G963 – Bethania – Βηθανία Bethany

Strong’s ID:
G963
Greek Word:
Βηθανία
Transliteration:
Bethania
Pronunciation:
bay-than-ee’-ah
Part of Speech:
noun proper locative
Etymology:
of Aramaic origin
Usage Count:
11
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Find “Bethania” in the Bible (New Testament)

Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon

Bethany

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Strong’s Greek Lexicon

of Aramaic origin; date-house; Beth-any, a place in Palestine:—Bethany.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

Bethany = “house of dates” or, “house of misery”
1) a village at the Mount of Olives, about two miles (3 km) from Jerusalem, on or near the normal road to Jericho
2) a town or village on the east bank of the Jordan, where John was baptising

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.