Βηθανία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Βηθᾰνῐ́η (Bēthănĭ́ē) — Ionic

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew בֵּית עַנְיָה (“house of Anaiah”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bɛː.tʰa.ní.aː/ → /βi.θaˈni.a/ → /vi.θaˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɛː.tʰa.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /be̝.tʰaˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βi.θaˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vi.θaˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vi.θaˈni.a/

Proper noun

Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾱ • (Bēthănĭ́ā) f (genitive Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Bethany

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾱ hē Bēthănĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾱς tês Bēthănĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾳ têi Bēthănĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Bēthănĭ́ān
Vocative	Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾱ Bēthănĭ́ā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Βηθανία (Vithanía)
• → Aghwan: 𐔱𐔼𐔸𐔰𐕎𐔼 (bitani)
• → English: Bethany
• → French: Béthanie
• → Latin: Bethania
• → Old Armenian: Բեթանիա (Betʻania)

References

• 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
• Βηθανία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G963 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece‎^[1], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN