House of Bread
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House of Bread is the literal meaning of the name Bethlehem, a historic town in the Levant revered in Jewish and Christian traditions.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | literalMeaning ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Christian hymns
ⓘ
Jewish teachings ⓘ biblical commentaries ⓘ religious sermons ⓘ |
| associatedScripturalReference |
Luke 2:4-7
ⓘ
Matthew 2:1 ⓘ Book of Micah ⓘ
surface form:
Micah 5:2
|
| associatedWithConcept |
bread
ⓘ
nourishment ⓘ provision ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Levant region
ⓘ
surface form:
Levant
|
| associatedWithReligion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| category |
Biblical toponyms
ⓘ
Hebrew-language terms ⓘ |
| connotation |
divine provision
ⓘ
messianic expectation ⓘ spiritual nourishment ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificanceFor |
Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Christians
Jews ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalRoot |
Hebrew word "bayit" (house)
ⓘ
Hebrew word "lechem" (bread) ⓘ |
| isToponymicMeaningOf |
Bethlehem
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient town of Bethlehem
modern city of Bethlehem ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| linkedToEvent | birth of Jesus ⓘ |
| linkedToFigure | King David ⓘ |
| literalMeaningOf | Bethlehem ⓘ |
| mentionedInContextOf |
New Testament
ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| refersTo | Bethlehem ⓘ |
| relatedTerm |
Bethlehem
ⓘ
surface form:
Bethlehem Ephrathah
Bethlehem ⓘ
surface form:
Bethlehem of Judea
|
| semanticField |
food
ⓘ
home ⓘ hospitality ⓘ |
| symbolismInChristianity | Jesus as the bread of life ⓘ |
| symbolismInJudaism | land of sustenance ⓘ |
| transliteration |
Bethlehem
ⓘ
surface form:
Beit Lechem
Beth Lehem ⓘ |
| usedAs |
name of Christian ministries
ⓘ
name of churches ⓘ name of religious charities ⓘ preachingTheme ⓘ symbolicNameForBethlehem ⓘ title of religious books ⓘ |
| usedIn |
biblicalStudies
ⓘ
religiousEducation ⓘ theologicalDiscourse ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.