John 5:2
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.”
ἔχω
To have, to hold, to possess. I have learned in whatever state I am to be content. Contentment is not about having more but appreciating what you have.
πρόβατον
Pool
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πρόβατον
something that walks forward (a quadruped), i.e. (specially), a sheep (literally or figuratively)
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προβατικός
Sheep Gate
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προβατικός
relating to sheep, i.e. (a gate) through which they were led into Jerusalem
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λαγχάνω
Bethesda
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λαγχάνω
to lot, i.e. determine (by implication, receive) especially by lot
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Ἱεροσόλυμα
Jerusalem
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Ἱεροσόλυμα
Hierosolyma (i.e. Jerushalaim), the capitol of Palestine
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κολυμβήθρα
a pool,
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κολυμβήθρα
a diving-place, i.e. pond for bathing (or swimming)
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Ἑβραϊστί
in Hebrew
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Ἑβραϊστί
Hebraistically or in the Jewish (Chaldee) language
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εἰμί
There is
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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στοά
porches
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στοά
a colonnade or interior piazza
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ἐπιλέγομαι
is being called
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ἐπιλέγομαι
to surname, select
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πέντε
five
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πέντε
"five"
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