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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #964 - Βηθεσδά

Transliteration
Bēthesdá
Phonetics
bay-thes-dah'
Origin
of Aramaic origin [cf (H1004) and (H2617)]
Parts of Speech
Noun Location
TDNT
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Definition   
Thayer's
Bethesda = "house of mercy" or "flowing water"
  1. the name of a pool near the sheep-gate at Jerusalem, whose waters had curative powers
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 1004 ‑ בַּיִת (bah'‑yith);  
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Thayer's Expanded Definition

Βηθεσδά, , indec. (Chaldean חֶסְדָּא בֵּית, i. e. house of mercy, or place for receiving and caring for the sick), Bethesda, the name of a pool near the sheep-gate at Jerusalem, the waters of which had curative powers: John 5:2 (here L marginal reading WH marginal reading read Βηθσαϊδά, T WH text Βηθζαθά (which see)). What locality in the modern city is its representative is not clear; cf. Winers RWB under the word; Arnold in Herzog ii., p. 117f; Robinson i. 330f, 342f; (B. D. under the word; The Recovery of Jerusalem (see index)).

STRONGS NT 964a: Βηθζαθά Βηθζαθά, (perhaps from Chaldean זַיְתָא בֵּית, house of olives; not, as some suppose, חֲדַתָּא בֵּית, house of newness, German Neuhaus, since it cannot be shown that the Hebrew letter chet ח is ever represented by the Greek zeta ζ'), Bethzatha: John 5:2 T (WH text) after manuscripts א L D and other authorities (no doubt a corrupt reading, yet approved by Keim, ii., p. 177 (see also WHs Appendix, ad loc.)), for Rec. Βηθεσδά, which see (Cf. Kautzsch, Gram. d. Biblical-Aram., p. 9.)


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

Βηθεσδά , , indecl.

(deriv, uncertain, v. Westc. on John 5:2, and DB, i, 279),

Bethesda, a pool in Jerusalem: John 5:2, Rec. (Βηθζαθά , WH, Βηθσαϊδά , WH, mg.).†

Βηθζαθά , , indecl.

(perh. Aram. H3132 H1004, house of olives)

Bethzatha: John 5:2, WH (Rec. Βηθεσδά , q.v.).†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
Βηθζαθα Βηθζαθά Bethzatha Bethzathá Bēthzatha Bēthzathá
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