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Βηθεσδά (Béthesda) -- Bethesda</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/964.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/matthew/16-14.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/964.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 964</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/963.htm" title="963">◄</a> 964. Béthesda <a href="../greek/965.htm" title="965">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Béthesda: Bethesda</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">Βηθεσδά</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Noun, Indeclinable<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Béthesda<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>bay-THES-dah<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(bay-thes-dah')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Bethesda<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Bethesda, name of a pool in Jerusalem.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Of Aramaic origin, from בֵּית (beth, meaning "house") and חֶסֶד (chesed, meaning "mercy" or "grace")<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - <b>H1004 (בֵּית, beth):</b> House <p> - <b>H2617 (חֶסֶד, chesed):</b> Mercy, Grace<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>Bethesda is a place name in the New Testament, specifically referring to a pool in Jerusalem. The name is often interpreted as "House of Mercy" or "House of Grace," reflecting its association with healing.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>The Pool of Bethesda was located near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem. It was a site where many invalids, including the blind, lame, and paralyzed, gathered in hopes of being healed. According to tradition, an angel would occasionally stir the waters, and the first person to enter the pool afterward would be healed. This belief made Bethesda a place of hope and anticipation for those seeking physical restoration.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>probably of Aramaic origin<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>Bethesda, a pool in Jer.<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Bethesda (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 964: Βηθεσδά</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">Βηθεσδά</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span>, indec. (Chaldean <span class="hebrew">חֶסְדָּא</span> <span class="hebrew">בֵּית</span>, i. e. house of mercy, or place for receiving and caring for the sick), <span class="accented">Bethesda,</span> the name of a pool near the sheep-gate at Jerusalem, the waters of which had curative powers: <a href="/interlinear/john/5-2.htm">John 5:2</a> (here <span class="manuref">L</span> marginal reading <span class="manuref">WH</span> marginal reading read <span class="greek2">Βηθσαϊδά</span>, <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span> text <span class="greek2">Βηθζαθά</span> (which see)). What locality in the modern city is its representative is not clear; cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s RWB under the word; Arnold in <span class="abbreviation">Herzog</span> ii., p. 117f; Robinson i. 330f, 342f; (<span class="abbreviation">B. D.</span> under the word; <span class="accented">The Recovery of Jerusalem</span> (see index)).<FOOTNOTE:1> <p><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 964a: Βηθζαθά</span><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">Βηθζαθά</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (perhaps from Chaldean <span class="hebrew">זַיְתָא</span> <span class="hebrew">בֵּית</span>, house of olives; not, as some suppose, <span class="hebrew">חֲדַתָּא</span> <span class="hebrew">בֵּית</span>, house of newness, German <span class="foreign">Neuhaus</span>, since it cannot be shown that the Hebrew letter chet <span class="hebrew">ח</span> is ever represented by the Greek zeta <span class="greek2">ζ'</span>), <span class="accented">Bethzatha</span>: <a href="/interlinear/john/5-2.htm">John 5:2</a> <span class="manuref">T</span> (<span class="manuref">WH</span> text) after manuscripts <span class="hebrew">א</span> <span class="manuref">L</span> D and other authorities (no doubt a corrupt reading, yet approved by <span class="abbreviation">Keim</span>, ii., p. 177 (see also <span class="manuref">WH</span>s Appendix, ad loc.)), for <span class="manuref">Rec.</span> <span class="greek2">Βηθεσδά</span>, which see (Cf. <span class="abbreviation">Kautzsch</span>, Gram. d. Biblical-Aram., p. 9.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Bethesda. <p>Of Chaldee origin (compare <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm">bayith</a> and <a href="/hebrew/2617.htm">checed</a>); house of kindness; Beth-esda, a pool in Jerusalem -- Bethesda. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm">bayith</a> <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/2617.htm">checed</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>Βηθζαθα Βηθζαθά Bethzatha Bethzathá Bēthzatha Bēthzathá<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/john/5-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 5:2</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun">N</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐπιλεγομένη Ἐβραϊστὶ <b>Βηθζαθά</b> πέντε στοὰς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in Hebrew <span class="itali">Bethesda,</span> having<br><a href="/kjvs/john/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in the Hebrew tongue <span class="itali">Bethesda,</span> having<br><a href="/interlinear/john/5-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> [is] called in Aramaic <span class="itali">Bethesda</span> five porches<p><b><a href="/greek/964.htm">Strong's Greek 964</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_964.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/be_thzatha_964.htm">Βηθζαθά — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/963.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="963"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="963" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/965.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="965"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="965" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>