Βηθαβαρά

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic בית עברא (literally “ferry house”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bɛː.tʰa.ba.rá/ → /βi.θa.βaˈra/ → /vi.θa.vaˈra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɛː.tʰa.ba.rá/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /be̝.tʰa.baˈra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βi.θa.βaˈra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vi.θa.vaˈra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vi.θa.vaˈra/

Proper noun

Βηθαβαρά • (Bēthabará) f (indeclinable)

1. Bethabara, a place on the Jordan where John the Baptist was baptizing.

Usage notes

Βηθαβαρά (Bēthabará) only appears once, in John 1:28, and only in less reliable manuscripts. Other manuscripts have Βηθανία (Bēthanía).

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Βηθαβαρά in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G962 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Strong's Concordance number: G962