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Definition of Bethlehem

1. Noun. A town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production.

2. Noun. A small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River; early home of David and regarded as the place where Jesus was born.

Definition of Bethlehem

1. n. A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into bedlam.

Definition of Bethlehem

1. Proper noun. A city in Palestine, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bethlehem

Beta vulgaris rubra Beta vulgaris vulgaris Betamax Betawi Betelgeuse Beth Beth Din Bethany Bethe Bethel

Bethesda Bethesda-Ballerup Group Bethesda system Bethesda unit Bethesdas Bethlehem (current term) Bethlehem-Judah Bethlehem Ephrathah Bethphage Bethune

Bethy Betjemanesque Betjemanian Betke-Kleihauer test Bets Betsileo Betsileos Betsy Betsy Griscom Ross Betsy Ross

Literary usage of Bethlehem

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Bethlehem is mentioned also in Judges as the home of the young Lévite who went to Michas (xvii, 7 sqq.) and of the young woman (xix, l sqq. ..."

2. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1897)
"THE Bethlehem FERRY, 1743-1794. BT JOHN W. JORDAN. The early diaries of the Moravian congregation in Philadelphia contain frequent records of the arrival of ..."

3. The Mythical Interpretation of the Gospels: Critical Studies in the Historic by Thomas James Thorburn (1916)
"GALILEE Bethlehem IT is, perhaps, somewhat remarkable, in view of modern controversies respecting the birth of Jesus, that there should be in Palestine two ..."

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