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Beth-lehemite

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Native of Beth-lehem (1 Sam. 16:1, 18¹And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. (1 Samuel 16:1)
¹⁸Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him. (1 Samuel 16:18); 1 Sam. 17:58⁵⁸And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite. (1 Samuel 17:58); 2 Sam. 21:19¹⁹And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. (2 Samuel 21:19)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

1022 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Beyth

Phonic:

hal-Lachmiy

Meaning:

patrial from 1035 with the article inserted; a Beth-lechemite, or native of Bethlechem

KJV Usage:

Bethlehemite

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

gentle of Bethlehem

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

One from Bethlehem, 1 Sam. 16:1.