בֵּית הַלַּחְמִיBêyth hal-Lachmîy
the Bethlehemite (1 Samuel 16:18; 1 Samuel 17:51; 2 Samuel 21:19; 1 Chronicles 20:5; 1 Samuel 16:1)
Pronunciation: bayth hal-lakh-mee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1022
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 16:1 Now the Lord said to Samuel, “You have mourned long enough for Saul. I have rejected him as king of Israel, so fill your flask with olive oil and go to Bethlehem. Find a man named Jesse who lives there, for I have selected one of his sons to be my king.”
- 1 Samuel 16:18 One of the servants said to Saul, “One of Jesse’s sons from Bethlehem is a talented harp player. Not only that—he is a brave warrior, a man of war, and has good judgment. He is also a fine-looking young man, and the Lord is with him.”
- 1 Samuel 17:58 “Tell me about your father, young man,” Saul said. And David replied, “His name is Jesse, and we live in Bethlehem.”
- 2 Samuel 21:19 During another battle at Gob, Elhanan son of Jair from Bethlehem killed the brother of Goliath of Gath. The handle of his spear was as thick as a weaver’s beam!
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).