- Transliteration: Bethsaida

- Phonetic: bayth-sahee-dah'

- Definition: Bethsaida = "house of fish"

1. a small fishing village on the west shore of Lake Gennesaret, home of Andrew, Peter, Philip and John

2. a village in lower Gaulanitis on the eastern shore of Lake Gennesaret, not far from where the Jordan empties into it

- Origin: of Aramaic origin cf H1004" class="dictionary-topic-link">H1004 and H6719" class="dictionary-topic-link">H6719

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Location

- Strong's: Of Chaldee origin (compare [H1004" class="dictionary-topic-link">H1004] and [H6719" class="dictionary-topic-link">H6719]); fishing house; Bethsaida a place in Palestine: - Bethsaida.