Proper noun
(biblical) The village where Jesus stayed before going to Jerusalem and being crucified.
(biblical) The village where Lazarus, Mary and Martha lived (Bible, John 11 v. 1)
(biblical) Mary of Bethany, sometimes identified as Mary Magdalene.
A female given name from Aramaic, transferred use of the biblical place name.
Other places naned Bethany elsewhere:
A city, the county seat of Harrison County, Missouri, United States.
The disciples were not losing time when they sat beside their Master, and held quiet converse with Him under the olives of Bethany or by the shores of Galilee. Those were their school-hours; those were their feeding times. Theodore L. Cuyler
ABOVE PHOTO: (left to right) Cornell Charles, his wife Nicole Charles, his daughter Bethany Charles, and his brother Jeffrey Charles. Source: Internet
According to Bethany Berger, a law professor at the University of Connecticut, the McGirt decision helps guarantee, for example, that an appeals court will affirm that the Oneida reservation in Wisconsin remains intact. Source: Internet
Bethany Byers had 12 points for the Chargers. Source: Internet
Also in 1157, on the death of patriarch Fulcher, Melisende, her half-sister Sibylla of Flanders, and Ioveta the Abbess of Bethany, had Amalric of Nesle appointed as patriarch of Jerusalem. Source: Internet
All 4 incumbents were re-elected in to the four open seats on the Bethany Beach Town Council. Source: Internet