Βηθλεέμ

See also: Βηθλέεμ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (bêṯ leḥem).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bɛː.tʰle.ém/ → /βi.θleˈem/ → /vi.θleˈem/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɛː.tʰle.ém/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /be̝.tʰleˈem/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βi.θleˈem/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vi.θleˈem/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vi.θleˈem/

Proper noun

Βηθλεέμ • (Bēthleém) f (indeclinable)

1. Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)

Inflection

Declension of ἡ Βηθλεέμ; τῆς Βηθλεέμ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Βηθλεέμ hē Bēthleém
Genitive	τῆς Βηθλεέμ tês Bēthleém
Dative	τῇ Βηθλεέμ têi Bēthleém
Accusative	τὴν Βηθλεέμ tḕn Bēthleém
Vocative	Βηθλεέμ Bēthleém
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Βηθλεέμ (Vithleém)
• → Aghwan: 𐔱𐔴𐔸𐔾𐔰𐕆𐔴𐕌 (betlahem)
• → Latin: Bēthlehēmum, Bēthleëm, Bēthlēēm, Bēthlehem, Bēthlem (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Armenian: Բեթղեհէմ (Betʻłehēm)
• → Old Church Slavonic: Витьлеемъ (Vitĭleemŭ), Виѳлеемь (Viθleemĭ), Витьлѣима (Vitĭlěima)
• → Old Georgian: ბეთლემი (betlemi)
• → Gothic: 𐌱𐌴𐌸𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼 (bēþlaihaim)

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Βηθλεέμ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G965 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible