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 Bethesda is a village in Saint Paul Parish on the island of Antigua, in Antigua and Barbuda. It is located in the southeastern area of the island, to the northeast of English Harbour, at the head of Willoughby Bay. Geography Bethesda is foun ...

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 Bethesda was a Moravian leper colony from 1899 until 1933. The name refers to the healing of the paralytic at Bethesda by Jesus. The colony was located near Paranam in the Oost resort on the Suriname River. It was originally located on the forme ...

, a former leper colony

United Kingdom

Bethesda, Gwynedd Bethesda (; ) is a town and community in Gwynedd, Wales. It is on the banks of Afon Ogwen and on the edge of Snowdonia. It is about south-west of Bangor. It is a predominantly Welsh-speaking town. History The settlement's ancient name w ...

, Wales **

Bethesda Athletic F.C. Bethesda Athletic F.C. (; ) is a football club based in the Welsh town of Bethesda, in northwest Wales. They play in the . History Predecessor clubs In 1919, a team known as Bethesda Comrades were playing in the North Wales Coast League. Th ...

** Bethesda RFC, a rugby union team *

Bethesda, Pembrokeshire Bethesda (; ) is a small village in the community of Llawhaden, Pembrokeshire, Wales. It lies on a bend of the B4313 road in the valley of the Eastern Cleddau river a few miles north north west of Narberth. History The village is marked on p ...

, Wales

United States

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

Bethesda, Durham County, North Carolina Bethesda is an unincorporated community in southeastern Durham County, North Carolina, United States, on South Miami Boulevard, off U.S. Route 70. The community has two churches, two schools, and a ZIP code of 27703. It has mostly been annexed ...

* 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 Bethesda station is a rapid transit station on the Red Line of the Washington Metro system in Bethesda, Maryland. It is one of the busiest suburban Metro stations, serving on average 9,142 passengers each weekday in 2017. The Purple Line, a l ...

, 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) Bethesda is located in Ellicott City, Maryland within Howard County, Maryland, United States. The home is sometimes mistakenly referred to as "Dower House" because a small dower house exists on the property. A "dower" is a widow's share for lif ...

, 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 is an unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is situated at the junction between Township Road 432 and, Lancaster County, in Pennsylvania. It is situated at the junction between T-432 (Hilldale Road) and Pennsylva ...

Bethesda, Tennessee Bethesda, Tennessee is an unincorporated community in rural southeastern Williamson County, Tennessee. History According to a 1988 study of Williamson County historical resources, conducted by staff of the Tennessee Historical Commission:Bethes ...

Bethesda, West Virginia Bethesda is an unincorporated community located in Wayne County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United Sta ...

Bethesda, Wisconsin Bethesda is an unincorporated community in the town of Genesee, Waukesha County, Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minne ...

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