Bethesda
/bəˈθɛz.də/ name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any location whose waters are supposed to have curative properties. poetic
"...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!"
Proper Noun
- 1 A pool in Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament.
- 2 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Independence County, Arkansas.
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Chatham County, Georgia.
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Greene County, Georgia.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Douglas Township, Page County, Iowa.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; 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.”"
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Davidson County, North Carolina.
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Durham County, North Carolina.
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Goshen Township, Belmont County, Ohio.
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
- 11 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Williamson County, Tennessee.
- 12 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia.
- 13 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in the town of Genesee, Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
- 14 A place in Canada:; A community in the town of Innisfil, Simcoe County, Ontario.
- 15 A place in Canada:; A hamlet in the town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.
- 16 A village in Saint Paul parish, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda.
- 17 A place in Wales:; A town and community in Gwynedd, historically in Caernarvonshire (OS grid ref SH6266).
- 18 A place in Wales:; A small village in Llawhaden community, Pembrokeshire (OS grid ref SN0917).
Example
More examples"Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethesda."
Etymology
From Aramaic בֵּית חַסְדָּא (bēṯ ḥasdā, “House of Grace”).