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"BETHANY" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a house of figs", "the house of song", "the house of affliction". |
Date "BETHANY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1415. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Bethany house of dates. (1.) The Revised Version in John 1:28 has this word instead of Bethabara, on the authority of the oldest manuscripts. It appears to have been the name of a place on the east of Jordan. (2.) A village on the south-eastern slope of the Mount of Olives (Mark 11:1), about 2 miles east of Jerusalem, on the road to Jericho. It derived its name from the number of palm-trees which grew there. It was the residence of Lazarus and his sisters. It is frequently mentioned in connection with memorable incidents in the life of our Lord (Matt. 21:17; 26:6; Mark 11:11, 12; 14:3; Luke 24:50; John 11:1; 12:1). It is now known by the name of el-Azariyeh, i.e., "place of Lazarus," or simply Lazariyeh. Seen from a distance, the village has been described as "remarkably beautiful, the perfection of retirement and repose, of seclusion and lovely peace." Now a mean village, containing about twenty families. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Bethany is the name of several places in the United States of America:
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Crosswords: BETHANY |
| Specialty definitions using "BETHANY": Secacah. (references) |
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Screenplays | No, Aunt Bethany, those are the Christmas lights. (Christmas Vacation; writing credit: John Hughes) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Silence at Bethany (1988) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | One of Lloyd Rhode's children plowing their field near Bethany, Greene County, Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Lloyd Rhodes, Negro tenant, planting cotton. Near Bethany, Greene County, Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The house of Lloyd Rhodes, Negro tenant farmer. Near Bethany, Greene County, Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | View of Bethany College and Bethany, W. Va. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Bethany College, May 6, 1914. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Oklahoma City to Bethany is fourteen miles. |
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Civil Liberties | Uzbekistan | On June 24, Pastor Nikolai Shevchenko of Bethany (Baptist) Church in Tashkent and several of his parishioners were arrested in a raid during services. (references) |
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| "BETHANY" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BETHANY" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "BETHANY" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Bethany | First name Female | 39,000 | 398 |
| Bethany | Last name | 200 | 30,745 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "BETHANY" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a house of figs", "the house of song", "the house of affliction". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "BETHANY." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Bethany | Female | Biblical | N/A |
| Bethany | N/A | Biblical | N/A |
| Bethany | Female | English | N/A |
| Bethney | Female | English | Bethany |
| Bethania | Female | Spanish | Bethany |
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1. Bethany, CT 2. Bethany, IL (village, FIPS 5612) 3. Bethany, IN (town, FIPS 4978) 4. Bethany, LA 5. Bethany, MO (city, FIPS 5068) 6. Bethany, OK (city, FIPS 5700) 7. Bethany, PA (borough, FIPS 5976) 8. Bethany, WV (town, FIPS 6844) |
Expressions using "BETHANY": bethany Beach ♦ East Bethany ♦ South Bethany. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Date | Source | John Chapter 12, Verse 1 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O oun ihsouV pro ex hmerwn tou pasca hlqen eiV bhqanian opou hn lazaroV o teqnhkwV on hgeiren ek nekrwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Iesus ergo ante sex dies paschae venit Bethaniam ubi fuerat Lazarus mortuus quem suscitavit Iesus |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Se hælend com syx dagen ær þameastren to bethania. þær lazaruswæs dead. þe se hælend a-wehte. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Therfor Jhesus bifor sixe daies of pask cam to Bethanye, where Lazarus hadde be deed, whom Jhesus reiside. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Then Iesus sixe dayes before ester came to Bethany where Lazarus was which was deed and who Iesus raysed from deeth. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Then Jesus, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had made to come back from the dead. |
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| Language | John Chapter 12, Verse 1 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Unom ka adlaw sa wala pa ang Pasko, si Jesus miabut sa Betania, diin didto si Lazaro, ang gibanhaw ni Jesus gikan sa mga patay. |
| Croatian | Šest dana prije Pashe doðe Isus u Betaniju gdje bijaše Lazar koga je Isus uskrisio od mrtvih. |
| Danish | Seks Dage før Påske kom Jesus nu til Bethania, hvor Lazarus boede, han, som Jesus havde oprejst fra de døde. |
| Dutch | Jezus dan kwam zes dagen voor het pascha te Bethanie, daar Lazarus was, die gestorven was geweest, welken Hij opgewekt had uit de doden. |
| Finnish | Kuusi päivää ennen pääsiäistä Jeesus saapui Betaniaan, jossa Lasarus asui, hän, jonka Jeesus oli herättänyt kuolleista. |
| German | Sechs Tage vor Ostern kam Jesus gen Bethanien, da Lazarus war, der Verstorbene, welchen Jesus auferweckt hatte von den Toten. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Enam hari sebelum Hari Raya Paskah, Yesus pergi ke Betania. Di tempat itu tinggal Lazarus yang sudah dibangkitkan oleh-Nya dari mati. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka enam hari dahulu daripada hari raya Pasah itu datanglah Yesus ke Baitani, di tempat Lazarus dibangkitkan oleh Yesus dari antara orang mati. |
| Maori | ¶ Na e ono nga ra i mua ake o te kapenga ka haere a Ihu ki Petani, kei reira nei a Raharuhi, i whakaarahia ake nei e ia i te hunga mate. |
| Norwegian | Seks dager før påske kom da Jesus til Betania, hvor Lasarus var, han som Jesus hadde opvakt fra de døde. |
| Portuguese | Veio, pois, Jesus seis dias antes da páscoa, a Betânia, onde estava Lázaro, a quem ele ressuscitara dentre os mortos. |
| Rumanian | Cu wase zile knainte de Pawte, Isus a venit kn Betania, unde era Lazqr, care fusese mort, wi pe care kl knviase din moryi. |
| Shuar | ¶ Paskua JÃsat jeatin sais tsawant ajasmatai Jesus Petania péprunam wémiayi. Jesus jakamunmaya iniantkimia Nú Rásaru nuin pujumiayi. |
| Swahili | Siku sita kabla ya sikukuu ya Pasaka, Yesu alifika Bethania alikoishi Lazaro ambaye Yesu alikuwa amemfufua kutoka wafu. |
| Swedish | Jesus smörjes i Betania av Maria, rider in i Jerusalem, sökes av några greker, talar om betydelsen av sin död, undfår ett vittnesbörd från himmelen, vittnar om sin sändning ifrån Fadern. |
| Uma | ¶ Ono eo kako'ia-na Eo Paskah, hilou-imi Yesus hi Betania, ngata katidaa-na Lazarus, to napotuwu' nculii' -e wengi. |
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Misspellings | |
"BETHANY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bashnya, Bathan, Bathans, Batthyany, Beahan, Berhan, Berhanu, Bethania, Bethmann, Bettaney, Bettany, Bithynia, Blethyn, Bokhary, Bothun, Bushenyi, Kethavy, Lethaby, Metheny. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-h-n-t-y" | |
-2 letters: banty, bathe, hyena, neath, thane, yenta. | |
-3 letters: abet, abye, ante, baht, bane, bate, bath, bean, beat, bent, beta, beth, byte, eath, etna, haen, haet, hant, hate, heat, hent, hyte, nabe, neat, thae, than, then, they, tyne, yeah, yean. | |
-4 letters: aby, ane, ant, any, ate, aye, bah, ban, bat, bay, ben, bet, bey, bye. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-h-n-t-y" | |
+4 letters: abhorrently, ethnobotany. | |
+5 letters: hypnotizable, labyrinthine. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 45 54 48 41 4E 59 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . - .... .- -. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000101 01010100 01001000 01000001 01001110 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B E T H A N Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0045 0054 0048 0041 004E 0059 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36395442354859 |
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