Βηθανία
Bēthania
Bethany
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word Βηθανία (G0963), transliterated as Bēthania, corresponds to the Hebrew place name Bethany. It appears 12 times in the Bible, which suggests a particular importance in the biblical narrative. The word Βηθανία is likely used to refer to a geographical location rather than a concept or an abstract idea. Given its limited occurrences, it's probable that Βηθανία is associated with a specific event or context in the biblical story. As Bethany, it may be related to a town near Jerusalem, often identified in biblical scholarship. Its frequency and context suggest that Βηθανία holds significance in the biblical narrative, potentially as a setting for important events involving key figures.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
12 total occurrences across the text
He left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.
Matthew 26:6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Mark 11:1When they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
Mark 11:11Jesus entered into the temple in Jerusalem. When he had looked around at everything, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
Mark 11:12The next day, when they had come out from Bethany, he was hungry.
Mark 14:3While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard—very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.
Luke 19:29When he came near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,
Luke 24:50He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
John 1:28These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
John 11:1Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
John 11:18Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.
John 12:1Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.