Βηθανία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Βηθᾰνῐ́η (Bēthaníē) – Ionic

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew בֵּית עַנְיָה‎ (“house of Anaiah”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɛː.tʰa.ní.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /be̝.tʰaˈni.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βi.θaˈni.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vi.θaˈni.a/
(15^th 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
Nominative	ἡ Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾱ hē Bēthaníā
Genitive	τῆς Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾱς tês Bēthaníās
Dative	τῇ Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾳ têi Bēthaníāi
Accusative	τὴν Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Bēthaníān
Vocative	Βηθᾰνῐ́ᾱ Bēthaníā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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

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