Βηθαβαρά
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Aramaic בית עברא (literally “ferry house”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bɛː.tʰa.ba.rá/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /be̝.tʰa.baˈra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βi.θa.βaˈra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vi.θa.vaˈra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vi.θa.vaˈra/
Proper noun
[edit]Βηθαβαρά • (Bēthabará) f (indeclinable)
- Bethabara, a place on the Jordan where John the Baptist was baptizing.
Usage notes
[edit]Βηθαβαρά (Bēthabará) only appears once, in John 1:28, and only in less reliable manuscripts. Other manuscripts have Βηθανία (Bēthanía).
References
[edit]- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Βηθαβαρά in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G962 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Strong's Concordance number: G962
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