Definition

Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine

Etymology

from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H3899 (לֶחֶם); house of bread;

Word family

• בַּיִת bayith
• לֶחֶם lechem

How the KJV renders it

• Bethlehem

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.