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Bethesda

/bəˈθɛz.də/

Bethesda proper noun: a pool in Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament.

bethesda: a pool in Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament
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Proper noun

Bethesda

  1. A pool in Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament.
  2. A census-designated place in Independence County, Arkansas.
  3. An unincorporated community in Chatham County, Georgia.
  4. An unincorporated community in Greene County, Georgia.
  5. An unincorporated community in Douglas Township, Page County, Iowa.
  6. A census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland.
    • The Bethesda Declaration, signed by 484 NIH staff, directly accused NIH director Jay Bhattacharya of “a failure of your legal duty to use congressionally appropriated funds for critical NIH research. Each day that the NIH continues to disrupt research, your ability to deliver on this duty narrows.”2025 August 7, Hannah Harris Green, “‘Impossible to rebuild’: NIH scientists say Trump cuts will imperil life-saving research”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2025
  7. An unincorporated community in Davidson County, North Carolina.
  8. An unincorporated community in Durham County, North Carolina.
  9. A village in Goshen Township, Belmont County, Ohio.
  10. An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
  11. An unincorporated community in Williamson County, Tennessee.
  12. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia.
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  1. An unincorporated community in the town of Genesee, Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
  2. A community in the town of Innisfil, Simcoe County, Ontario.
  3. A hamlet in the town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.
  4. A village in Saint Paul parish, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda.
  5. A town and community in Gwynedd, historically in Caernarvonshire (OS grid ref SH6266).
  6. A small village in Llawhaden community, Pembrokeshire (OS grid ref SN0917).

Noun

Bethesda (plural Bethesdas)

  1. (poetic) Any location whose waters are supposed to have curative properties.
    • ...those who are afflicted with rheumatic, neuralgic, and splenetic diseases, go, and are cured by the thousands. These Bethesdas are scattered all up and down our country, blessed be God!1903, Thomas De Witt Talmage, Richard S Rhodes, Evils of the cities
    • Time was when this Bethesda too was curative, a sweet oasis in a parched and driven city. The day we went we found the fountain had been shut off.1978, Garry Wills, Values Americans live by

Bethesda meaning in Hindi

Bethesda in Hindi

pool in Jerusalem
बैतहसदा baithasdā

Forms of Bethesda

pluralBethesdas

Origin of Bethesda

From Aramaic בֵּית חַסְדָּא (bēṯ ḥasdā, “House of Grace”).

Words formed from Bethesda

Questions about Bethesda

What does Bethesda mean?
Bethesda means a pool in Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament.
What is Bethesda in Hindi?
Bethesda in Hindi is बैतहसदा (baithasdā). See Bethesda meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Bethesda?
Bethesda can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Bethesda?
Bethesda is pronounced /bəˈθɛz.də/.

Words near Bethesda in the dictionary

  1. Bethell process
  2. bethels
  3. betherel
  4. Bethersden
  5. bethes
  6. Bethesda
  7. Bethesda system
  8. Bethesdan
  9. Bethesdans
  10. Bethesdas
  11. Bethe–Weizsäcker cycle

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