Beth-lehem in the Bible

Meaning: house of bread

Exact Match

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

Verse ConceptsBurials, Places OfDyingDeath Of A ChildDeath Of A Mother

And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Experience OfUnhappiness

and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Jidalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities and their hamlets.

Verse ConceptsBethlehemTwelve Things

And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.

Verse ConceptsJudging Israel

Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem.

And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

And Micah said to him, Whence comest thou? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

Verse ConceptsWhere From?

And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite dwelling on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.

Verse ConceptsConcubinesKingship, HumanBethlehemNo King

And his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him to her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months.

Verse ConceptsSinglenessTwo To Four MonthsThose Who Committed Adulterywhores

And he said to him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-Judah towards the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth-lehem-judah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me into his house.

Verse ConceptsNot Welcoming People

Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to dwell in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfJudgesRefugeesSojourningJudging IsraelTimes Of People

And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

Verse ConceptsNamed Wives

So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they had come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

Verse ConceptsGod's Mercy, Example OfTownIs It Really?

So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley-harvest.

Verse ConceptsBarleyGrainHarvestAutumnIndividuals going home

And behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said to the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.

Verse ConceptsCourteousnessGreetingsSalutationsGod Be With YouMay God Bless!Spoken Greetingsfriendliness

And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that hath come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:

Verse ConceptsBethlehemBuildersLike Good PeopleGetting Rich

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

Verse ConceptsTownTremblingFear Of Individuals

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

Verse ConceptsDavid, Early LifeEight PeopleDads

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

Verse ConceptsHelpfulnessThose Who Kept Stock

And Saul said to him, Young man, whose son are you? And David in answer said, I am the son of your servant Jesse of Beth-lehem.

Verse ConceptsWho Is This?servanthoodsaul

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

Verse ConceptsBethlehemAsking PermissionEvery YearGone Awayanniversary

And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:

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

Verse ConceptsDawnTombsWalking All NightAnother's Burial Place

And David was then in a hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsGarrisonsEarthly Armies

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

Verse ConceptsLove, And The Worldriskheartbeat

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

Verse ConceptsExamples Of ConsecrationDrawing WaterPouring WaterBreaking Forthrisk

Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

Verse ConceptsThirty

Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

The sons of Salma; Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Menahethites, the Zorites.

And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem.

Verse ConceptsFirstborn Sons

And Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who were rulers in Moab, and went back to Beth-lehem. And the records are very old.

Verse ConceptsOld Things

And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Beth-lehem.

Verse ConceptsFortifications

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

And the three broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, 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,

Verse ConceptsDrawing WaterPouring Water

Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

The children of Beth-lehem, a hundred twenty and three.

Verse ConceptsA Hundred And Some

The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, a hundred and eighty eight.

Verse ConceptsA Hundred And Some

and they departed, and dwelt in Geruth Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

And they said to him, 'In Beth-Lehem of Judea, for thus it hath been written through the prophet,

Verse ConceptsWritten In The Prophetsmanhood

And thou, Beth-Lehem, the land of Judah, thou art by no means the least among the leaders of Judah, for out of thee shall come one leading, who shall feed My people Israel.'

Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdRulersWatchfulness, DivineNames And Titles For ChristChrist Is King Of IsraelUnimportant Things

and having sent them to Beth-Lehem, he said, 'Having gone -- inquire ye exactly for the child, and whenever ye may have found, bring me back word, that I also having come may bow to him.'

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitAdoration, Of ChristFinding PeopleTelling Of MovementsWorshipping Christ

Then Herod, having seen that he was deceived by the mages, was very wroth, and having sent forth, he slew all the male children in Beth-Lehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time that he inquired exactly from the mages.

Verse ConceptsCriminalsCrimesFaithlessness, As DisobedienceBoysBitterness, Examples OfInnocence, Examples OfShrewdnessSuffering, Nature OfBethlehemInfanticideDeath Of All MalesBeing Found OutWhen?Named Gentile RulersThose Who DeceivedAngry PeopleKilling IsraelitesMassacresThe Death Of BabiesExamples Of Ungodly MenJesus BirthDeath Of A Child

And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, the town of David, because he was of the house and family of David,

Verse ConceptsCity Of DavidGod Shows Loving KindnessRelativesNativity of Jesus ChristJesus Birth

And when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the keepers of the sheep said to one another, Let us go now to Beth-lehem, and see this thing which has come about, which the Lord has made clear to us.

Verse ConceptseagernessLeavingLooking And SeeingTelling Of Jesus

Do not the Writings say that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Beth-lehem, the little town where David was?

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with DavidBethlehemJesus As Son Of DavidChrist's OriginMessiahScripture SaysJesus Birth

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