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Bethlehem

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Beth·le·hem  (bthl-hm, -l-m)
1. A town in the West Bank south of Jerusalem. It is the traditional birthplace of Jesus. Population: 29,000.
2. A city of eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River north-northwest of Philadelphia. It is an important steel-producing center. Population: 72,700.
Bethlehem [ˈbɛθlɪˌhɛm -lɪəm]
n
(Placename) a town in the West Bank, near Jerusalem: birthplace of Jesus and early home of King David
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Noun1.Bethlehem - a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production
Keystone State, Pennsylvania, PA - a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
2.Bethlehem - 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
Bayt Lahm, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Bethlehem-Judah
West Bank - an area between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river; populated largely by Palestinians
Translations
Bethlehem [ˈbeθlɪhem] N → Belén m
Bethlehem [ˈbɛθliəm ˈbɛθlɪhɛm] n → Bethléem
Bethlehem
n → Bethlehem nt
Bethlehem [ˈbɛθlɪˌhɛm] n → Betlemme f
Bethlehem [ˈbɛθlɪˌhɛm] n → Betlemme f


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At Bethlehem he tells a story of how roses first came into the world.
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Folks came and worshipped the baby, as people have bowed before the kingship of the new-born since long before the Wise Men of the East knelt in homage to the Royal Babe of the Bethlehem manger.
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``It is a formal letter of defiance,'' answered the Templar; ``but, by our Lady of Bethlehem, if it be not a foolish jest, it is the most extraordinary cartel that ever was sent across the drawbridge of a baronial castle.
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