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Bethzatha

Bethzatha is the alternative form of Bethesda.

Meaning of Bethesda

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

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Origin of Bethzatha

From Ancient Greek Βηθζαθά (Bēthzathá), a variation appearing in some manuscripts of the Gospel of John.

Questions about Bethzatha

What is Bethzatha the alternative form of?
Bethzatha is the alternative form of Bethesda.

Words near Bethzatha in the dictionary

  1. bethwacks
  2. Bethy
  3. Bethyl
  4. bethylid
  5. bethylids
  6. Bethzatha
  7. betiaraed
  8. betiatide
  9. betid
  10. betide
  11. betided

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Bethzatha (page history and authors); Bethesda (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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