ΒηθανίαBēthanía
Greek (New Testament) · G963
Meanings
1. a village fifteen furlongs from Jerusalem, the modern El Azerîyeh: Matthew 21:17, Matthew 26:6, Mark 8:22 Mark 11:1, Mark 11:11, Mark 11:12, Mark 14:3, Luke 19:29, Luke 24:50, John 11:1, John 11:18, John 12:1.
2. A place on E. bank of Jordan: John 1:28 (R, margin, Βηθαβαρά, see that word).
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 21:17 Then he returned to Bethany, where he stayed overnight.
- Matthew 26:6 Meanwhile, Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon, a man who had previously had leprosy.
- Mark 11:1 As Jesus and his disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the towns of Bethphage and Bethany on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead.
- Mark 11:11 So Jesus came to Jerusalem and went into the Temple. After looking around carefully at everything, he left because it was late in the afternoon. Then he returned to Bethany with the twelve disciples.
- Mark 11:12 The next morning as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry.
- Mark 14:3 Meanwhile, Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon, a man who had previously had leprosy. While he was eating, a woman came in with a beautiful alabaster jar of expensive perfume made from essence of nard. She broke open the jar and poured the perfume over his head.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.