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Bethesda
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English
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Etymology
From en arc בֵּית חַסְדָּא House of Grace bēṯ ḥasdā.
Pronunciation
en /bəˈθɛz.də/
Proper noun
en biblical A pool in Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament.
en Bethzatha
en number of places c/USA:
en CDP co/Independence County s/Arkansas.
en ucomm co/Chatham County s/Georgia.
en ucomm co/Greene County s/Georgia.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Douglas co/Page County s/Iowa.
en CDP in southern co/Montgomery County s/Maryland. TopoZone: Bethesda, Maryland
en Hannah Harris Green ‘Impossible to rebuild’: NIH scientists say Trump cuts will imperil life-saving research w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/07/nih-scientists-trump-cuts 2025-08-07 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.” https://web.archive.org/web/20250825155053/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/07/nih-scientists-trump-cuts
en ucomm co/Davidson County s/North Carolina.
en ucomm co/Durham County s/North Carolina.
en village twp:Suf/Goshen co/Belmont County s/Ohio.
en ucomm co/Lancaster County s/Pennsylvania.
en ucomm co/Williamson County s/Tennessee.
en ucomm co/Wayne County s/West Virginia.
en ucomm town:pref/Genesee co/Waukesha County s/Wisconsin.
en place c/Canada:
en comm in the town:pref/Innisfil co/Simcoe County p/Ontario.
en hamlet town:pref/Whitchurch-Stouffville rmun/York p/Ontario.
en village par/Saint Paul x/Antigua c/Antigua and Barbuda.
en place cc/Wales:
en town/and/wcomm in co/Gwynedd historically in x/Caernarvonshire OS grid ref SH6266. Community map (Gwynedd)
en small village wcomm/Llawhaden co/Pembrokeshire OS grid ref SN0917.
Derived terms
en Bethesda system Bethesdan
Translations
pool in Jerusalem
Catalan: ca Betesda
French: fr Bethesda f
German: de Bethesda
Greek: el Βηθεσδά f
Hindi: hi बैतहसदा
Italian: it Betzaeta f
Polish: pl Betesda f
Portuguese: pt Betesda f
Russian: ru Вифезда f
Spanish: es Betesdá f
Ukrainian: uk Віфезда f
Noun
en poetic Any location whose waters are supposed to have curative properties.
en 1903 Thomas De Witt Talmage; Richard S Rhodes Evils of the cities ...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!
en 1978 Garry Wills Values Americans live by 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.
References
German
de:
Etymology
From de arc - (see English etymology).
Pronunciation
de /bɛˈtɛsda/ /beˈtɛsda/
de De-Bethesda.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
Bethesda
Declension
toponym