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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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
bê-thes-DA
- 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 context — John 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.