Bethlehem

See also: Bethléhem

English

Etymology

From Latin Bēthlehēmum, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם‎ (bet léchem). Doublet of bedlam.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɛθləhɛm/, /ˈbɛθlihɛm/

Proper noun

Bethlehem

A city in the West Bank, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus.

1611, Bible (King James Version):
Matthew 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem

Translations

City

Afrikaans: Bethlehem
Albanian: Bethlehem
Amharic: ቤተልሔም (betälḥem)
Arabic: بَيْت لَحْم‎‎ m (bayt laḥm)
Armenian: Բեթղեհեմ (Betʿłehem)
Azerbaijani: Beytləhm
Basque: Betleem
Belarusian: Віфлеем (Vifljejem)
Bengali: বেথেলহাম (bethelham)
Bislama: Betlehem
Breton: Bethlehem
Bulgarian: Витлеем m (Vitleem)
Catalan: Betlem (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 伯利恆, 伯利恒 (baak³ lei⁶ hang⁴), 白冷 (baak⁶ laang⁵) (Catholic)

Hakka: 伯利恆, 伯利恒 (Pak-li-hèn)

Mandarin: 伯利恆 (zh), 伯利恒 (zh) (Bólìhéng), 白冷 (Báilěng) (Catholic)

Min Nan: 伯利恆, 伯利恒 (Pek-lī-hêng), Bia̍t-lé-hèm, 白冷 (Pe̍k-léng) (Catholic)
Cornish: Bethalem m
Czech: Betlém (cs) m
Danish: Betlehem
Dutch: Bethlehem (nl)
Esperanto: Bet-Leĥem
Estonian: Petlemm
Faroese: Betlehem
Finnish: Betlehem (fi)
French: Bethléem (fr) m
Galician: Belén (gl)
Georgian: ბეით-ლაჰმი (beit-lahmi), ბეთლემი (betlemi)
German: Betlehem (de) n
Gothic: 𐌱𐌴𐌸𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼 (bēþlaihaim)
Greek: Βηθλεέμ (el) f (Vithleém)
Haitian Creole: Bètleyèm
Hebrew: בֵּית לֶחֶם‎‎ f (bēt léḥem)
Hindi: बेथलहम (bethalham)
Hungarian: Betlehem (hu)
Icelandic: Betlehem
Ido: Betlehem (io)
Indonesian: Betlehem
Irish: An Bheithil f
Old Irish: Bethel, Bethelém
Italian: Betlemme f

Japanese: ベツレヘム (Betsurehemu), ワィフレエム (Wifureemu) (Orthodox Christianity)
Karachay-Balkar: Вифлеем (Vifleem)
Kazakh: Вифлеем (Vïfleem)
Korean: 베들레헴 (bedeullehem)
Krymchak: Бетлехем
Latin: Bēthlehēmum n
Latvian: Bētleme f
Lithuanian: Betliejus m
Luxembourgish: Betlehem
Macedonian: Витлеем m (Vitleem)
Malay: Baitul Laham, Baitullaham, Betlehem (Christianity)
Maltese: Betlem
Maore Comorian: Ɓaitilham (Baitilham)
Norwegian: Betlehem (no)
Occitan: Bethelèm
Ossetian: Вифлеем (Vifleem)
Persian: بیت لحم‎‎ (beyt-e-lahm)
Polish: Betlejem (pl) m
Portuguese: Belém (pt) m
Romanian: Bethleem
Russian: Вифлее́м (ru) m (Viflejém)
Scottish Gaelic: Bethlehem
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Витлехем m

Roman: Betlehem (sh) m
Slovak: Betlehem
Slovene: Betlehem (sl)
Spanish: Belén (es) m
Swahili: Bethlehemu
Swedish: Betlehem
Tagalog: Belen
Tamil: பெத்லகேம் (petlakēm)
Thai: เบธเลเฮม (betlehem)
Turkish: Beytüllahim, Betlehem
Ukrainian: Віфлеєм (Viflejem)
Urdu: بیت لحم‎‎ (beyt lahm)
Uyghur: بېتلېخېم‎‎ (bëtlëxëm)
Vietnamese: Belem (biblical)
Welsh: Bethlehem
West Frisian: Betlehem
Yiddish: בית לחם‎‎ (beys lekhem)

Noun

Bethlehem (plural Bethlehems)

(obsolete) A lunatic asylum.
(architecture) In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the Eucharist is made.
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Derived terms

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbeːtʰ.le.hem/, [ˈbeːtʰ.ɫɛ.hẽ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbet.le.em/

Proper noun

Bēthlehem n (indeclinable)

Alternative form of Bēthlehēmum

References

Bēthlĕhem in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Bethlehem in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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