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

Near the end of February, they held an auction at a Bethesda restaurant.

From Washington Post

In August 2019, a Bethesda, Maryland, bowling alley considered to be an “anchor” for veterans shut its doors, citing money-related pressures and a decrease in customers.

From Eater

He ordered salmon from True Food Kitchen in Bethesda and poured himself a glass of pinot noir.

From Washington Post

Bethesda said it will be "some time" before more details are available.

From Ars Technica

She grew up in Montgomery County, graduated from Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, majored in history at Dartmouth College and earned a law degree from the University of Texas.

From Washington Post

One of my most important mentors was a brilliant and eccentric rabbi from Bethesda, Maryland.

From The Daily Beast

The first trial will be conducted in 20 healthy, uninfected volunteers at the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland.

From The Daily Beast

The finding was immediately pounced upon by members of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (of Bethesda, Md.).

From The Daily Beast

Transiting through medical facilities in Germany, he checked into Bethesda.

From The Daily Beast

She taught dressmaking, had two children, and moved to Bethesda, Md., when her husband went to work for the World Bank.

From The Daily Beast

When we arrived at Bethesda, we went immediately to some room, reception room, where the family was.

From Project Gutenberg

And we followed in a car directly behind that, went out to Bethesda Naval Hospital.

From Project Gutenberg

This institution was established in Savannah, and called Bethesda.

From Project Gutenberg

Under this strict regime, as was to be expected, there was not a little restlessness at Bethesda, as the chapel was called.

From Project Gutenberg

At Bethesda, as the meeting-house was called, there had been a venerable and godly man in the pulpit for nearly fifty years.

From Project Gutenberg