Bethany

  1. Proper noun.  (biblical) The village where Jesus stayed before going to Jerusalem and being crucified.
  2. Proper noun.  (biblical) The village where Lazarus, Mary and Martha lived (Bible, John 11 v. 1).
  3. Proper noun.  (biblical) Mary of Bethany, sometimes identified as Mary Magdalene.
  4. Proper noun.  (given name, female) , transferred use of the biblical place name.

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