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Lexicon :: Strong's G964 - bēthesda

Aa
Βηθεσδά
Transliteration
bēthesda (Key)
Pronunciation
bay-thes-dah'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Aramaic origin [cf בַּיִת (H1004) and חֶסֶד (H2617)]
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Variant Spellings

TR has Βηθεσδά

Strong’s Definitions

†Βηθεσδά Bēthesdá, bay-thes-dah'; of Chaldee origin (compare H1004 and H2617); house of kindness; Beth-esda, a pool in Jerusalem:—Bethesda.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G964 in the following manner: Bethesda (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G964 in the following manner: Bethesda (1x).

  1. Bethesda = "house of mercy" or "flowing water"

    1. the name of a pool near the sheep-gate at Jerusalem, whose waters had curative powers

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†Βηθεσδά Bēthesdá, bay-thes-dah'; of Chaldee origin (compare H1004 and H2617); house of kindness; Beth-esda, a pool in Jerusalem:—Bethesda.
STRONGS G964:
Βηθεσδά, ἡ, indeclinable (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; On the recent identification of the pool ('twin pools') of Bethesda, near the church of St. Anne, see Pal. Explor. Fund for July, 1888. Arnold in Herzog ii., p. 117f; Robinson i. 330f, 342f; [B. D. under the word; "The Recovery of Jerusalem" (see index)].

Related entry:
βηθζαθά, ἡ, (perhaps from Chaldean בֵּית זַיְתָא house of olives; not, as some suppose, בֵּית חֲרַתָא house of newness, German Neuhaus, since it cannot be shown that the Hebrew ח is ever represented by the Greek 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 WH. Appendix at the passage]), for Rec. βηθεσδά, which see. [Cf. Kautzsch, Gram. d. Bibl.-Aram. p. 9.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

John
5:2; 5:2

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Strong's Number G964 matches the Greek Βηθεσδά (bēthesda),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:2 - Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic[fn] called Bethesda,[fn] which has five roofed colonnades.
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