bethlehem

Other forms of bethlehem

plural

bethlehems·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bethlehem

What does bethlehem mean?

bethlehem means "a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bethlehem?

bethlehem has 3 syllables: beth-le-hem. The stress falls on "beth". In IPA it is /ˈbɛθlɪˌhɛm/.

What is another word for bethlehem?

Close synonyms include Bayt Lahm, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Bethlehem-Judah. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bethlehem a common word?

bethlehem is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bethlehem?

2 words rhyme with bethlehem. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.