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    Belen

    beh-LEN

    Meaning

    Bethlehem; House of bread

    Spanish/Hebrew origin · Girl

    What it points to

    Belen is the house of bread — the place where the Bread of Life entered the world to feed every hungry soul.

    Verses · King James Version

    “But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel.”

    Micah 5:2

    “And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger.”

    John 6:35

    Most used in the 2000s (US records)

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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