- Transliteration: Bethesda

- Phonetic: bay-thes-dah'

- Definition: Bethesda = "house of mercy" or "flowing water"

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

- Origin: of Aramaic origin [cf H1004" class="dictionary-topic-link">H1004 and H2617" class="dictionary-topic-link">H2617]

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Location

- Strong's: Of Chaldee origin (compare [H1004" class="dictionary-topic-link">H1004] and [H2617" class="dictionary-topic-link">H2617]); house of kindness; Bethesda a pool in Jerusalem: - Bethesda.