Bethsaida (other)
Bethsaida is a Biblical location Bethsaida may also refer to: *Bethsaida Valley The Bethsaida Valley ( he, בקעת הבטיחה), Arabic: Buq'at al-Butayhah,

Bethsaida
Bethsaida (; from gr, Βηθσαϊδά from Hebrew/Aramaic ''beth-tsaida'', lit. " house of hunting" from the Hebrew root ; ar, بيت صيدا), also known as Julias, is a place mentioned in the New Testament. Julias lay in an administrative district known as Gaulonitis. Historians have suggested that the name is also referenced in rabbinic literature under the epithet ''Ṣaidan'' (). Etymology In Hebrew ''beit'' means house, and ''tzed'' means both hunting and fishing. The resulting name means either "house of the fisherman" or "house of the hunter". The Hebrew ''Beit-tzaida'', adapted to Greek phonetics (the New Testament was written in Greek) and transliterated to Latin, yields Bethsaida. History New Testament According to , Bethsaida was the hometown of the apostles Peter, Andrew, and Philip. In the Gospel of Mark (), Jesus reportedly restored a blind man's sight at a place just outside the ancient village of Bethsaida. In , Jesus miraculously feeds five thousand near ...
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Bethsaida Valley
The Bethsaida Valley ( he, בקעת הבטיחה), Arabic: Buq'at al-Butayhah,
Mindat.org, accessed 23.1.2022. is a valley by the northeast shores of the at the steep foothills of the central .

Etymology

Bethsaida Valley is named after the town of , best known from the

Bethsaida Community Foundation
Bethsaida Community Foundation is a community-based refuge in Kenya for the less fortunate, the orphaned and vulnerable people. It was established in 2011. The centre is built with mud on a piece of land bought by Hika Kamau. It offers parental love, spiritual care, rehabilitation and formal education to these children, with the aim of naturing their potential and personal capacity through other myriad of activities such as non-formal learning. The foundation began as a structural project in 2009 to house and rehabilitate street children, orphans and vulnerable children. This however, did not stop an additional 16 children to seek refuge and education (a total of 30 in 2011). As of 2014, the school offered basic education to 91 pupils (47 boys & 44 girl A girl is a young female human, usually a child or an adolescent. When a girl becomes an adult, she is accurately described as a ''woman''. However, the term ''girl'' is also used for other meanings, including ''you ...
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