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Strong's #964 - Βηθεσδά
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Bethesda = "house of mercy" or "flowing water"
- the name of a pool near the sheep-gate at Jerusalem, whose waters had curative powers
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Βηθεσδά, ἡ, indec. (Chaldean חֶסְדָּא בֵּית, i. e. house of mercy, or place for receiving and caring for the sick), Bethesda, the name of a pool near the sheep-gate at Jerusalem, the waters of which had curative powers: John 5:2 (here L marginal reading WH marginal reading read Βηθσαϊδά, T WH text Βηθζαθά (which see)). What locality in the modern city is its representative is not clear; cf. Winers RWB under the word; Arnold in Herzog ii., p. 117f; Robinson i. 330f, 342f; (B. D. under the word; The Recovery of Jerusalem (see index)).
STRONGS NT 964a: Βηθζαθά Βηθζαθά, ἡ (perhaps from Chaldean זַיְתָא בֵּית, house of olives; not, as some suppose, חֲדַתָּא בֵּית, house of newness, German Neuhaus, since it cannot be shown that the Hebrew letter chet ח is ever represented by the Greek zeta ζ'), Bethzatha: John 5:2 T (WH text) after manuscripts א L D and other authorities (no doubt a corrupt reading, yet approved by Keim, ii., p. 177 (see also WHs Appendix, ad loc.)), for Rec. Βηθεσδά, which see (Cf. Kautzsch, Gram. d. Biblical-Aram., p. 9.)
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Βηθεσδά , ἡ , indecl.
(deriv, uncertain, v. Westc. on John 5:2, and DB, i, 279),
Bethesda, a pool in Jerusalem: John 5:2, Rec. (Βηθζαθά , WH, Βηθσαϊδά , WH, mg.).†
Βηθζαθά , ἡ , indecl.
(perh. Aram. H3132 H1004, house of olives)
Bethzatha: John 5:2, WH (Rec. Βηθεσδά , q.v.).†
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