Bethesda

Bethesda was the healing pool in Jerusalem in John's Gospel, its name usually read as 'house of mercy'. It passed to chapels in Wales and Maryland, and through the Maryland town to America's naval hospital and the National Institutes of Health.

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The road to American English

From Koine Greek to Late Latin, Middle English

From Koine Greek to Welsh

From Koine Greek to Modern Standard Arabic

30 CEAramaic

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

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