'Bethesda' definitions:
Definition of 'Bethesda'
From: Easton
- Bethesda house of mercy, a reservoir (Gr. kolumbethra, "a swimming bath") with five porches, close to the sheep-gate or market (Neh. 3:1; John 5:2). Eusebius the historian (A.D. 330) calls it "the sheep-pool." It is also called "Bethsaida" and "Beth-zatha" (John 5:2, R.V. marg.). Under these "porches" or colonnades were usually a large number of infirm people waiting for the "troubling of the water." It is usually identified with the modern so-called Fountain of the Virgin, in the valley of the Kidron, and not far from the Pool of Siloam (q.v.); and also with the Birket Israel, a pool near the mouth of the valley which runs into the Kidron south of "St. Stephen's Gate." Others again identify it with the twin pools called the "Souterrains," under the convent of the Sisters of Zion, situated in what must have been the rock-hewn ditch between Bezetha and the fortress of Antonia. But quite recently Schick has discovered a large tank, as sketched here, situated about 100 feet north-west of St. Anne's Church, which is, as he contends, very probably the Pool of Bethesda. No certainty as to its identification, however, has as yet been arrived at. (See FOUNTAIN; GIHON.)
Definition of 'Bethesda'
From: Hitchcock
- Bethesda, house of pity or mercy
Bethesda, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Bethesda, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000) :
1413
Housing Units (2000) :
679
Land area (2000) :
0.642352 sq. miles (1.663684 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.011667 sq. miles (0.030217 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.654019 sq. miles (1.693901 sq. km)
FIPS code :
06138
Located within :
Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location :
40.016200 N, 81.072753 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
43719
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Bethesda, MD -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Maryland
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Bethesda, MD -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Maryland
Population (2000) :
55277
Housing Units (2000) :
24368
Land area (2000) :
13.143081 sq. miles (34.040422 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.047561 sq. miles (0.123183 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
13.190642 sq. miles (34.163605 sq. km)
FIPS code :
07125
Located within :
Maryland (MD), FIPS 24
Location :
38.984660 N, 77.113135 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
20814 20816
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.