Bethabara

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Bethabara
     house of the ford, a place on the east bank of the Jordan, where
     John was baptizing (John 1:28). It may be identical with
     Bethbarah, the ancient ford of Jordan of which the men of
     Ephraim took possession (Judg. 7:24). The Revised Version reads
     "Bethany beyond Jordan." It was the great ford, and still bears


     the name of "the ford," Makhadhet 'Abarah, "the ford of crossing
     over," about 25 miles from Nazareth. (See {BETHBARAH}.)
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Bethabara, the house of confidence