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G963 Βηθανία (Bēthanía)
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Βηθανία, ας, ἡ n.f. Bethany

Strong's Definition

of Chaldee origin; date-house; Beth-any, a place in Palestine

KJV Usage: Bethany

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun-name, f. | -ας

93.427a · Names of Persons and Places · Places

Bethany a village on the Mount of Olives

MAT 21:17 · MAT 26:6 · MRK 11:1 · MRK 11:11 · MRK 11:12 · MRK 14:3 · LUK 19:29 · LUK 24:50 · JHN 11:1 · JHN 11:18 · JHN 12:1

93.427b · Names of Persons and Places · Places

Bethany a place on the east side of the Jordan where John baptized

JHN 1:28

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Βηθανία, -as, ἡ, (72) 12 house of depression or misery [ef. B.D. Am. ed.]), Bethany; 1. a town or village beyond the Mount of Olives, fifteen furlongs from Jerusalem: Jn. xi. 1, 18; xii. 1; Mt. xxi. 17; xxvi.6; Lk. xix. 29 [here WH give the accus.-md (see their App. p. 160), ef. Tr mrg.]; xxiv. 50; Mk. xi. 1, 11 sq.; xiv. 3; nowa little Arab hamlet, of from 20 to 30 families, called el*Aziriyeh or el-’Azir (the Arabic name of Lazarus) ; cb. Robinson i. 431 sq.; [BB.DD. 5. v.]. 2. a town or village on the east bank of the Jordan, where John baptized: Jn. i. 28 L T Tr WH, [see the preceding word]. But Origen, although confessing that in his day nearly all the codd. read ἐν Βηθανίᾳ, declares that when he journeyed through those parts he did not find any place of that name, but that Bethabara was pointed out as the place where John had baptized; the statement is confirmed by Eusebius and Jerome also, who were well acquainted with the region. Hence it is most probable that Bethany disappeared after the Apostles’ time, and was restored under the name of Bethabara; οἵ. Liicke ad loc. p. 391 sqq. [Cf. Prof. J. A. Paine in Phila. S. 5. Times for Apr. 16, 1881, p. 243 sq.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Βηθανία Bēthania 12x

Bethany (1) A village near Jerusalem, at the Mount of Olives, Mt. 21:17; Mk. 11:1. (2) A village beyond the Jordan, Jn. 1:28. See PhotoGuide.

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Βηθανία, -ας (also -ιά, indecl., Lk 19:29 and in B*, Mk 11:1), ἡ,

(Heb. בֵּית עֲנִיָּה, house of affliction, acc. to Jerome, or perh., house of dates, cf. Bethphage),

Bethany; a village fifteen furlongs from Jerusalem, the modern El Azerîyeh: Mt 21:17 26:6, Mk 8:22 (WH, mg.) 11:1, 11, 12 14:3, Lk 19:29 24:50, Jo 11:1, 18 12:1.

A place on E. bank of Jordan: Jo 1:28 (R, mg., Βηθαβαρά, q.v.).†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Βηθανία (Bēthania) — Bethany. Βηθανία, -ας (also -ιά, indecl., Luk.19:29 and in B*, Mrk.11:1), ἡ, (Heb. בֵּית עֲנִיָּה, house of affliction, accusative to Jerome, or perh., house of dates, cf. Bethphage), Bethany;

1. a village fifteen furlongs from Jerusalem, the modern El Azerîyeh: Mat.21:17 26:6, Mrk.8:22 (WH, mg.) 11:1, 11, 12 14:3 Luk.19:29 24:50, Jhn.11:1, 18 12:1.

2. A place on E. bank of Jordan: Jhn.1:28 (R, mg., Βηθαβαρά, which see). † (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)

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