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(biblical) A pool in Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament. examples
An unincorporated census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. examples
A village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. examples
A town in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH6266). examples
A small village in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0917). examples
plural Bethesdas
(poetic) Any location whose waters are supposed to have curative properties. quotations examples
...those who are afflicted with rheumatic, neuralgic, and splenetic diseases, go, and are cured by the thousands. These Bethesdas are scattered all up and down our country, blessed be God!
1903, Thomas De Witt Talmage, Richard S Rhodes, Evils of the cities
Time was when this Bethesda too was curative, a sweet oasis in a parched and driven city. The day we went we found the fountain had been shut off.
1978, Garry Wills, Values Americans live by