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bethlehem-judah is a noun meaning "a small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River; early home of David and regarded as the place where Jesus was born". It carries one recorded sense.
a small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River; early home of David and regarded as the place where Jesus was born
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for bethlehem-judah come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.