Bethesda

[ buh-thez-duh ]

noun

1. a pool in Biblical Jerusalem, believed to have healing powers.
2. a city in central Maryland; residential suburb of Washington, D.C.
3. bethesda, a chapel.

Bethesda

/ bəˈθɛzdə /

noun

1. New Testament a pool in Jerusalem reputed to have healing powers, where a paralysed man was healed by Jesus (John 5:2)
2. a chapel of any of certain Nonconformist Christian sects

Example Sentences

Microsoft's purchase of Activision-Blizzard in October also included Candy Crush maker King and followed its buyout of Zenimax, which owns Fallout maker Bethesda.

From BBC

Fallout maker Bethesda, now a part of Microsoft's massive collection of studios, is hoping to keep excitement building for its Indiana Jones game with a release date.

From BBC

Last month, Bethesda, Md., real estate investor Sam Asgari bought the property for $3.24 million.

From Los Angeles Times

From Blizzard Entertainment hundreds of World of Warcraft specialists and dozens of Texas-based quality-assurance testers respectively organized guilds under the CWA, following Bethesda’s lead.

From Slate

First, on July 19, came “wall-to-wall” union approval at Fallout-maker Bethesda Game Studios, which meant that everyone from engineers to artists could establish a comprehensive unit with the Communications Workers of America.

From Slate