Noun has 2 senses

• bethlehem(n = noun.location) - a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production;



• bethlehem(n = noun.location) bayt lahm, bethlehem ephrathah, bethlehem-judah - 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;