Bible Names

Bethphage: meaning of the name

Bethphage means “house of my month, or of early figs.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Bethphage in Hebrew and Greek

Βηθφαγή G967

Bēthphagḗ — fig-house; Beth-phage, a place in Palestine

of Chaldee origin (compare H01004 and H06291);

Places named Bethphage

Bethphage in Scripture

“Bethphage” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • Matthew 21:1

    And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,

  • Mark 11:1

    And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,

  • Luke 19:29

    And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,