Bêyth hal-Lachmîy — H1022

Definition

adjective

a Beth-lechemite, or native of Bethlechem

1. Bethlehemite = "house of bread"
2. an inhabitant of Bethlehem

Usually translated as

Bethlehemite

Origin

patrial from H1035 with the article inserted

• Derived from Bêyth Lechem (H1035)

Occurrences

Bêyth hal-Lachmîy occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (3), 2 Samuel (1)

• 1 Samuel 16:1 — And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite (בֵּֽית): for I have provided me a king among his sons.
• 1 Samuel 16:18 — Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite (בֵּ֣ית), that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
• 1 Samuel 17:58 — And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite (בֵּ֥ית).
• 2 Samuel 21:19 — And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite (בֵּ֣ית), slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.