Bethlehem

[beth-li-hem, -lee-uhm]

noun

1. a town in NW Jordan, near Jerusalem; occupied by Israel since 1967: birthplace of Jesus and David.

2. a city in E Pennsylvania.

Bethlehem

/ ˈbɛθlɪˌhɛm, -lɪəm /

noun

1. a town in the West Bank, near Jerusalem: birthplace of Jesus and early home of King David

Bethlehem

1. The village near Jerusalem (see also Jerusalem) where Jesus was born. (See Nativity.)

Example Sentences

In January, the firm said it purchased Bethlehem, Pa.-based Rotating Machinery Services, which provides aftermarket services for the turbomachinery sector.

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Bethlehem Steel’s employment fell steadily through the 1970s and collapsed in the next decade.

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Maxim Giacaman, 23, a medical student from Bethlehem, told the BBC he was unable to travel abroad for a key elective in his medical studies.

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The vehicle is currently in Bethlehem, and will enter Gaza if and when Israel opens a humanitarian corridor.

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It was a stance that the Rev. Munther Isaac, a Lutheran pastor in Bethlehem, saw as a counterweight to the muscular brand of conservative Christianity increasingly dominating U.S. discourse on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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