Bethlehem

Bethléhem English Etymology en enm Bethleem, from en fro Bethleem and en ang Bethleem, from en la Bēthlehēmum, from en grc Βηθλεέμ, from en he בֵּית לֶחֶם bēṯ lɛ́ḥɛm house of bread. en bedlam Belém. Pronunciation en /ˈbɛθ.lə.hɛm/ /ˈbɛθ.li.hɛm/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bethlehem.wav Southern England en En-us-Bethlehem.oga GA Proper noun en Q5776en city r/West Bank c/Palestine, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus. Matthew 2 1 https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/1611_Matthew-Chapter-2 Now when Ieſus was boꝛne in Bethlehem of Iudea, in the dayes of Herod the king, behold, there came Wiſe men from the Eaſt to Hierusalem, A number of other places around the world: en hamlet near vill/Rottum p:suf/Groningen c/Netherlands. en settlement just west of city/Tauranga r/Bay of Plenty c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map en town p:suf/Free State c/South Africa. en quarter of Bümpliz-Oberbottigen, city:pref/Bern c/Switzerland. en small village wcomm/Llangadog co/Carmarthenshire cc/Wales OS grid ref SN6825. en hamlet wcomm/Rudbaxton co/Pembrokeshire cc/Wales OS grid ref SM9820. en number of places c/USA: en town co/Litchfield County s/Connecticut. en unincorporated community co/Holmes County s/Florida. en town co/Barrow County s/Georgia. en twp/and/unincorporated community therein, in co/Clark County s/Indiana. en unincorporated community co/Henry County s/Kentucky. en unincorporated community co/Winn Parish s/Louisiana. en unincorporated community co/Caroline County s/Maryland. en CDP co/Marshall County s/Mississippi. en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Grafton County s/New Hampshire. en town co/Albany County s/New York. en CDP co/Alexander County s/North Carolina. en ghost town co/Marion County s/Ohio. en unincorporated community co/Richland County s/Ohio. en city co/Northampton County and co/Lehigh County s/Pennsylvania. en unincorporated community co/Wayne County s/Tennessee. en unincorporated community co/Harrison County s/West Virginia. en village co/Ohio County s/West Virginia. en A number of other <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Bethlehem Township Derived terms en New Bethlehem East Bethlehem Bethlehem lungwort Bethlehem sage sage of Bethlehem Bethlehemic Bethlehemite South Bethlehem Descendants mi Peterehema 1 Translations city Afrikaans: af Bethlehem Aghwan: xag 𐔱𐔴𐔸𐔾𐔰𐕆𐔴𐕌 Albanian: sq Bethlehem Amharic: am ቤተልሔም Antillean Creole: gcf Bètléyenm Arabic: ar بَيْت لَحْم f Gulf Arabic: afb بَيت لَحَم f Bēt laḥam Aramaic: arc בית לחם Beit Lekhem f Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܠܚܸܡ f, aii ܒܹܝܬ݂ܠܚܸܡ f Armenian: hy Բեթղեհեմ Azerbaijani: az Beytləhm Basque: eu Betleem Belarusian: be Віфлеем Bengali: bn বেথেলহাম, bn বাইত লাহাম Bislama: bi Betlehem Breton: br Bethlehem Bulgarian: bg Витлеем m Burmese: my ဗက်လင် Catalan: ca Betlem Cherokee: chr ᎦᏚᏱ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 伯利恆 baak3 lei6 hang4, yue 白冷 baak6 laang5 Catholic Hakka: hak 伯利恆 Pak-li-hèn Hokkien: nan-hbl 伯利恆 Pek-lī-hêng, nan-hbl Bia̍t-lé-hèm, nan-hbl 白冷 Pe̍k-léng Catholic Mandarin: cmn 伯利恆 Bólìhéng, cmn 白冷 Báilěng Catholic Comorian: Maore Comorian: swb Ɓaitilham Cornish: kw Bethlehem m Corsican: co Betlemme f Czech: cs Betlém m Danish: da Betlehem Dutch: nl Bethlehem Esperanto: eo Bet-Leĥem Estonian: et Petlemm Farefare: gur Bɛtelɛm, gur Bɛtelehɛm Faroese: fo Betlehem Finnish: fi Betlehem French: fr Bethléem m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Betlehem, fy Betlehim n Galician: gl Belén Georgian: ka ბეით-ლაჰმი, ka ბეთლემი German: de Betlehem n Gothic: got 𐌱𐌴𐌸𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼 Greek: el Βηθλεέμ f Ancient Greek: grc Βηθλεέμ f Guianese Creole: gcr Bètléyèm Haitian Creole: ht Bètleyèm Hawaiian: haw Betelehema Hebrew: he בֵּית לֶחֶם bet lékhem f Hindi: hi बेथलहम, hi बैतलहम m Hmong: White Hmong: mww Npelehees Hungarian: hu Betlehem Icelandic: is Betlehem Ido: io Betlehem Indonesian: id Betlehem Irish: ga Beithil f An Bheithil Old Irish: sga Bethel, sga Bethelém Italian: it Betlemme f Japanese: ja ベツレヘム Betsurehemu, ja ワィフレエム Wifureemu Orthodox Christianity Kankanaey: kne Betlehem Karachay-Balkar: krc Вифлеем Kazakh: kk Бетлехем Khmer: km បេថ្លេហិម Korean: ko 베들레헴 Krymchak: jct Бетлехем Lao: lo ເບັດເລເຮັມ Latin: la Bēthlehēmum n, la Bethleem Latvian: lv Bētleme f Lithuanian: lt Betliejus m Luxembourgish: lb Betlehem Macedonian: mk Витлеем m Malay: ms Baitul Laham, ms Baitullaham, ms Betlehem esp. in Christian contexts Maltese: mt Betlem Manchu: mnc ᠪᡝᡨᠯᡳᠶᡝᠮ, mnc ᠪᡝᡨᠯᡳᠶᡝᠮ ᡥᠣᡨᠣᠨ Māori: mi Peterehema Marathi: mr बेथलेहेम n Nogai: nog Бетлехем Norwegian: no Betlehem Occitan: oc Bethelèm, oc Betelèm Old Nubian: onw ⲃⲏⲑⲗⲉⲙⲏ Ossetian: os Вифлеем Persian: fa بیت لحم Beyt-e lahm Polish: pl Betlejem m Portuguese: pt Belém Romanian: ro Betleem, ro Viflaim m Russian: ru Вифлее́м m, ru Бейт-Лехем mmodern Hebrew name, ru Бейт-Лахм mmodern Arabic name Scottish Gaelic: gd Bethlehem Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Витлехем m Latin: sh Betlehem m Shan: shn ပႅတ်ႉလႁႅမ်ႇ Sicilian: scn Betlemmi f, scn Betilemmi f Slovak: sk Betlehem Slovene: sl Betlehem Spanish: es Belén m Swahili: sw Bethlehemu Swedish: sv Betlehem Tagalog: tl Belen, tl Bethlehem Tamil: ta பெத்லகேம் Thai: th เบธเลเฮม betlehem Turkish: tr Beytüllahim, tr Betlehem Ottoman Turkish: ota بیت اللحم Beytü'l-lahm Ukrainian: uk Вифлеє́м Urdu: ur بَیْت اَلْلَحَم bait al-lahm m, ur بیت لحم bait lahm m Uyghur: ug بېتلېخېم Vietnamese: vi Belem biblical Welsh: cy Bethlehem Yiddish: yi בית לחם beys lekhem Noun en obsolete A lunatic asylum. en architecture In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the Eucharist is made. en 1869 John Baron Anglosaxon witness on four alleged requisites for holy communion to the Hebrew and Arabic word “korban” as now used in the Abyssinian Church to denote the sacramental bread specially prepared in the “Bethlehem,” or “House of Bread.” en 1882 William Audsley; George Ashdown Audsley Popular Dictionary of Architecture and the Allied Arts 200 A small building, attached to Ethiopic churches, usually at the eastern end of the sacrarium, in which the deacon prepares and bakes the bread for use in the eucharist. This building is called the Bethlehem, or “house of bread.” en 2006 Geoffrey Wainwright; Robert Earl Cushman; Karen B. Westerfield Tucker The Oxford History of Christian Worship 143 The deacon rings a bell when bread is brought from the bethlehem to the maqdas and at other liturgical times en 2014 Bryan D. Spinks Do this in Remembrance of Me 174 The priests and deacons assigned to the service wash their feet and hands, usually near the 'Bethlehem'. Derived terms en bedlam Bethlem References Further reading Bethlehem (disambiguation) en Judaism Christianity Ancient Near East en exonyms Cornish Proper noun kw proper noun m kw city c/Palestine Bethlehem Dutch nl: Alternative forms nl Betlehem superseded Etymology From nl la Bēthlehēmum, la Bēthleëm, from nl grc Βηθλεέμ, from nl he בֵּית לֶחֶם bet léchem house of bread. The hamlet is first attested as Bethlehem in 1502 and is named after a former monastery, which was named in turn after the city in Palestine. Pronunciation nl /ˈbɛt.leːˌɦɛm/ nl Nl-Bethlehem.ogg nl Beth le hem Proper noun n nl city r/West Bank c/Palestine Bethlehem nl hamlet mun/Het Hogeland p/Groningen c/Netherlands nl exonyms German de: Alternative forms de Betlehem Pronunciation de /ˈbeːt.ləˌhɛm/ /-ˌheːm/ de De-Bethlehem.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Beth le hem Proper noun toponym de city c/Palestine Bethlehem Latin Pronunciation Bēthlehem 1 Proper noun Bēthlehem n 1 la Bēthlehēmum References Bēthlĕhem Middle English Proper noun enm proper noun 1 enm Bethleem