How to Pronounce Bethphage
BEHTH-fuh-dzhee
Bethphage is pronounced BEHTH-fuh-dzhee (ˈbɛθfədʒi): three syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: BETH-fah-jee, BETH-fuh-jee.
What does Bethphage mean?
Bethphage means “house of my month, or of early figs”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Bethphage?
House of the unripe fig, a village on the Mount of Olives, on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho (Matt. 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29), and very close to Bethany. It was the limit of a Sabbath-day’s journey from Jerusalem, i.e., 2,000 cubits. It has been identified with the modern Kefr-et-Tur.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
Also pronounced
BETH-fah-jee
BETH-fuh-jee
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