Bethesda originally referred to the Pool of Bethesda, a pool in Jerusalem, described in the New Testament story of the

healing the paralytic at Bethesda The Healing of a paralytic at Bethesda is one of the miraculous healings attributed to Jesus in the New Testament. This event is recounted only in the Gospel of John, which says that it took place near the "Sheep Gate" in Jerusalem (now the Lio ...

. It may also refer to:

Places

Antigua and Barbuda

* Bethesda, Antigua and Barbuda

Canada

* Bethesda, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada *

Bethesda, York Regional Municipality, Ontario Bethesda is a hamlet in York Region, Ontario, Canada, in the town of Whitchurch-Stouffville. The hamlet is centred at the intersection of Warden Avenue and Bethesda Road in the south-eastern region of Whitchurch-Stouffville; it flourished around 1 ...

, Canada

South Africa

Nieu-Bethesda Nieu-Bethesda (Afrikaans for ''New Bethesda'') is a village in the Eastern Cape at the foot of the Sneeuberge, approximately north of Graaff Reinet. It was founded in 1875 as a church town, like many other Karoo villages, and attained municipa ...

, South Africa

Suriname

* Bethesda, Suriname, a former leper colony

United Kingdom

* Bethesda, Gwynedd, Wales **

Bethesda Athletic F.C. Bethesda Athletic F.C. (; ) is a football club based in the Welsh town of Bethesda, in northwest Wales. They play in the Ardal NW which is in the third tier of the Welsh football pyramid. History Predecessor clubs In 1919, a team known as Be ...

Bethesda RFC Bethesda Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Bethesda) is a Welsh rugby union team based in Bethesda, North Wales. Bethesda member of the Welsh Rugby Union The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU; cy, Undeb Rygbi Cymru) is the Sports governing body, g ...

, a rugby union team *

Bethesda, Pembrokeshire Bethesda (; ) is a small village in the community of Llawhaden, Pembrokeshire, Wales. It lies on a bend of the B4313 road in the valley of the Eastern Cleddau river a few miles north north west of Narberth. History The village is marked on p ...

, Wales

United States

* Bethesda, Arkansas *

Bethesda, Chatham County, Georgia Bethesda is an unincorporated community in Chatham County, Georgia, Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. History The community took its name from an orphanage, now known as Bethesda Academy, established at the site. ...

Bethesda, Greene County, Georgia Bethesda is an unincorporated community in Greene County, Georgia, Greene County, in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. History Bethesda is a name derived from Hebrew meaning "house of mercy". References

Unincorporated co ...

Bethesda, Davidson County, North Carolina Bethesda is an unincorporated community in Davidson County, North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bor ...

* Bethesda, Durham County, North Carolina *

Bethesda, Iowa Bethesda is an unincorporated community in Douglas Township, Page County, Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to ...

Bethesda, Maryland Bethesda () is an unincorporated, census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland. It is located just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House (1820, rebuilt 1849), which in ...

** Bethesda station, a Washington Metro station in Bethesda, Maryland **Bethesda Naval Hospital (now

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center The Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), formerly known as the National Naval Medical Center and colloquially referred to as the Bethesda Naval Hospital, Walter Reed, or Navy Med, is a United States' tri-service military medi ...

) *

Bethesda (Ellicott City, Maryland) Bethesda is located in Ellicott City, Maryland within Howard County, Maryland, United States. The home is sometimes mistakenly referred to as "Dower House" because a small dower house exists on the property. A "dower" is a widow's share for li ...

, a plantation house *

Bethesda, Ohio Bethesda () is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,256 at the 2010 census. History Bethesda has had three names: Burrs Mills, Fairmount, ...

Bethesda, Pennsylvania Bethesda is an unincorporated community in Lancaster County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. History A post office called Bethesda was established in 1857, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904. The community was named aft ...

Bethesda, Tennessee Bethesda, Tennessee is an unincorporated community in rural southeastern Williamson County, Tennessee. History According to a 1988 study of Williamson County historical resources, conducted by staff of the Tennessee Historical Commission:Bethesda ...

* Bethesda, West Virginia *

Bethesda, Wisconsin Bethesda is an unincorporated community in the town of Genesee, Waukesha County, Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It ...

* Bethesda Terrace and Fountain, in New York City's Central Park *

Bethesda Academy Bethesda Academy (previously known as Bethesda Home for Boys) is a boys' school and former orphanage located in unincorporated Chatham County, Georgia, in the United States, near Savannah. Its historic building was listed on the National Regist ...

, Savannah, Georgia

Other uses

Bethesda system The Bethesda system (TBS), officially called The Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology, is a system for reporting cervical or vaginal cytologic diagnoses, used for reporting Pap smear results. It was introduced in 1988 and revised in 1 ...

, a classification system for cervical neoplasia, named after the town in Maryland *

Bethesda Softworks Bethesda Softworks LLC is an American video game publisher based in Rockville, Maryland. The company was founded by Christopher Weaver in 1986 as a division of Media Technology Limited, and in 1999 became a subsidiary of ZeniMax Media. In its ...

, a video games publishing company, named after the town in Maryland ** Bethesda Game Studios, Bethesda Softworks' in-house video game development company