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

“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

Biotech and medtech investor Epidarex, a trans-Atlantic firm with offices in the U.K. and Bethesda, Md., last month said it had raised $145 million in the first closing of its fourth fund.

From The Wall Street Journal

“While we remain bullish on stocks for 2026, the mood right now is cautious optimism with fatigue,” said Charlie Anderson, senior vice president at UBS Wealth Management in Bethesda, MD.

From Barron's