How do you use Bethlehem in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like town, plus the exact meaning.
Bethlehem in a sentence
Bethlehem meaning
- A city in the West Bank, Palestine, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus.
- A number of other places around the world:
- A hamlet near Rottum, Groningen province, Netherlands.
Synonyms of Bethlehem
Bethlehem vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Bethlehem
- The main meaning on this page is: A city in the West Bank, Palestine, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus. | A number of other places around the world: | A hamlet near Rottum, Groningen province, Netherlands.
- Useful related words include: town, bayt lahm, bethlehem ephrathah, bethlehem-judah.
- Possible Dutch translations are: bethlehem.
- In the example corpus, bethlehem often appears in combinations such as: in bethlehem, of bethlehem, the bethlehem.
Context around Bethlehem
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 3 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bethlehem
- In this selection, "bethlehem" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, outside, citation, former, municipality, governor and held stand out and add context to how "bethlehem" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a former bethlehem area school and artsquest in bethlehem. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bethlehem" sits close to words such as abound, arteries and autistic, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bethlehem
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A steel plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. (6 words)
Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery, Bethlehem. (7 words)
Bethlehem, traditionally known for its joyous and light-filled Christmas celebrations, is taking a different approach this year. (18 words)
Bethlehem held its first municipal elections in 1876, after the mukhtars ("heads") of the quarters of Bethlehem's Old City (excluding the Syriac Quarter) made the decision to elect a local council of seven members to represent each clan in the town. (42 words)
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? (35 words)
Bethlehem receives an average of convert of rainfall annually, 70% between November and January. citation Bethlehem's average annual relative humidity is 60% and reaches its highest rates between January and February. (32 words)
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Bethlehem municipality stands here today to raise its voice as Bethlehem always has and will continue to be a voice for truth and justice.
Bethlehem Governor Kamel Hmeid described the city as somber in light of the suffering endured by Palestinians across all governorates, including Bethlehem, where residents face ongoing violence and collective punishment.
The body of Jesus was NOT conveyed to Bethlehem, where He was born, but He was buried outside Bethlehem.
Bethlehem held its first municipal elections in 1876, after the mukhtars ("heads") of the quarters of Bethlehem's Old City (excluding the Syriac Quarter) made the decision to elect a local council of seven members to represent each clan in the town.
Bethlehem receives an average of convert of rainfall annually, 70% between November and January. citation Bethlehem's average annual relative humidity is 60% and reaches its highest rates between January and February.
A former Bethlehem Area School District teacher will be sentenced in federal court next month after pleading guilty to charges stemming from sexual interactions with a female student.
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?
Altar of the Child Jesus and the relic of the manger in the Church of St. Catherine (Basilica of the Nativity) in Bethlehem.
A masked Palestinian demonstrator burns tires in a protest against a deadly Israeli army raid Thursday at Aida Refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
And then, on that glorious night, the angel of the Lord announced the good news of Christ’s birth to shepherds in the fields around Bethlehem.
A steel plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Barb and the late Jack Yaissle receive the Lifetime Achievement Award on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, during the Linny Awards at ArtsQuest in Bethlehem.
Before the new center opens this fall, the BRC will continue to operate out of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church facility.
Bethlehem-based director Muayad Alayan delves into this legacy with this long-gestated supernatural tale about a British-Jewish woman who moves to Jerusalem seeking to move on from a painful past.
Bethlehem this year is celebrating Christmas in a different way with a message to the whole world that Palestine is suffering.
Bethlehem, traditionally known for its joyous and light-filled Christmas celebrations, is taking a different approach this year.
Boscola — who represents the 18th Senate District, which encompasses much of Northampton County, including Bethlehem and Easton — and another Democrat, state Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams of Philadelphia, announced their new affiliation Wednesday.
Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery, Bethlehem.
But Bethlehem, which must apply for the zone, hasn’t acted yet on requests from Inacio and others to begin the process of establishing one or more zones.
Christmas is a profoundly Eucharistic feast because Jesus was born in Bethlehem, the “house of bread,” precisely to feed us, lying in a manger for all the hungry to approach.
Common combinations with bethlehem
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in bethlehem 50×
- of bethlehem 27×
- the bethlehem 20×
- bethlehem and 14×
- to bethlehem 10×
- from bethlehem 10×
- bethlehem in 8×
- bethlehem on 8×
- at bethlehem 7×
- bethlehem to 6×