John 5:2:13John.5.2.W13TAB

Βηθεσδά

bêthesda

Bethesda

Transliteration
bê-thes-DA
Extended
bê-thes-DA
IPA
/be.tʰesˈda/

Meaning by language

English
Bethesda

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Result
Βη + θεσ + δά
bê + thes + da
bêthesda

Alphabet Analysis

Betav — as in victory
Etai — as in machine
Thetath — as in thin
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Sigmas — as in sit
Deltath — as in this
Alphaah — as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    bê-thes-DA

  2. sentence

    ES-tin de en tois hi-e-ro-so-LY-mois e-PI tê pro-ba-ti-KÊ ko-lym-BÊ-thra hê e-pi-le-go-ME-nê he-bra-i-STI bê-thes-DA PEN-te sto-AS E-khou-sa

Exegesis

In the naming clause hē epilegomenē Hebraisti Bethesda {ἡ ἐπιλεγομένη Ἑβραϊστί Βηθεσδά | hē e-pi-le-go-me-nē He-bra-ïs-tí Bē-thes-dá}, the article plus participle designates the pool by its Semitic name, with Hebraisti signifying the local speech.

In contextJohn 5:2

Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool called Bethesda, having five porticoes .

About this coordinate

John 5:2:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of John 5:2, so the Greek word Βηθεσδά (bêthesda) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.5.2.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (John.5.2.W13.S1) and character.