bethesda means A pool in Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 81 out of 100.
bethesda is pronounced /bəˈθɛz.də/.
name
- A pool in Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament.
- A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Independence County, Arkansas.
- A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Chatham County, Georgia.
- A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Greene County, Georgia.
- A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Douglas Township, Page County, Iowa.
- A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland.“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.””
noun
- 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!”