{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "G965",
  "lemma": "Βηθλεέμ",
  "transliteration": "Bēthleém",
  "definition": "Bethleem (i.e. Beth-lechem), a place in Palestine",
  "kjv": "Bethlehem",
  "occurrences": 43,
  "language": "Greek",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H1036",
      "lemma": "בֵּית לְעַפְרָה",
      "transliteration": "Bêyth lᵉ-ʻAphrâh",
      "meaning": "Beth-le-Aphrah, a place in Palestine",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H1036"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 2:1",
      "text": "Now when Yeshua was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/2?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 2:5",
      "text": "They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/2?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 2:6",
      "text": "‘You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah; for out of you shall come a governor who…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/2?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 2:8",
      "text": "He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, “Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/2?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 2:16",
      "text": "Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out and killed all the male…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/2?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 2:4",
      "text": "Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to David’s city, which is called Bethlehem…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/2?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 2:15",
      "text": "When the angels went away from them into the sky, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem, now, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/2?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "John 7:42",
      "text": "Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Messiah comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/7?v=42"
    }
  ],
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