of Hebrew origin (1004 and
H5679); ferry-house; Bethabara (i.e. Bethabarah), a place on the Jordan:--Bethabara.
Bethabara = "house of the ford"
- a place beyond Jordan, where John was baptising. This may correspond to Bethbarah (fords of Abarah), the ancient ford of the Jordan on the road to Gilead