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Word: bethany (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Proper noun:

  • biblical Mary of Bethany, sometimes identified as Mary Magdalene.
  • biblical The village where Jesus stayed before going to Jerusalem and being crucified.
  • biblical The village where Lazarus, Mary and Martha lived (Bible, John 11 v. 1)
  • female|from=Hebrew, transferred use of the biblical place name.

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