Βηθσαϊδά(ν)

Βηθσαϊδά(ν), ἡ indecl. (בֵּית צַיְדָה) Bethsaida.

① place north of Lake Gennesaret (Jos., Ant. 18, 28), east of the Jordan, near where it empties into the lake. Acc. to J 1:44; 12:21 home of Philip, Andrew, and Peter. Mt 11:21; Mk 6:45; 8:22; Lk 9:10; 10:13 (Βηδʼσαϊδα P⁷⁵). Its distinction from another B. located farther west, B. τῆς Γαλιλαίας (J 12:21), awaits solution.—Schürer II 171f (sources and lit.); Dalman, Orte³ 173ff (Eng. tr. 161–83); CMcCown, The Problem of the Site of Beths.: JPOS 10, 1930, 32–58; LVaganay, Mk 6:45: RB 49, ’40, 5–32; PVannutelli, Synoptica ’40 III–VIII; CKopp, Dominican Studies 3, ’50, 11–40. BHHW I 234; OEANE I 302–5. S. Καφαρναούμ.

② J 5:2 P⁷⁵ et al. (s. Βηθεσδά, Βηθζαθά).