Bethabara
Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(house at the ford). A place beyond, or at, Jordan where John baptized Christ (John 1:28).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Place beyond Jordan where John was baptizing (John 1:28). Identified with the ford
Abarah
, 32° 32’ N, 35° 33’ E. Most Editors of the Greek Testament read BETHANY.
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Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Number:
962
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Greek:
Βηθαβαρά
Transliteration:
Bethabara
Phonic:
bay-thab-ar-ah’
Meaning:
of Hebrew origin (
1004
and
5679
); ferry-house; Bethabara (i.e. Bethabarah), a place on the Jordan
KJV Usage:
Bethabara
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
ferry-house
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Place of solitude, or, of passage:―a place beyond or at Jordan, John 1:28. {Locus solitudinis; vel transitus}