Βηθανία, -ας (also -ιά, indecl., Lk 19:29 and in B*, Mk 11:1), ἡ,
(Heb. בֵּית עֲנִיָּה, house of affliction, acc. to Jerome, or perh., house of dates, cf. Bethphage),
Bethany;
1. a village fifteen furlongs from Jerusalem, the modern El Azerîyeh: Mt 21:1726:6, Mk 8:22 (WH, mg.) 11:1, 11, 1214:3, Lk 19:2924:50, Jo 11:1, 1812:1.
2. A place on E. bank of Jordan: Jo 1:28 (R, mg., Βηθαβαρά, q.v.).†