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
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