What does Βηθσαϊδά (Bēthsaïdá) mean in the Bible?
Βηθσαϊδά (Bēthsaïdá) is a Greek word meaning "fishing-house; Bethsaida, a place in Palestine".
Greek · G966
Βηθσαϊδά
Fishing-house; Bethsaida, a place in Palestine
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Βηθσαϊδά G966
Pronunciation Bēthsaïdá
What does Βηθσαϊδά (Bēthsaïdá) mean in the Bible?
Βηθσαϊδά (Bēthsaïdá) is a Greek word meaning "fishing-house; Bethsaida, a place in Palestine".
Full entry for Βηθσαϊδά (G966) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G966?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Bethsaida (7).
Where does Βηθσαϊδά (Bēthsaïdá) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 11:21. Its strongest book concentrations include John (2), Luke (2), Mark (2), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Bethsaida 7× Matthew 11:21, Mark 6:45, Mark 8:22, Luke 9:10
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 11:21 Βηθσαϊδά to Bethsaida Noun - Vocative Feminine Singular Mark 6:45 Βηθσαϊδάν to Bethsaida Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Mark 8:22 Βηθσαϊδάν to Bethsaida Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 9:10 Βηθσαϊδά to Bethsaida Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 10:13 Βηθσαϊδά to Bethsaida Noun - Vocative Feminine Singular John 1:44 Βηθσαϊδά to Bethsaida Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular John 12:21 Βηθσαϊδὰ to Bethsaida Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 11:21
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 4
Matthew 1 Mark 2 Luke 2 John 2
Source forms
Βηθσαϊδά 4x Bēthsaida Matthew 11:21, Luke 9:10, Luke 10:13, John 1:44
Βηθσαϊδάν 2x Bēthsaidan Mark 6:45, Mark 8:22
Βηθσαϊδὰ 1x Bēthsaida John 12:21
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 3x Mark 6:45, Mark 8:22, Luke 9:10
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 2x John 1:44, John 12:21
Noun - Vocative Feminine Singular 2x Matthew 11:21, Luke 10:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. fishing-house; Bethsaida, a place in Palestine
Strong's G966
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 7 times Word forms 3 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
fishing-house; Bethsaida, a place in Palestine
Extended definition
:--Bethsaida.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 11:21 Proper name
Βηθσαϊδά, bhqsaida
Bethsaida
Read verse Mark 6:45 Proper name
Βηθσαϊδά, bhqsaida
Bethsaida
Read verse Mark 8:22 Proper name
Βηθσαϊδά. bhqsaida
Bethsaida
Read verse Luke 9:10 Proper name
Βηθσαϊδά. bhqsaida
Bethsaida
Read verse Luke 10:13 Proper name
Βηθσαϊδά· bhqsaida
Bethsaida
Read verse John 1:44 Proper name
Βηθσαϊδά, bhqsaida
Bethsaida
Read verse John 12:21 Proper name
Βηθσαϊδὰ bhqsaida
Bethsaida
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine John 1:44 · John 12:21 2×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Luke 9:10 1×
Vocative · Singular · Feminine Matt 11:21 · Luke 10:13 2×
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain