Βηθανία Bēthania

Greek word for “Bethany” · Strong’s G963 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

Βηθανία, -ας (also -ιά, indecl., and in B*), ἡ, (Heb.

How it is translated

Glosses given for Bēthania in context, with how often each is used:

• bethany 12

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 11 (3), John 11 (2), Matthew 21 (1), Matthew 26 (1), Mark 14 (1), Luke 19 (1), Luke 24 (1), John 1 (1), John 12 (1)

Forms

• Βηθανίαν 6
• Βηθανίᾳ 3
• Βηθανίας 2
• Βηθανία 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with Bēthania more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• Βηθφαγή Bēthphagē “Bethphage” 2
• Ἱεροσόλυμα Hierosoluma “Jerusalem” 3
• λεπρός lepros “leprous” 2
• ἐλαιών elaiōn “Olivet” 2
• Λάζαρος Lazaros “Lazarus” 2
• ἐξέρχομαι exerchomai “to go out” 3
• ἐγγίζω engizō “to come near” 2
• ἔξω exō “out/outside(r)” 2
• ὄρος oros “mountain” 2
• Σίμων Simōn “Simon” 2
• ὅπου hopou “where(-ever)” 2
• οἰκία oikia “home” 2

Key verses

The verses using Bēthania that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 21:17 — And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
• Matthew 26:6 — Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
• Mark 11:1 — And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
• Mark 11:11 — And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto…
• Mark 11:12 — And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
• Mark 14:3 — And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and…
• Luke 19:29 — And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
• Luke 24:50 — And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
• John 1:28 — These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
• John 11:1 — Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
• John 11:18 — Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
• John 12:1 — Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.