Definitions | Bethany |
| proper noun
- The village where Jesus stayed before going to Jerusalem and being crucified.
- The village where Lazarus, Mary and Martha lived (Bible, John 11 v. 1)
- Mary of Bethany, sometimes identified as Mary Magdalene
- (given name, female, ), transferred use of the biblical place name.
Etymology: From the Greek from the Hebrew house of figs
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