Bible Names

Bethesda: meaning of the name

Bethesda means “house of pity or mercy.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Bethesda in Hebrew and Greek

Βηθεσδά G964

Bēthesdá — house of kindness; Beth-esda, a pool in Jerusalem

of Chaldee origin (compare H01004 and H02617);

Places named Bethesda

Bethesda in Scripture

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

  • John 5:2

    Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.