Bethesda

[buh-thez-duh]

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.

Bethesda

/ 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

Example Sentences

“People underestimate all the pieces that come into play,” said Brett Bernstein, a certified financial planner in Bethesda, Md. “The goal is to make sure they have the income they want to live off of.”

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Bolton, 76, was charged Thursday with mishandling classified information, two months after FBI agents searched his Washington office and home in Bethesda, Md. He pleaded not guilty Friday at a federal court in Maryland.

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The Grade I-listed building contains the Hogarth Stair, part of architect James Gibbs' 1730s redesign, which is surrounded by the large scale paintings The Pool of Bethesda and The Good Samaritan.

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The band, whose members hail from Cardiff, Bethesda and Bangor, have not performed together since December 2016.

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In an era when the decades-old Barbie doll is a billion-dollar box office hit and shows like HBO’s “The Last of Us,” based on the Naughty Dog game, and Amazon MGM Studios’ “Fallout,” based on the Bethesda game franchise, are critically acclaimed, studios see all of these as intellectual property worth mining.

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