Strong G963Βηθανία
Bethany
- Transliteration
- Bēthania
- Pronunciation
- bay-than-ee'-ah
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Location
Definition
Of Chaldee origin;
date house;
Bethany a place in Palestine: - Bethany.
date house;
Bethany a place in Palestine: - Bethany.
Meaning of the name
Bethany, "House of Ananiah" [or "the poor" or "unripe figs]"
Detailed definition
Βηθανία, -ας (also -ιά, indecl., Luk.19:29 and in B*, Mrk.11:1), ἡ, (Heb. בֵּית עֲנִיָּה, house of affliction, accusative to Jerome, or perh., house of dates, cf. Bethphage),
Bethany;
1. a village fifteen furlongs from Jerusalem, the modern El Azerîyeh: Mat.21:17 26:6, Mrk.8:22 (WH, mg.) 11:1, 11, 12 14:3 Luk.19:29 24:50, Jhn.11:1, 18 12:1.
2. A place on E. bank of Jordan: Jhn.1:28 (R, mg., Βηθαβαρά, which see).
† (AS)
Bethany;
1. a village fifteen furlongs from Jerusalem, the modern El Azerîyeh: Mat.21:17 26:6, Mrk.8:22 (WH, mg.) 11:1, 11, 12 14:3 Luk.19:29 24:50, Jhn.11:1, 18 12:1.
2. A place on E. bank of Jordan: Jhn.1:28 (R, mg., Βηθαβαρά, which see).
† (AS)
In the biblical story
Bethany
Village near Jerusalem, home of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus.
Bethany was a village near Jerusalem, known as the home of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, where Jesus often visited and performed miracles. (Multiple references, see article for details)
In the Bible
Strong G963 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bethany11
First verses
- Matthew 21:17And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
- Matthew 26:6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
- Mark 11:1And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
- Mark 11:11And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.
- Mark 11:12And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
- Mark 14:3And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
- Luke 19:29And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
- Luke 24:50And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
- John 11:1Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
- John 11:18Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
- John 12:1Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.