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Bē^thlĕhem, Bē^thleëm, Bē^th-lem

Bē^thlĕhem, Bē^thleëm, Bē^th-lem · n

a town of the tribe of Judah

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Bē^thlĕhem, Bē^thleëm, Bē^th-lem — Lewis & Short

Bē^thlĕhem, Bē^thleëm, Bē^th-lem, n.indecl., and Bē^thlĕhēmum, i, n., = ,

I a town of the tribe of Judah, the birthplace of David and of Christ, now Beit el Lahm; form Bethlehem, Tert. adv. Jud. 13; Vulg. Gen. 35, 19.—Form Bethleem, Juvenc. 1, 149; 1, 153; scanned Bĕthlēēm, Prud. stef. 10, 737.—Form Bethlem, Prud. Cath. 7, 1; 12, 78.—Form Bethlehemum, Hier. Vit. Paulae.—Hence,

A Bē^thlaeus, a, um, adj., of Bethlehem, Sedul. Carm. 2, 73.—

B Bē^thlĕĕmĭcus, a, um, adj., of Bethlehem, Juvenc. 1, 260 dub.—

C Bē^thlĕhĕmītes, ae, m., an inhabitant of Bethlehem, a Bethlehemite, Vulg. 1 Reg. 16, 1 al.—

D Bē^thlĕmĭtĭcus, a, um, adj., of Bethlehem, Hier. Vit. Paulae.

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