Βηθσαϊδά
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Aramaic בית צידה (literally “house of the hunt”).
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /be̝tʰ.sa.iˈda/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βiθ.sa.iˈða/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /viθ.sa.iˈða/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /viθ.sa.iˈða/
Proper noun
Βηθσαϊδά • (Bēthsaïdá) f (genitive Βηθσαϊδά); irregular declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Βηθσαϊδά hē Bēthsaïdá | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Βηθσαϊδά tês Bēthsaïdá | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Βηθσαϊδά tēî Bēthsaïdá | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Βηθσαϊδά / Βηθσαϊδάν tḕn Bēthsaïdá / Bēthsaïdán | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Βηθσαϊδά Bēthsaïdá | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- 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
- Βηθσαϊδά in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- G966 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible