Bethlehem

Meanings

Proper Noun

• city West Bank (region) Palestine (country), believed to be the birthplace of Jesus.
• town Free State (province) South Africa (country).

Noun

• A lunatic asylum.
• In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the Eucharist is made.

Origin

• From Middle English Bethleem, Bedlem, from Old French Bethleem, from Latin Bēthlehēmum, Bēthleëm, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ, from Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם ("house of bread"). bedlam.