Bethesda originally referred to the

Pool of Bethesda The Pool of Bethesda is referred to in John's Gospel in the Christian New Testament, (John 5#Healing at Bethesda (5:2–15), John 5:2) in an account of healing the paralytic at Bethesda, Jesus healing a paralyzed man at a pool of water in Je ...

, a pool in Jerusalem, described in the New Testament story of the healing the paralytic at Bethesda. Bethesda may also refer to:

Places

Antigua and Barbuda

* Bethesda, Antigua and Barbuda

Canada

* Bethesda, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada * Bethesda, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada

South Africa

Nieu-Bethesda Nieu-Bethesda (Afrikaans for ''New Bethesda'') is a village in the Eastern Cape at the foot of the Sneeuberge, approximately north of Graaff Reinet. It was founded in 1875 as a church town, like many other Karoo villages, and attained municipal ...

, South Africa

Suriname

* Bethesda, Suriname, a former leper colony

United Kingdom

* Bethesda, Gwynedd, Wales ** Bethesda Athletic F.C. ** Bethesda RFC, a rugby union team * Bethesda, Pembrokeshire, Wales

United States

* Bethesda, Arkansas * Bethesda, Chatham County, Georgia * Bethesda, Greene County, Georgia * Bethesda, Davidson County, North Carolina * Bethesda, Durham County, North Carolina * Bethesda, Iowa *

Bethesda, Maryland Bethesda () is an unincorporated, census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Located just northwest of Washington, D.C., it is a major business and government center of the Washington metropolitan region ...

** Bethesda station, a Washington Metro station in Bethesda, Maryland **Bethesda Naval Hospital (now

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC; formerly known as the National Naval Medical Center and colloquially referred to as Bethesda Naval Hospital, Walter Reed, or Navy Med) is a United States military medical center located in B ...

) * Bethesda (Ellicott City, Maryland), a plantation house *

Bethesda, Ohio Bethesda () is a village in west-central Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,211 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Wheeling metropolitan area. History Bethesda has had three names: Burrs Mills, Fairmount, and Bethesd ...

* Bethesda, Pennsylvania * Bethesda, Tennessee * Bethesda, West Virginia * Bethesda, Wisconsin *

Bethesda Terrace and Fountain Bethesda Terrace and Fountain are two architectural features overlooking the southern shore of The Ramble and Lake, the Lake in New York City's Central Park. The fountain, with its ''Angel of the Waters'' statue, is located in the center of the ...

, with the ''Angel of the Waters'' statue in New York City's Central Park *

Bethesda Academy Bethesda Academy (previously known as Bethesda Home for Boys) is a boys' school and former orphanage located in unincorporated Chatham County, Georgia, in the United States, near Savannah. Its historic building was listed on the National Reg ...

, Savannah, Georgia

Other uses

Bethesda system The Bethesda system (TBS), officially called The Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology, is a system for reporting cervical or vaginal cytologic diagnoses, used for reporting Pap smear results. It was introduced in 1988 and revised in ...

, a classification system for thyroid neoplasia, named after the town in Maryland *

Bethesda Softworks Bethesda Softworks LLC is an American video game publisher based in Rockville, Maryland. The company was founded by Christopher Weaver in 1986 as a Division (business), division of Media Technology Limited. In 1999, it became a subsidiary of Z ...

, a video games publishing company, named after the town in Maryland **

Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Game Studios is an American video game developer and a studio of ZeniMax Media based in Rockville, Maryland. It is best known for its action role-playing franchises, including ''The Elder Scrolls'', '' Fallout'', and '' Starfield''. B ...

, Bethesda Softworks' in-house video game development company Theres also Bethesda Units used to measured titer (concentration) of neutralizing antibodies against blood coagulation factor replacement therapy for Bleeding disorders like Hemophilia A. https://practical-haemostasis.com/Inhibitor%20Assays/inhibitor_assays.html