발음 : 베다니아 Bethania {bay-than-ee'-ah}
어근 : 기원은 히브리어
어의 : 대추야자의 집, 팔레스틴의 한 고을
문법 : 위치격 고유명사
of Aramaic origin;
AV - Bethany 11; 11
Bethany = "house of dates" or, "house of misery"
1) a village at the Mount of Olives, about two miles (3 km) from Jerusalem, on or near the normal road to Jericho
2) a town or village on the east bank of the Jordan, where John was baptising