Bē^thlehem, Bē^thleem, Bē^th-lem, n. indecl., and Bē^thlehēmum, i, n., = , a town of the tribe of Judah, the birthplace of David and of Christ, now Beit el Lahm; form Bethlehem, Tert. adv. Jud. 13; Vulg. Gen. 35, 19.

—Form Bethleem, Juvenc. 1, 149; 1, 153; scanned Bethlēēm, Prud. στεφ. 10, 737.

—Form Bethlem, Prud. Cath. 7, 1; 12, 78.

—Form Bethlehemum, Hier. Vit. Paulae.

—Hence, Bē^thlaeus, a, um, adj., of Bethlehem, Sedul. Carm. 2, 73.

— Bē^thleemicus, a, um, adj., of Bethlehem, Juvenc. 1, 260 dub.

— Bē^thlehemītes, ae, m., an inhabitant of Bethlehem, a Bethlehemite, Vulg. 1 Reg. 16, 1 al.

— Bē^thlemiticus, a, um, adj., of Bethlehem, Hier. Vit. Paulae.