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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - Βηθανία
Βηθανία
G963
Transliteration: Bēthanía
Pronunciation: bay-than-ee'-ah
Definition: Bethany
- Original: Βηθανία - Transliteration: Bethania - Phonetic: bay-than-ee'-ah
- Definition: Bethany = "house of dates" or, "house of misery"
1. a village at the Mount of Olives, about two miles (3 km) from Jerusalem, on or near the normal road to Jericho
2. a town or village on the east bank of the Jordan, where John was baptising
- Origin: of Aramaic origin - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Location - Strong's: Of Chaldee origin; date house; Bethany a place in Palestine: - Bethany.