STRONGS NUMBER G966

Original Word: Βηθσαϊδά
Transliteration: Bēthsaida
Phonetic Spelling: (bayth-sahee-dah')
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Short Definition: "house of fish", Bethsaida, the name of two cities on the shore of the Sea of Galilee
Meaning: Bethsaida -- "house of fish", the name of two cities on the shore of the Sea of GalileeBethsaida.

Of Chaldee origin (compare bayith and tsayad); fishing-house; Bethsaida, a place in Palestine -- Bethsaida.

see HEBREW bayith

see HEBREW tsayad

STRONGS NT 966: Βηδσαιδα

[Βηδσαιδα, given by L marginal reading Tr marginal reading in Luke 10:13 where Rec. etc. Βηθσαϊδά, which see]

STRONGS NT 966: ΒηθσαϊδάΒηθσαϊδά (WH Βηθσαϊδά; see Iota) and (Matthew 11:21 R G T WH) Βηθσαϊδάν, ἡ, indeclinable but with accusative (which may, however, be only the alternate form just given; cf. WH's Appendix, p. 160) Βηθσαϊδάν (Buttmann, 17 (16f); Winers 61 (60); Tdf. Proleg., p. 119f), (Syriac )dYc tYB [] i. e. house or place of hunting or fishing), Bethsaida;

1. a small city (πόλις, John 1:44 (45)) or a village (κώμη Mark 8:22, 23) on the western shore of the Lake of Gennesaret: John 1:44 (45); Matthew 11:21; Mark 6:45; Luke 10:13 (here L marginal reading Tr marginal reading Βηδσαιδα; cf. Tdf. Proleg. as above); John 12:21 (where τῆς Γαλιλαίας is added).

2. a village in lower Gaulanitis on the eastern shore of Lake Gennesaret, not far from the place where the Jordan empties into it. Philip the tetrarch so increased its population that it was reckoned as a city, and was called Julius in honor of Julia, the daughter of the emperor Augustus (Josephus, Antiquities 18, 2, 1; Pliny, h. n. 5, 15). Many think that this city is referred to in Luke 9:10, on account of Mark 6:32, 45; John 6:1; others that the Evangelists disagree. Cf. Winers RWB under the word; Raumer, p. 122f; (BB. DD. under the word, Bethsaida.

3. In John 5:2 Lachmann marginal reading WH marginal reading read Βηθσαϊδά; see under the word Βηθεσδά.)