- Βηθλέεμ
- Βηθλέεμ, ἡ (other edd.-λεέμ; s. B-D-F §56, 3) indecl. (בֵּית לֶחֶם house of bread; LXX; TestReub 3:13; AscIs; Just. In Joseph. Βήθλεμα, Βηθλέεμα [Ant. 5, 323],-ων [5, 136] and Βηθλ[ε]έμη, ης [7, 312]) Bethlehem, a town in Judaea, 7 km. south of Jerusalem, birthplace of Benjamin (Gen. 1:16; Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 1, 10 Jac. εἰς Ἐφραθά, ἣν εἶναι B.) and home of David (1 Km 17:12; 20:6=Jos., Ant. 6, 227), hence the birthplace of the Messiah: Mt 2:1, 5f (Mi 5:1), 8, 16; Lk 2:4, 15; J 7:42; GJs 17:1; 18:1; 21:1, 2 (v.l.). Cp. Baedeker7 1910, 94ff; TZahn, D. Geburtsstätte in Gesch., Sage u. bildender Kunst: NKZ 32, 1921, 669ff; Dalman, Orte3 18–60 [Eng. tr. 17–55]; WFoerster, ZDPV 57, ’34, 1–7; CKopp, Holy Places of the Gospels, ’63, 1–47; BHHW I 233; OEANE I 302.
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