Strong G964Βηθζαθά

Bethesda

Transliteration: Bēthesda
Pronunciation: bay-thes-dah'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

Of Chaldee origin (compare [H1004] and [H2617]);
house of kindness;
Bethesda a pool in Jerusalem: - Bethesda.

Meaning of the name

Bethesda, "site [house] of mercy"

Detailed definition

Βηθεσδά, ἡ, indecl. (deriv. uncertain, see Westc. on Jhn.5:2, and DB, i, 279),
Bethesda, a pool in Jerusalem: Jhn.5:2, Rec. (Βηθζαθά, WH, Βηθσαϊδά, WH, mg.).†
(AS)

In the biblical story

Bethesda

Pool in Jerusalem where Jesus healed a paralyzed man.

Bethesda (Bethzatha) was a pool in Jerusalem with five roofed colonnades, where Jesus healed a man who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. (John 5:2)

In the Bible

Strong G964 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

bethesda1

First verses

John 5:2
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.