Meaning of Bethany | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The village where Jesus stayed before going to Jerusalem and being crucified.
2. The village where Lazarus, Mary and Martha lived (Bible, John 11 v. 1)
3. Mary of Bethany, sometimes identified as Mary Magdalene.
4. A female given name from Aramaic, transferred use of the biblical place name.
5. Other places naned Bethany elsewhere
6. Other places naned Bethany elsewhere:
7. A city, the county seat of Harrison County, Missouri, United States.

Equivalents

Examples

“Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.”

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