Bethesda

[ buh-thez-duh ]

/ bəˈθɛz də /

a pool in Biblical Jerusalem, believed to have healing powers. John 5:2–4.

a city in central Maryland; residential suburb of Washington, D.C.

(lowercase) a chapel.

Example sentences from the Web for bethesda

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

Fixing a Dysfunctional Family: Congress |Gene Robinson |November 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The first trial will be conducted in 20 healthy, uninfected volunteers at the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland.

Ebola Vaccine Will Do Little for Current Crisis |Kent Sepkowitz |August 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The finding was immediately pounced upon by members of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (of Bethesda, Md.).

Thank Anti-Vaxxers for Lyme Disease |Kent Sepkowitz |April 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Transiting through medical facilities in Germany, he checked into Bethesda.

Home on the Fourth of July: Two Marines, Two Purple Hearts |John Kael Weston |July 4, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

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

At U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Anniversary, One Survivor’s Quest Continues |Sandra McElwaine |April 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
I would have it like the porch—not of Bethesda, but of heaven itself.

Weighed and Wanting |George MacDonald
At this time his intended college at Bethesda occupied much of his attention.

George Whitefield |Joseph Belcher
From this fact, some have thought it to be the Pool of Bethesda.

The Rand-McNally Bible Atlas |Jesse L. Hurlbut
Two years passed, and it happened that there was to be a Revival at the Bethesda Chapel.

Tales of the Five Towns |Arnold Bennett
Tertullian believed that an angel was sent down, when God was invoked, like that which stirred the pool of Bethesda.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 |Various

Bethesda

/ (bəˈθɛzdə) /

New Testament a pool in Jerusalem reputed to have healing powers, where a paralysed man was healed by Jesus (John 5:2)

a chapel of any of certain Nonconformist Christian sects