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Definition of Bethlehem-Judah
1. 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.
Generic synonyms: Town
Group relationships: West Bank
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bethlehem-Judah
Literary usage of Bethlehem-Judah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Classical Journal (1826)
"And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-judah, of the family of Judah, &c.
... Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, is called a man of Bethlehem Judah ..."
2. Pentateuchal Studies by Harold Marcus Wiener (1912)
"Now in Field's Hexapla ad loc. we find two renderings of the passage which in
the Massoretic text runs " from Bethlehem-judah, of the tribe of Judah. ..."
3. Geographic Influences in Old Testament Masterpieces by Laura Hulda Wild (1915)
"And a certain man of Bethlehem- judah went ... of Bethlehem-judah. And they came
into the country of Moab, and continued there. ..."
4. Hermeneutical Manual ; Or, Introduction to the Exegetical Study of the by Patrick Fairbairn (1859)
"And thou Bethlehem, Judah-land, art by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of thee shall come forth a Governor, who shall rule My people ..."
5. Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary Political and by Thomas Kelly Cheyne, John Sutherland Black (1902)
"And how came Joseph and Mary, who apparently felt a strong attraction to Nazareth,
to go to Bethlehem-Judah at all? Note, by the way, that Mt. 118-25 does ..."
6. A critical and expository commentary on the book of Judges by Andrew Robert Fausset (1885)
"Hence idolatry and licentiousness sprang up in Israel unchecked (1 Sam. vii.
3; Job xxxi. 26-28]. (7) And there was a young man aut of Bethlehem-Judah [as ..."
7. Tent and Testament: A Camping Tour in Palestine by Herbert Rix (1907)
"Thus, even if the Rabbinic doctrine that Jesus was to be born at Bethlehem-Judah
was not popular or widespread, the tradition might nevertheless gain ..."
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