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BETHANY
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Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Biblical
Other Scripts: בֵית־תְאֵנָה (Hebrew)
Pronounced: BETH-ə-nee (English) [key]
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Means "house of figs" in Hebrew, from a biblical place name. In the New Testament the town of Bethany was the home of Lazarus and his sisters Mary and Martha. It has been in use as a rare given name in the English-speaking world since the 19th century, used primarily by Catholics in honour of Mary of Bethany. In America it became moderately common after the 1950s. |
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