Bethany (given name)
WiktionaryText
Proper noun
- The village where Jesus stayed before going to Jerusalem and being crucified.
- The village where Lazarus, Mary and Martha lived (Bible, John 11 v. 1)
- Mary of Bethany, sometimes identified as Mary Magdalene.
- , transferred use of the biblical place name.
Quotations
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- Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.