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Bethsaida = "house of fish"
a city in Galilee (see map)
derivation:
of Aramaic origin cf (01004) and (06719)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Greek/grk.cgi?number=966&version=kjv (01004)
1] house 1.a] house, dwelling habitation 1.b] shelter or abode of animals 1.c] human bodies (figuratively) 1.d] of Sheol 1.e] of abode of light and darkness 1.f] of land of Ephraim
2] place
3] receptacle
4] home, house as containing a family
5] household, family 5.a] those belonging to the same household 5.b] family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6] household affairs
7] inwards (metaphorically)
8] temple adv
9] on the inside, preposition
10] within
derivation:
probably from (01129) abbreviated
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=1004&version=kjv
(01129)
1] to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue
1.a] (Qal)
1.a.1] to build, rebuild
1.a.2] to build a house (i.e., establish a family)
1.b] (Niphal)
1.b.1] to be built
1.b.2] to be rebuilt
1.b.3] established (of restored exiles) (figuratively.)
1.b.4] established (made permanent)
1.b.5] to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through
the children of a concubine)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=1129&version=kjv
(06719)
1] hunter
derivation:
from the same as (06718)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=6719&version=kjv
(06718)
1] hunting, game 1.a] hunting 1.b] game hunted
2] provision, food 2.a] provision, food, food-supply
derivation:
from a form of (06679) and meaning the same
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=6718&version=kjv
(06679)
1] to hunt 1.a] (Qal) to hunt 1.b] (Poel) to hunt, hunt eagerly or keenly 1.c] (Hithpael) take provision
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=6679&version=kjv
Additional information:
"Saidoon is the Phoenician name, Saida in Arabic."
Quoted from:
http://www.middleeast.com/sidon.htm
It therefore seems that "Bethsaida" means "House of Sidon".
A link to each occurrence of this word in the homepage:
1] Bethsaida
2] Bethsaida
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