bethlehem

/ˈbɛθ.lə.hɛm/

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.

bethlehem means A city in the West Bank, Palestine, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 80 out of 100.

bethlehem is pronounced /ˈbɛθ.lə.hɛm/.

name

A city in the West Bank, Palestine, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus.“Now when Ieſus was boꝛne in Bethlehem of Iudea, in the dayes of Herod the king, behold, there came Wiſe men from the Eaſt to Hierusalem,”
A number of other places around the world:; A hamlet near Rottum, Groningen province, Netherlands.
A number of other places around the world:; A settlement just west of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.
A number of other places around the world:; A town in the Free State province, South Africa.
A number of other places around the world:; A quarter of Bümpliz-Oberbottigen, city of Bern, Switzerland.
A number of other places around the world:; A small village in Llangadog community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN6825).

noun

A lunatic asylum.
In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the Eucharist is made.“[…] to the Hebrew and Arabic word “korban” as now used in the Abyssinian Church to denote the sacramental bread specially prepared in the “Bethlehem,” or “House of Bread.””