Bethesda
English
editEtymology
editFrom Aramaic בֵּית חַסְדָּא (bēṯ ḥasdā, “House of Grace”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editBethesda
- (biblical) A pool in Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament.
- An unincorporated census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.
- A village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.
- A town and community in Gwynedd, Wales, historically in Caernarvonshire (OS grid ref SH6266). [1]
- A small village in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0917).
Derived terms
editTranslations
editpool in Jerusalem
Noun
editBethesda (plural Bethesdas)
- (poetic) Any location whose waters are supposed to have curative properties.
- 1903, Thomas De Witt Talmage, Richard S Rhodes, Evils of the cities:
- ...those who are afflicted with rheumatic, neuralgic, and splenetic diseases, go, and are cured by the thousands. These Bethesdas are scattered all up and down our country, blessed be God!
- 1978, Garry Wills, Values Americans live by:
- Time was when this Bethesda too was curative, a sweet oasis in a parched and driven city. The day we went we found the fountain had been shut off.
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