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Bethesda

/bəˈθɛz.də/

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

A pool in Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament.
A census-designated place in Independence County, Arkansas.
An unincorporated community in Chatham County, Georgia.
An unincorporated community in Greene County, Georgia.
An unincorporated community in Douglas Township, Page County, Iowa.
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.”
An unincorporated community in Davidson County, North Carolina.
An unincorporated community in Durham County, North Carolina.
A village in Goshen Township, Belmont County, Ohio.
An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
An unincorporated community in Williamson County, Tennessee.
An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia.
An unincorporated community in the town of Genesee, Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
A community in the town of Innisfil, Simcoe County, Ontario.
A hamlet in the town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.
A village in Saint Paul parish, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda.
A town and community in Gwynedd, historically in Caernarvonshire (OS grid ref SH6266).
A small village in Llawhaden community, Pembrokeshire (OS grid ref SN0917).

noun Bethesdas

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!

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: suite, chevy, hospital, dispensary, hospice, sanatorium, clinic, infirmary, convalescent home, health center, medical center, ward, sickbay, lazaretto, refuge, nursing home

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name pool in Jerusalem

Español	Betesdá
हिन्दी	बैतहसदा baithasdā
Português	Betesda
Français	Bethesda
Deutsch	Bethesda
Italiano	Betzaeta
Ελληνικά	Βηθεσδά Vithesdá
Русский	Вифезда Vifezda

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"Bethesda." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bethesda. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Bethesda. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bethesda

Chicago

"Bethesda." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bethesda.

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@misc{bethesda_2026,
  title = {Bethesda},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bethesda},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}