Bethesda

American  

[buh-thez-duh] / bəˈθɛz də /

noun

1. a pool in Biblical Jerusalem, believed to have healing powers.

2. a city in central Maryland; residential suburb of Washington, D.C.

3. bethesda, a chapel.

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Bethesda British  

/ bəˈθɛzdə /

noun

1. New Testament a pool in Jerusalem reputed to have healing powers, where a paralysed man was healed by Jesus (John 5:2)

2. a chapel of any of certain Nonconformist Christian sects

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Example Sentences

The compound was originally developed during his earlier research at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland.

From Science Daily

It was the last in a string of Microsoft studio takeovers, which included some of the game industry's most acclaimed publishers and developers, such as Fallout maker Bethesda and Forza Horizon studio Playground Games.

From BBC

“Stop sleep-shaming me!,” the 58-year-old therapist, who lives in Bethesda, Md., blurted out.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rhun ap Iorwerth will tell a speech in Bethesda, Gwynedd, that the Welsh public "can and must benefit fully" from wind and solar schemes.

From BBC

Makary visited Pazdur in his Bethesda, Md., home and stood by his kitchen counter as he promised that the cancer doctor would get a say in key decisions at the agency, Pazdur said.

From The Wall Street Journal