Βηθαβαρά

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic בית עברא (literally “ferry house”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɛː.tʰa.ba.rá/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /be̝.tʰa.baˈra/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βi.θa.βaˈra/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vi.θa.vaˈra/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vi.θa.vaˈra/

Proper noun

Βηθαβαρά • (Bēthabará) f (indeclinable)

Bethabara, a place on the Jordan where John the Baptist was baptizing.

Usage notes

Βηθαβαρά (Bēthabará) only appears once, in John 1:28, and only in less reliable manuscripts. Other manuscripts have Βηθανία (Bēthanía).

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
Βηθαβαρά in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
G962 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Strong's Concordance number: G962

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