Bethlehem

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English

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleem) from the Hebrew בית לחם (bet léchem).

Proper noun

Bethlehem

1. A city in Palestine, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus.

   1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)^[1] Matthew 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem

Derived terms

• bedlam
• Bethlem

Translations

City

Arabic: بيت لحم‎ (ar) (bayt laHm) m. Armenian: Բեթղեհեմ (hy) (Bet'ġehem) Catalan: Betlem Chinese: Mandarin: 伯利恆 (cmn), 伯利恒 (cmn) (Bólìhéng) Czech: Betlém (cs) m. Danish: Betlehem (da) Dutch: Bethlehem (nl) Esperanto: Bet-Leĥem Finnish: Betlehem (fi) French: Bethléem (fr) Georgian: ბეით-ლაჰმი (ka) (beit‘-lahmi) German: Betlehem (de) Gothic: 𐌱𐌴𐌸𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼 (Bethlaihaim) Greek: Βηθλεέμ (el) (Vithleém) Haitian Creole: Bètleyèm Hebrew: בית לחם (he) (bayt leh'khem) Hungarian: Betlehem (hu)

Ido: Betlehem Italian: Betlemme (it) Japanese: ベツレヘム (ja) (Betsurehemu) Korean: 베들레헴 (bedeullehem) Latin: Bethleem (la) Luxembourgish: Betlehem Macedonian: Витлеем (mk) (Vítleem) m. Norwegian: Betlehem (no) Occitan: Bethelèm (oc) Polish: Betlejem (pl) m. Portuguese: Belém (pt) m. Romanian: Bethleem (ro) Russian: Вифлеем (ru) (Viflejém) m. Spanish: Belén (es) m. Swedish: Betlehem (sv) Tagalog: Belén Ukrainian: Віфлеєм (uk) (Viflejem) Welsh: Bethlehem (cy)