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Strong's #964: Bethesda (pronounced bay-thes-dah')

of Chaldee origin (compare 1004 and 2617); house of kindness; Beth-esda, a pool in Jerusalem:--Bethesda.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Bēthesda

Bethesda = "house of mercy" or "flowing water"

1) the name of a pool near the sheep-gate at Jerusalem, whose waters had curative powers

Part of Speech: noun proper locative




Usage:

This word is used 1 times:

John 5:2: "market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches."









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