bethesda
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/bəˈθɛz.də/
Definition of bethesda
19 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
- A pool in Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament.
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name
- A pool in Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament.
- A number of places in the United States:
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A number of places in the United States:
“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.””
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- A place in Canada:
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- A village in Saint Paul parish, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda.
- A place in Wales:
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noun
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(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!”
“Time was when this Bethesda too was curative, a sweet oasis in a parched and driven city. The day we went we found the fountain had been shut off.”
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Etymology
From Aramaic בֵּית חַסְדָּא (bēṯ ḥasdā, “House of Grace”).
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17 words5-letter words
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