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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Bethlehem | by the DICT Development Group |
| 5 results for Bethlehem | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Bethlehem \Beth"le*hem\, n. [Heb. b[?]th-lekhem house of food; b[?]th house + lekhem food, l[be]kham to eat. Formerly the name of a hospital for the insane, in London, which had been the priory of St. Mary of Bethlehem. Cf. {Bedlam}.] 1. A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into bedlam. 2. (Arch.) In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made. --Audsley. | |
| From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
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Bethlehem, CT Zip code(s): 06751 Bethlehem, GA (town, FIPS 7612) Location: 33.93761 N, 83.70844 W Population (1990): 348 (148 housing units) Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30620 Bethlehem, KY Zip code(s): 40007 Bethlehem, NC (CDP, FIPS 5530) Location: 35.81345 N, 81.29237 W Population (1990): 3186 (1310 housing units) Area: 19.7 sq km (land), 3.4 sq km (water) Bethlehem, NH Zip code(s): 03574 Bethlehem, PA (city, FIPS 6088) Location: 40.62670 N, 75.36805 W Population (1990): 71428 (28486 housing units) Area: 49.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18015, 18018 Bethlehem, SD Zip code(s): 57708 Bethlehem, WV (village, FIPS 6940) Location: 40.04471 N, 80.69198 W Population (1990): 2694 (1137 housing units) Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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Bethlehem house of bread. (1.) A city in the "hill country" of Judah. It was originally called Ephrath (Gen. 35:16, 19; 48:7; Ruth 4:11). It was also called Beth-lehem Ephratah (Micah 5:2), Beth-lehem-judah (1 Sam. 17:12), and "the city of David" (Luke 2:4). It is first noticed in Scripture as the place where Rachel died and was buried "by the wayside," directly to the north of the city (Gen. 48:7). The valley to the east was the scene of the story of Ruth the Moabitess. There are the fields in which she gleaned, and the path by which she and Naomi returned to the town. Here was David's birth-place, and here also, in after years, he was anointed as king by Samuel (1 Sam. 16:4-13); and it was from the well of Bethlehem that three of his heroes brought water for him at the risk of their lives when he was in the cave of Adullam (2 Sam. 23:13-17). But it was distinguished above every other city as the birth-place of "Him whose goings forth have been of old" (Matt. 2:6; comp. Micah 5:2). Afterwards Herod, "when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men," sent and slew "all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under" (Matt. 2:16, 18; Jer. 31:15). Bethlehem bears the modern name of Beit-Lahm, i.e., "house of flesh." It is about 5 miles south of Jerusalem, standing at an elevation of about 2,550 feet above the sea, thus 100 feet higher than Jerusalem. There is a church still existing, built by Constantine the Great (A.D. 330), called the "Church of the Nativity," over a grotto or cave called the "holy crypt," and said to be the "stable" in which Jesus was born. This is perhaps the oldest existing Christian church in the world. Close to it is another grotto, where Jerome the Latin father is said to have spent thirty years of his life in translating the Scriptures into Latin. (See {VERSION}.) (2.) A city of Zebulun, mentioned only in Josh. 19:15. Now Beit-Lahm, a ruined village about 6 miles west-north-west of Nazareth. | |
| From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
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Beth-lehem, house of bread | |
