Bethesda
Americannoun
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a pool in Biblical Jerusalem, believed to have healing powers.
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a city in central Maryland; residential suburb of Washington, D.C.
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bethesda, a chapel.
noun
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New Testament a pool in Jerusalem reputed to have healing powers, where a paralysed man was healed by Jesus (John 5:2)
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a chapel of any of certain Nonconformist Christian sects
Example Sentences
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Neighbors held a meeting on July 30, 2026, at Bethesda Temple Church about the Destination Crenshaw project and the lack of parking it has created.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The Bethesda, Md., company added 17,900 net rooms during the quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The service later said it was also responding to a number of grass fire incidents, including in Braichmelyn Forest in Bethesda.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
The compound was originally developed during his earlier research at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026
President Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird, visit injured servicemen who have returned from Vietnam for care at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, 1965.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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