֵּית לֶחֶם, house of bread),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G965 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbayth-leh-em'
Bethleem (i.e. Beth-lechem), a place in Palestine
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesBethlehem.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | bēthleem1×Βηθλέεμ | bēthleem |
| object accusative | bēthleem1×Βηθλέεμ | bēthleem |
| direct address vocative | bēthleem1×Βηθλέεμ | bēthleem |
| of, belonging to genitive | bēthleem2×Βηθλέεμ | bēthleem |
| to, for dative | bēthleem3×Βηθλέεμ | bēthleem |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
bēthleem“Bethlehem”subjectnominative singular1×
Luke 2:4“Bethlehem”Anabainata de kai Iōsēf apo tau Galilaiau ek politau Nazareth eis tan Ioudaian eis politan David hotinas kalitō Bēthleem, dia tem arō auton ek oikou kai patriau David,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.
bēthleem“Bethlehem”objectaccusative singular1×
Matthew 2:8“Bethlehem”kai pemparatos autoin eis Bēthleem legata; Poreuiratois exetazavar akribōs peri teu paidieu; epan de heuriskaveia, apangellavar mi, hopōs kamis ercharatos proskunameia auto.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.”
bēthleem“Bethlehem”direct addressvocative singular1×
Matthew 2:6“Bethlehem”Kai sis, Bēthleem gēar Ioudaou, oudamōs elachistas asō en toi hēgemōnoi Ioudaou; ek su gar exercheti hēgerōtos, hotinos poimainati ton laon mu ton Israēl.‘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.’”
bēthleem“Bethlehem”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Luke 2:15“Bethlehem”Kai gineta hōs aperchala apo autoiu eis ton ouranon tois angelois, tois poimēnois lalale pros allēloin; Dierchaneia dē heōs Bēthleem kai horaneia tem rēmem houtem tem ginarētem hem tos kurios gnōrizata ni.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.”
John 7:42“Bethlehem”ouk tas grafas legata hoti ek teu spermeu David, kai apo Bēthleem tau kōmau hopou ate David, erchetō tos christos?Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
bēthleem“Bethlehem”to, fordative singular3×
Matthew 2:1“Bethlehem”Tou de Iēsu genniratou en Bēthleem tau Ioudaiau en hēmerai Hērōdou tou basilevou, idou magois apo anatolaiu paraginela eis HierosolumeimAfter Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
Matthew 2:5“Bethlehem”tois de legala auto; En Bēthleem tau Ioudaiau; houtōs gar grafitē dia tou profētou;“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
Matthew 2:16“Bethlehem”Tote Hērōdos horaratos hoti empaizita hupo toiu magoiu thumita liōs, kai apostelaratos anairata pantoin toin paidoin toin en Bēthleem kai en pantei tei horei autau apo dietou kai katōterō, kata ton chronon hon akribata para toiu magoiu.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.