Bethesda,

5 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [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}.)
     

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

  Bethesda, house of pity or mercy
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Bethesda, MD (CDP, FIPS 7125)
    Location: 38.98975 N, 77.12030 W
    Population (1990): 62936 (28253 housing units)
    Area: 38.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 20814, 20816
  Bethesda, OH (village, FIPS 6138)
    Location: 40.01613 N, 81.07293 W
    Population (1990): 1161 (480 housing units)
    Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 43719

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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.
     Headwords:
      Bethesda, OH
      Bethesda
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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.
     Headwords:
      Bethesda, MD
      Bethesda