Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lehem' occurs 42 times in the standard works.

17 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lehem' in the standard works and contain 40.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 17:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 23:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 11:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 19:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 1:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)


Ruth 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 1:1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

 1:2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 42 4 46
Gen. 2 0 2
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 9 0 9
Ruth 7 0 7
1 Sam. 5 3 8
2 Sam. 5 1 6
1 Chr. 8 0 8
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Jer. 1 0 1
Micah 1 0 1
NT 0 8 8
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 42 12 54

Ruth 1:1
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

Ruth 1:2
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

Ruth 1:19
So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

Ruth 1:22
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

Ruth 2:4
And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they answered him, The Lord bless thee.

Ruth 4:11
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem: