Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine) · a hamlet in Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands
köken: From Latin Bēthlehēmum, Bēthleëm, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (bet léchem, “house of bread”). The hamlet is first attested as Bethlehem in 1502 and is named after a former monastery, which was named in turn after the city in Palestine.
Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus) · Belém (a civil parish of Lisbon, Portugal) · the Portuguese presidency and its administration
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese Belen, from Latin Bēthlehemum, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Hebrew בּית לחם (bet lékhem).
köken: Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém). The confusion about vowel length is due to Christian tradition trying to keep the Greek stress on the ultima.
cum ergo natus esset Iesus in Bethleem Iudaeae in diebus Herodis regis ecce magi ab oriente venerunt Hierosolymam
köken: From Dutch Bethlehem, from Latin Bēthlehēmum, Bēthleëm, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (bet léchem, “house of bread”).