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bethlehem
/ˈbɛθ.lə.hɛm/
name 5noun 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, certain, near, prepared
VERB + BETHLEHEM
born, brought, came, come, flocked, palestinian-governed, went
BETHLEHEM + NOUN
city, iudea, judah, judaism's, judea, maqdas, west
PREP.
from, in, in
Definitions
name
1
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,
2
A number of other places around the world:
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A number of other places around the world:
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A number of other places around the world:
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A number of other places around the world:
noun
1
A lunatic asylum.
2
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.”
A small building, attached to Ethiopic churches, usually at the eastern end of the sacrarium, in which the deacon prepares and bakes the bread for use in the eucharist. This building is called the Bethlehem, or “house of bread.”
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan R
- bethlehem-judah
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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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,
Wiktionary02
[…] 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.”
Wiktionary03
A small building, attached to Ethiopic churches, usually at the eastern end of the sacrarium, in which the deacon prepares and bakes the bread for use in the eucharist. This building is called the Bet
Wiktionary04
The deacon rings a bell when bread is brought from the bethlehem to the maqdas and at other liturgical times
Wiktionary05
Afterwards, we went to Bethlehem to see the statues.
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Jesus was born in Bethlehem.
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