- Transliteration: Bethabara

- Phonetic: bay-thab-ar-ah'

- Definition: Bethabara = "house of the ford"

1. a place beyond Jordan, where John was baptising. This may correspond to Bethbarah (fords of Abarah), the ancient ford of the Jordan on the road to Gilead

- Origin: of hebrew origin H1004" class="dictionary-topic-link">H1004 and H5679" class="dictionary-topic-link">H5679

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Location

- Strong's: Of hebrew origin ([H1004" class="dictionary-topic-link">H1004] and [H5679" class="dictionary-topic-link">H5679]); ferry house; Bethabara (that is Bethabarah) a place on the Jordan: - Bethabara.