Βηθεσδά

Βηθεσδά, ἡ indecl. (בֵּית חִסְדָּא house of mercy?), name of a pool in Jerusalem J 5:2 v.l. The editions of Tdf., W-H., S., N²⁵ have Βηθζαθά (q.v.) in the text; another v.l. is Βηθσαϊδά. Cp. W-S. §5, 27g; Hdb. ad loc.—See HVincent: Vincent-Abel, Jérusalem II, 1926, Sect. XXVIII Sainte Anne et ses sanctuaires; JJeremias, ZNW 31, ’32, 308–12, Die Wiederentdeckung von Bethesda ’49 (the double pool of St. Anna), Eng. tr., The Rediscovery of Bethesda ’66; CPronobis, Bethesda z. Zt. Jesu: TQ 114, ’33, 181–207; BHHW I, 232f. Perh. בֵּית אֵשְׁדָּה ‘place of outpouring’, cp. the dual form in 3Q 15, 11, 12, JMilik, Discoveries in the Judaean Desert of Jordan III, ’62. 271f, 297; EVardaman, BT 14, ’63, 27–29; DWieand, NTS 12, ’66, 392–404.