Word Study · Strong's G966 · Greek
Βηθσαϊδά
Bethsaida
bayth-sahee-dah'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Bēthsaïdá
“fishing-house”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
fishing-house; Bethsaida, a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Bethsaida.
- 7occurrencesin the New Testament
- 4 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- Βηθσαϊδά,2
- Βηθσαϊδὰ1
- Βηθσαϊδά.1
- Βηθσαϊδά·1
- Βηθσαϊδὰν1
- Βηθσαϊδάν,1
How it is rendered · 4
- Bethsaida2
- Bethsaida,2
- Bethsaida!2
- Bethsaida.1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular3
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2
- noun · vocative (address) · feminine singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-ASF-L · 3
- N-GSF-L · 2
- N-VSF-L · 2
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Mark2 occurrences
- Mark 6:45Βηθσαϊδὰνbēthsaidannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularImmediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd.here: Bethsaida
- Mark 8:22Βηθσαϊδάν,bēthsaidannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularWhen they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.here: Bethsaida,
Luke2 occurrences
- Luke 9:10Βηθσαϊδά.bēthsaidanoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularThen the apostles returned and reported to Jesus all that they had done. Taking them away privately, He withdrew to a town called Bethsaida.here: Bethsaida.
- Luke 10:13Βηθσαϊδά·bēthsaidanoun · vocative (address) · feminine singularWoe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.here: Bethsaida!
John2 occurrences
- John 1:44Βηθσαϊδά,bēthsaidanoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularNow Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.here: Bethsaida,
- John 12:21Βηθσαϊδὰbēthsaidanoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularThey came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”here: Bethsaida