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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".

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