Βηθσαιδά G0966
Bethsaida, a town near the Sea of Galilee associated with several of Jesus' disciples and miracles.
A place name meaning 'house of fish' in Aramaic, referring to a town on or near the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. It was the hometown of Philip, Andrew, and Peter (John 1:44; 12:21) and the setting for significant events including the feeding of the five thousand (Luke 9:10). Jesus pronounces a woe against it alongside Chorazin for failing to repent despite witnessing mighty works (Matt 11:21; Luke 10:13). Scholarly debate continues about whether there was one Bethsaida or two, but the name remains consistent across all translation traditions: Spanish 'Bethsaidá,' French 'Bethsaïda,' German 'Bethsaida.'
Senses
1. Bēthsaida — The proper name Bethsaida (Aramaic 'house of fish'), identifying a town near the Sea of Galilee closely tied to Jesus' Galilean ministry. It appears in woe oracles (Matt 11:21; Luke 10:13), as a geographic waypoint for disciples crossing the lake (Mark 6:45), as the site of a blind man's healing (Mark 8:22), as the locale for the feeding miracle (Luke 9:10), and as the hometown of Philip, Andrew, and Peter (John 1:44; 12:21). All translation languages render it as a direct transliteration, confirming its status as an indeclinable proper noun. 7×
AR["بَيْتَ-صَيْدا", "بَيْتَ-صَيْدَا", "بَيْتِ صَيْداءَ", "بَيْتِ-صَيْدَا", "يا-بَيتَ-صَيدا"]·ben["বেথসৈদার", "বৈৎসায়দা", "বৈৎসৈদা", "বৈৎসৈদায়"]·DE["Bethsaida"]·EN["Bēthsaida"]·FR["Bethsaïda"]·heb["בֵּית-צַיְדָא", "בֵּית-צַיְדָה", "בֵּית־צַיְדָא", "בֵּית־צַיְדָה"]·HI["बēथसैद", "बैतसैदा", "बैतसैदा,", "भीड़-को"]·ID["Betsaida", "Betsaida,"]·IT["Betsaida"]·jav["Betsaida,", "Bètsaida", "Bètsaida!", "Bétsaida,", "Bétsaida;"]·KO["벳새다", "벳새다로", "벳새다야", "벳세다,", "벴새다", "벴세다", "벵세다야"]·PT["Betsaida", "Betsaida,"]·RU["Вифсаида", "Вифсаиде", "Вифсаиду", "Вифсаиды"]·ES["-Bēthsaïdá", "Bethsaidá", "Bēthsaidán", "Bēthsaïdá", "Bēthsaïdán"]·SW["Bethsaida", "Bēthsaida", "Bēthsaida!", "Bēthsaidá", "Bēthsaïdá"]·TR["Betsayda", "Beytsayda", "Beytsayda'dan", "Beytsayda'ya", "Beytsayda."]·urd["بیت-صیدا", "بیت-صیدا،"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Βηθσαιδά (Rec. -σαϊδά), and -δάν (Mt, Mk, ll. with), ἡ, indecl. (Syr., house of fish), Bethsaida, a town on NE. shore of the Sea of Galilee: Luk.9:10. It is generally supposed that a second B. on the W. shore is referred to in Mat.11:21, Mrk.6:45 8:22, Luk.10:13, Jhn.1:45 12:21 (DB, i, 282f.; but see Swete on Mrk.6:45). __2. 2. Βηθζαθά, ἡ, indecl. (perh. Aram. בֵּית זַיְתָה, house of olives) Jhn.5:2..† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)