Topic
Sheep-market
1 passage cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- John 5:2Easton · ISBE · Nave Of Jerusalem
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
Occurs only in John 5:2 (marg., also R.V., “sheep-gate”). The word so rendered is an adjective, and it is uncertain whether the noun to be supplied should be “gate” or, following the Vulgate Version, “pool.”
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
(Joh 5:2, the Revised Version (British and American) "sheep gate"): The Greek (he probatike) means simply something that pertains to sheep.
See BETHESDA; SHEEP GATE.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Of Jerusalem Joh 5:2
- → Translated in R. V., “sheep gate.”
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.