Bethany

[ beth-uh-nee ]

/ ˈbɛθ ə ni /

noun

a village in W Jordan, near Jerusalem, at the foot of the Mount of Olives; occupied by Israel since 1967: home of Lazarus and his sisters, Martha and Mary. John 11:1.

a city in central Oklahoma.

a female given name.

Example sentences from the Web for bethany

But Bethany Bultman, the clinic's founder and director, is committed to ensuring patients stay alive.

Living in Louisiana’s Tragic Health-Care Limbo |Linda Marsa |November 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
On Labor Day weekend, the teenager accompanied Shattuck, her three children, and several of their friends to Bethany beach.

From Baltimore Ravens Cheerleader to Mrs. Robinson |Brandy Zadrozny |November 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Bethany Mandel said in a phone interview that she did a practice dunk while converting in 2011.

Women Describe How Top D.C. Rabbi Allegedly Spied on Them in the Nude |Steven I. Weiss |October 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Bethany Mandel, a former editor at the conservative Commentary, first pointed out this unhappy coincidence on Twitter.

Klutzy Conservative Jewish Outreach at the Values Voter Summit |Ben Jacobs |September 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

“Reading all these comments is truly amazing,” Bethany wrote on her post after it took off.

The Brave Colostomy Bag Selfies |Charlotte Lytton |July 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This afternoon he had a worried, preoccupied look that made it all the harder for Bethany to say what was trembling on her lips.

In League with Israel |Annie F. Johnston
In the middle of the village of Bethany are the ruins of an important house.

The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young |Richard Newton
In 1910, he voluntarily resigned the work at Bethany and the office of stated clerk of the Presbytery, and located at Eufaula.

The Choctaw Freedmen |Robert Elliott Flickinger
She did not go back to the old man she had married out of pity, and forgotten—out of love, but she went to relations at Bethany.

I.N.R.I. |Peter Rosegger
No one knew how Autun obtained the relics said to be those of Lazarus of Bethany.

How France Built Her Cathedrals |Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

British Dictionary definitions for bethany

Bethany

/ (ˈbɛθənɪ) /

noun

a village in the West Bank, near Jerusalem at the foot of the Mount of Olives: in the New Testament, the home of Lazarus and the lodging place of Jesus during Holy Week

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British Dictionary definitions for bethany

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