Βηθανία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Βηθᾰνῐ́η (Bēthaníē) – Ionic
Etymology
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew בֵּית עַנְיָה (“house of Anaiah”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bɛː.tʰa.ní.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /be̝.tʰaˈni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βi.θaˈni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vi.θaˈni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vi.θaˈni.a/
Proper noun
Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾱ • (Bēthaníā) f (genitive Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- Bethany
Inflection
First declension of ἡ Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾱ hē Bēthaníā | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾱς tês Bēthaníās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾳ têi Bēthaníāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Bēthaníān | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾱ Bēthaníā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Βηθανία (Vithanía)
- → Aghwan: 𐔱𐔼𐔸𐔰𐕎𐔼 (bitani)
- → English: Bethany
- → French: Béthanie
- → Latin: Bethania
- → Old Armenian: Բեթանիա (Betʿania)
References
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Βηθανία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- G963 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Nestle, Eberhard; Aland, Kurt; et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN