Βηθσαϊδά

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic בית צידה (literally “house of the hunt”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /βiθ.sa.iˈða/ → /viθ.sa.iˈða/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /be̝tʰ.sa.iˈda/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βiθ.sa.iˈða/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /viθ.sa.iˈða/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /viθ.sa.iˈða/

Proper noun

Βηθσαϊδά • (Bēthsaïdá) f (genitive Βηθσαϊδά); irregular declension

1. Bethsaida

Inflection

Declension of ἡ Βηθσαϊδά; τῆς Βηθσαϊδά (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Βηθσαϊδά hē Bēthsaïdá
Genitive	τῆς Βηθσαϊδά tês Bēthsaïdá
Dative	τῇ Βηθσαϊδά têi Bēthsaïdá
Accusative	τὴν Βηθσαϊδά / Βηθσαϊδάν tḕn Bēthsaïdá / Bēthsaïdán
Vocative	Βηθσαϊδά Bēthsaïdá
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Βηθσαϊδά in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G966 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible