ⲕⲟⲗⲩⲙⲃⲏⲑⲣⲁ
Coptic
Etymology
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Pool in Luxor, Egypt
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κολυμβήθρα (kolumbḗthra).
Noun
ⲕⲟⲗⲩⲙⲃⲏⲑⲣⲁ (kolumbēthra) f
- (Sahidic, Bohairic) pool
- John, 5, 2, in Hans Quecke, Das Johannesevangelium saïdisch. Text der Handschift PPalau Rib. Inv.-Nr 183 mit den Varianten der Handschriften 813 und 814 der Chester Beatty Library und der Handschrift M 569, Papyrologica Castroctaviana, 1984, page 100.
- ⲛⲉⲩⲛ ⲟⲩⲕⲟⲗⲩⲙⲃⲏⲑⲣⲁ ⲇⲉ ϩⲛ ⲑⲓⲉⲣⲟⲩⲥⲁⲗⲏⲙ ϩⲓϫⲛ ⲧⲉⲡⲣⲟⲃⲁⲧⲓⲕⲏ ⲉϣⲁⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲙⲙⲛⲧϩⲉⲃⲣⲁⲓⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲃⲏⲇⲥⲁⲓⲇⲁ ⲉⲣⲉ ϯ ⲥⲧⲟⲁ ϩⲓϫⲱⲥ
- neun oukolumbēthra de hn thierousalēm hijn teprobatikē ešamoute eros mmnthebraios je bēdsaida ere ti stoa hijōs
- There was a bathing pool in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate that was called "Bethsaida" in the Hebrew [i.e. Aramaic] language and around which were five stoai.
- John, 5, 2, in Hans Quecke, Das Johannesevangelium saïdisch. Text der Handschift PPalau Rib. Inv.-Nr 183 mit den Varianten der Handschriften 813 und 814 der Chester Beatty Library und der Handschrift M 569, Papyrologica Castroctaviana, 1984, page 100.