English Explanatory Dictionary

Bethlehem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in the West Bank, Palestine, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus.
  2. A number of other places around the world:
  3. A hamlet near Rottum, Groningen province, Netherlands.
  4. A settlement just west of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.
  5. A town in the Free State province, South Africa.
  6. A quarter of Bümpliz-Oberbottigen, city of Bern, Switzerland.
  7. A small village in Llangadog community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN6825).
  8. A hamlet in Rudbaxton community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9820).
  9. A number of places in the United States:
  10. A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
  11. An unincorporated community in Holmes County, Florida.
  12. A town in Barrow County, Georgia.
noun
  1. A lunatic asylum.
  2. In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the Eucharist is made.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɛθ.lə.hɛm/ /ˈbɛθ.li.hɛm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bethlehem.wav En-us-Bethlehem.oga

Word forms

Bethlehem Bethlehems

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Bethleem, from Old French Bethleem and Old English Bethleem, from Latin Bēthlehēmum, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (bēṯ lɛ́ḥɛm, literally “house of bread”). Doublet of bedlam and Belém.

Derived words

Bethlehem lungwort Bethlehem sage East Bethlehem New Bethlehem sage of Bethlehem bedlam Bethlem

Translations

Afrikaans: Bethlehem Aghwan: 𐔱𐔴𐔸𐔾𐔰𐕆𐔴𐕌 Albanian: Bethlehem Amharic: ቤተልሔም Antillean Creole: Bètléyenm Arabic: بَيْت لَحْم Arabic: بَيت لَحَم Aramaic: בית לחם Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܠܚܸܡ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ݂ܠܚܸܡ Armenian: Բեթղեհեմ Azerbaijani: Beytləhm Basque: Betleem Belarusian: Віфлеем Bengali: বেথেলহাম Bengali: বাইত লাহাম Bislama: Betlehem Breton: Bethlehem Bulgarian: Витлеем Burmese: ဗက်လင် Catalan: Betlem Cherokee: ᎦᏚᏱ Chinese Cantonese: 伯利恆 /伯利恒 Chinese Cantonese: 白冷 Hakka Chinese: 伯利恆 /伯利恒 Chinese: 伯利恆 /伯利恒 Chinese: Bia̍t-lé-hèm Chinese: 白冷 Chinese Mandarin: 伯利恆 /伯利恒 Chinese Mandarin: 白冷 Maore Comorian: Ɓaitilham Cornish: Bethlehem Corsican: Betlemme Czech: Betlém Danish: Betlehem Dutch: Bethlehem Esperanto: Bet-Leĥem Estonian: Petlemm Farefare: Bɛtelɛm Farefare: Bɛtelehɛm Faroese: Betlehem Finnish: Betlehem French: Bethléem West-Frisian: Betlehem West-Frisian: Betlehim Galician: Belén Georgian: ბეით-ლაჰმი Georgian: ბეთლემი German: Betlehem Gothic: 𐌱𐌴𐌸𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼
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