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Bethlehem = "house of bread" (see
map)
derivation:
of Hebrew origin (01035)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Greek/grk.cgi?number=965&version=kjv (01035)
Beth-lehem = "house of bread (food)"
derivation:
from (01004) and (03899)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=1035&version=kjv
(01004)
1] house
1.a] house, dwelling habitation
1.b] shelter or abode of animals
1.c] human bodies (figurative.)
1.d] of Sheol
1.e] of abode of light and darkness
1.f] of land of Ephraim
2] place
3] receptacle
4] home, house as containing a family
5] household, family
5.a] those belonging to the same household
5.b] family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6] household affairs
7] inwards (metaphorically.)
8] temple adv
9] on the inside, preposition
10] within
derivation:
probably from (01129) abbreviated
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=1004&version=kjv
(01129)
1] to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue
1.a] (Qal)
1.a.1] to build, rebuild
1.a.2] to build a house (i.e., establish a family)
1.b] (Niphal)
1.b.1] to be built
1.b.2] to be rebuilt
1.b.3] established (of restored exiles) (figuratively.)
1.b.4] established (made permanent)
1.b.5] to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through
the children of a concubine)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=1129&version=kjv
(03899)
1] bread, food, grain
1.a] bread
1.a.1] bread
1.a.2] bread-corn
1.b] food (in general)
derivation:
from (03898)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=3899&version=kjv
(03898)
1] to fight, do battle, make war
1.a] (Qal) to fight, do battle
1.b] (Niphal) to engage in battle, wage war
2] (Qal) to eat, use as food
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=3898&version=kjv
A link to each occurrence of this word in the homepage:
1] Bethlehem
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