Bible Names

Bethabara: meaning of the name

Bethabara means “the house of confidence.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Bethabara in Hebrew and Greek

Βηθαβαρά G962

Bēthabará — ferry-house; Bethabara (i.e. Bethabarah), a place on the Jordan

of Hebrew origin (H01004 and H05679);

Bethabara in Scripture

“Bethabara” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • John 1:28

    These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.